The Birth Of The Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The[D]y s[G]ay [D]som[G]e people long,
[C]long [F#]ago
[G]Were looking for [C]a diff[G]erent t[Em]une
[C]So they started swinging to and fro[Cm][C]
[G]They wanted [C]something
[D]that they [G]could grow
[Bm]They [B]did[A]n't know[F#]
[C]just what [D]to use,[C]
so [G]this is how they started [Em]the [D]blues.
They heard the [G]breeze in the [Am]trees,
[Bb]singing [Bm]weird [G]melodies,
[C]and the[D]y made that
the start of the blues.
[G]And from a jail came the wai[A]l
[Bbdim]of a down[Bm] -heart[G]ed frail
[C]And the[D]y played tha[C]t as[Bb]
[D]a part of [G]the blues
From a whip[B]poorwill high up on a hill
Ah, they took a new note,
pushed it through a [E]horn,
till it was worn into [Em]a blue note.
[D]And then the[G]y nursed it,[Em]
re[Am]hearsed [D]it,
[G]and sent out the [C]news
that [D]the Southland gave
birth to the [G]blues.
From a whippoor[B]will high up on a hill
[F#]Oh they took a[B] new n[F#]ote[B]
Pushed it through [F#]a horn
[E]Till it [F#]was born
[E]In [G]to a blue [F#]note
[D]And then [C]they [G]nursed [Em]it
[E]Reh[Am]earsed it[G]
[D]An [G]d then sent o[B]ut t[C]he news
That [A]the [D]south wind
gave birth to the [G]blues
They [Em]went to jail, [D]got the whale
from a down -hearted frail
A new note was born
[Ebdim]from the wail [B]of a horn
[Em]Got a blue note from a whippoorwill
While he was swinging [Am]high [Em]on a hill
[A]That's when the south [G]wind
[B]Oh, that good old [G]south wind
[B]That's [A]when the south wind
[D]Can[G]'t [D]break this [G]old mood
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