The Birth Of The Blues chords and lyrics - HELEN SHAPIRO

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[Verse 1]
[D]They [Ebdim]heard[Em][Fdim][F#m][Em]
[Eb]the [D]breeze in the [Ebdim]trees[B][Em]
[F]Singing [F#m]weird [D]melod[G]ies
[E]And [A]they made that the start
[F#m]of the blu[Em]es
[Ebdim]Then from[D] a jail came th[B]e
[Em]wail [Fdim]of a down[D] -hearted frai[G]l
[E]An d they [A]played that as a part
[D]of the [C#m]blues[D]
[C#]From [D]a whi[F#m]p poor[F#]will out [Em]on[E]
[C#m]a hill they took[F#] a ne[C#m]w note
[F#]Then they pushed it through [F#m]a horn till[B]
it [F#m]was bo[B]rn into a [E]blue not[Bb]e
[A]And [D]then they nursed [Ebdim]it,
they re[E]hearsed [Fdim]it and gave[F#m] out t[D]he news[G]
[E]That the[A] soft land gave birth to the[D]
[Ebdim]blues[B][Em][Fdim][F#m]
[E]And the[A]y made that the sta[F#m]rt
of [D]the [B]blues[Em][F][G][F#m]
[E]Well, I'm tellin' [A]you,
they played that [F#m]as the sta[D]rt of the blu[C#m]es[D][C#m]
[D]From a [F#m]whip or whip, way o[Em]ut o[F#]n a hill,
[Em]they [C#m]took a new note.
[F#]Then[G] they pushed it th[D]rough un t[B]il i[F#m]t[B]
[F#m]was bo[B]rn into a [E]blue not[Bbaug]e.[A]
And then [D]they rehearsed [Ebdim]it,
[B]they [E]re [Em]hearsed it,
[Fdim]And gave out[D] the news[G]
[E]That the
[A]Southland
Gave birth to [D]the blues
[B]Well, you know, they nur[G]sed it
[Em]And they reh[C]earsed it
An[Bbaug]d then th[D]ey gave out the news[B]
That the
[E]Southland
[G]Gav[A]e bir[D]th to the bruise
[Fdim][Bb][D]