Birth Of The Blues chords by Bonnie langford

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Oh,
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they say some people long ago
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We're searching for a different tune,
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one that they could croon
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as only they can.
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They heard the breeze
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in the trees
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singing weird melodies
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and they named that the
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start of the blues.
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And from a jail came
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the wail
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of a down -hearted
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frail
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And they played that tune
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as a part of our blues
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F# 
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From a whippoorwill high on a hill
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they took     a new note
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They went and pushed it through a horn
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till it was worn into a blue note
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And then they nursed it,
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rehearsed it,
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and they gave     out the news
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That the Southland gave
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birth to the blues
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For      I'm a whippoorwill,
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high on  a hill
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They took a new road
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They went and it through a hole
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Till it  was woven into a moon
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And  then they left us here
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They re hearsed it,
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and they gave,
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they gave out the      news
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That the Southland gave
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birth to the blood
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They nursed it, rehearsed it
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And gave out the news
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that the Southland gave birth to
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the first
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The first