Birth Of The Blues chords by Matt Monro
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Verse 1
(G major) (Gdim) (F sharpdim) (G major) They (C major) heard the
breeze (G major) (A flat major) (A major) in (A minor) the trees (B flat minor)
(B major) Singing weird (B minor) (B major) (C major) melodies
(A major) And (D major) they made (E flat minor) that (D major)
The start of the (G major) blues. (E major) (A minor)
(B minor) An (B major) d from (D major) a jail
Verse 2
(C major) (E minor) came (E major) (A minor) the wail (D major)
Of a (G major) down (B major) hearted (C major) frail,
(A major) An (D major) d they played that
As part of the blues.
(G major) (B major) (C major) (D major)
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Verse 3
(G major)
From a (C major) whippoorwill (B major) (C major) out on a (B major) hill,
(C major) They (B major) took a new note,
Pushed it through a horn (E major)
'til it was (B minor) born (E major) (A minor) into a (B major) blue note. (C major)
Verse 4
(D major) And then (G major) they nursed it, (E major) (A minor) rehearsed it, (D major)
(G major) And gave (B major) out the news (C major)
(A major) That (D major) the southland
Gave birth to the (G major) blues! (Fdim) (E major)
They (C major) nursed it, they merry (C sharpdim) nursed it
Then and (D major) gave out the news
That (E major) the southland (A major)
(D major) They (B minor) gave birth (C major) to the (G major) blues!
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