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Birth Of The Blues easy guitar chords by
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway

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Verse 1
A
Ab
G
C
A
C

Oh! they say some
Ebdim
Dm
Fm
Ddim

people long ago
Bb
G
Ab
G

Were searching for a different tune,
Ab
G

One that they could croon
Ab
G
C
Am
Cm

As only they can.
A
Eb
G
They only had the rhythm
Verse 2
C
A

so
C
Ebdim
Dm

They started swaying to and
Ddim
Bb

fro.
Ab

They didn't know just what they had
G
Abdim
Ab
G
Ab

And that is how the blues really
G
C
Am
C
Ab
G

began:
C
They heard the breeze
Verse 3
Am

Dm

in the trees
G
C
E
Dm

Singing weird melodies
D
G

And they made that
C
Ebdim

The start of the blues.
D
Ebdim
G
And from a
Verse 4
Am
C

jail
Am
Dm

came the wail
G
C
E
Dm

Of a down hearted frail,
D
G

And they played that
C
Ebdim
Adim

As part of the blues.
Am
Verse 5
E

From a whippoorwill out on a hill,
Abdim

They took a new note,
A

Pushed it through a horn
D

'til it was born into a blue note.
G
C
And then they nursed it,
Verse 6
Am
Dm

rehearsed it,
G
C
Eaug
E
Dm
Ddim

And gave out the news
D
G

That the southland
C
D
G
C
Am

Gave birth to the
C
D
G
C
A
C
D
G

blues!

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Chords
  • A

  • Ab

    4
  • G

  • C

  • Ebdim

  • Dm

  • Fm

  • Ddim

  • Bb

  • Am

  • Cm

    3
  • Eb

    6
  • Abdim

    6
  • E

  • D

  • Adim

  • Eaug

    5

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