Birth Of The Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]The[G]y h[Abdim]eard[D][Bm][E][Asus4][D]
the breeze [Ebdim]in the tr[B]ees[Em]
[Dm]singing [Fdim]weird me[D]lodies
[G]And[Abdim] they named th[A]at
the birth of the [D]blues[Bm]
[F#m]Then f[D]rom[A] a jail[D] came[Ebdim] the wail[E]
[Fdim]of a down [Bm]-hea[D]rted frail
[G]An [Abdim]d they named tha[A]t
the Birth of the [D]Blue
From a whippoor[F#]will out on a hill
they took a new note
Pushed it through a [B]horn
till it was worn into a [E]blue nose
An[A]d then t[D]hey nursed i[Ebdim]t,
re[Em]hearsed [Fdim]it,
and [F#]gave [D]out the [G]news
[Abdim]That the Sout[A]hland gave birt[F#]h
to [E]the [D]blues[F#][B][F#m][B]
[E][F#]
[E]An [D]d t[A]hen[D] they nested,[Ebdim]
re[Em]hearsed it,
[Fdim]and gave out[Abdim] the new[D]s[G]
[Abdim]that the Sout[A]hland gave
birth to the [D]blues.[G]
[A]Gave birth to the blu[D]es
[F#][D]