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Birth Of The Blues chords by 
Gordon Macrae 
N/A•
Verse 1
D
G
Db
A
C
A
D
G
Gaug
Baug
C
Oh,
Bb
they say some people long ago
Ab
G
We're searching for a different tune,
Ab
G
one that they could croon
Gaug
Baug
G
C
as only they can.
Baug
G
C
They only had the rhythm soul,
Baug
Ebdim
Bb
Bdim
they started swaying to an d fro.
Bb
Ebdim
Ab
G
They didn't know just what to use,
Ebdim
D
G
C
that is how the blues really began.
G
F
C
A
Dm
They heard the breeze in the trees,
Ebdim
Em
E
F
singing weird melodies,
F#dim
Ebdim
G
and they made that
F
the start of the blues.
C
Eb
Dm
G
D
C
A
Dm
An d from a jail came the wail
D
Ebdim
Em
E
C
F
of a down -hearted frail
Eb
D
G
An d they played that as
Bdim
C
Dm
part of the blues
G
C
G
E
F
Ebdim
E
From a whippoorwill out on a hill
Bdim
E
D
they took a new note
Bm
Gdim
Abdim
A
Horsed it through a horn
Em
Eb
D
till it was worn into a blue gnome
G
A
Am
C
Dm
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it,
Ebdim
Em
E
C
F
and gave out the news
Eb
D
G
C
Am
D
G
That the Southland gave birth to the blues
Interlude 1
D
Dm
C
C#dim
Dm
Ebdim
C
Fm
F
Eb
D
G
Dm
Am
Dm
F
C
A
Dm
B
C
Fm
F
Ebdim
D
G
Dm
G
C
Eb
Dm
G
C
G
E
From a whippoorwill,
Verse 2
F
E
out on a hill,
Bdim
E
F
they took a new note
E
A
Hurst it through a horn,
Eb
D
till it was worn into a blue note
Eb
Db
And then they nursed it,
Ddim
Ebm
an d they rehearsed it
Edim
E
Fm
Db
F
Gb
An d then they gave out the news
Eb
Ab
B
that the Southland gave birth to the blues.
Bb
Eb
Gb
Eb
Db
Oh, the Southland gave birth to the blues.
Dbdim
Eb
Edim
Absus4
Ab
Fm
Db
You
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Chords
D
G
Db
A
C
Gaug
Baug
Bb
Ab
Ebdim
Bdim
F
Dm
Em
E
F#dim
Eb
Bm
Gdim
Abdim
Am
C#dim
Fm
B
Ddim
Ebm
Edim
Gb
Dbdim
Absus4
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