Birth Of The Blues chords by Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr.

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G
C
Ebdim
Bb
Ab
F
D
F#dim
Fm
Em
Cm
Am
Dm
A
E
C#dim
F#m

Verse 1
These are the blues
G 
Nothing but blues
C 
Ebdim 
Oh, they say some people long
Bb 
ago
Ab 
G 
Were searching for a different tune
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D 
G 
One that they could croon
C 
F#dim 
Fm 
As only they can
C 
F 
G 
They only had the rhythm
F 
C 
F 
So they started swaying to and fro
G 
They didn't know just what to use
Ab 
G 
Em 
Cm 
G 
That is how the blues really
C 
Am 
D 
G 
F 
began
D 
G 
F 
G 

Verse 2
C 
Dm 
D 
They heard the breeze in the trees
Ebdim 
Em 
D 
G 
Dm 
Singing weird melodies
D 
G 
And they made that the start of the blues
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Am 
G 
Fm 
G 
C 
A 
And from
Dm 
D 
Em 
a jail came the wail
C 
F 
D 
Of a down- hearted frail
G 
And they played that
As part of the blues
C 
F 

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Verse 3
C 
Cm 
From a whippoorwill
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A 
G 
E 
Way up on a  hill
G 
E 
They took a new note
G 
Pushed it through a horn
C#dim 
A 
D 
F#m 
D 
Until it was worn
A 
D 
G 
Into a  blue note
C 
And then they nursed it
C#dim 
Dm 
Ebdim 
They rehearsed it
D 
C 
F 
And then sent out that news
D 
G 
That the Southland gave birth to the
Ebdim 
Cm 
F 
Cm 
C 
A 
E 
Em 
E 
blues
Em 
E 
D 
A 
F#m 
They nursed
F#dim 
D 
G 
D 
G 
it
C 
C#dim 
Dm 
Ebdim 
And they rehearsed it
C 
Am 
G 
F 
D 
G 
C 
A 
D 
Ebdim 
E 
A 
And they sent out that news
D 
F#dim 
D 
That the      Southland they gave
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C 
birth to the blue