Key: B major
Intro 1
B
F#
B
A#aug
F#
B
F#
B
E
B
E
B
Em
C
B
Oh,
Verse 1
B
F#
A
they say some people long ago
G
F#
Were searching for a different tune
Gdim
G
F#
One that they could croon
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F#
B
As only they can
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Ddim
F#
B
They only had the rhythm
B
A
to an d fro
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F#
They didn't know just what to use
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F#
B
G
That is how the blues really began
B
G#
G
F#
B
They heard the breeze
Am
B
C#
in the trees
Ddim
B
Em
E
Singing weird melodies
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F#
Edim
And they made that
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Gdim
F#
B
the start of the blues
G
F#
And from a
Verse 2
B
D#dim
C#m
Ddim
jail came the wail
A#
B
D#
Em
E
A#
Of a down- hearted frail
C#
F#
And they played that
From a whippoorwill
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A#m
D#
Out on a hill
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D#
Edim
They took a new note
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G#
Pushed it through a horn
'Til it was worn
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Fdim
Into a blue note
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G#
G
F#
B
Cdim
An d then they nursed it,
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Ddim
rehearsed it
B
D#
E
And gave out the news
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F#
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G#
That the Southland gave birth to the blues!
Outro 1
D#dim
G#
E
Fdim
F#
A
G#
D#
D#
C#m
F#
B
Fdim
B
Faug
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