Birth Of The Blues chords by Perry Como
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (C sharp major) (C major)
Verse 1
(C major) Oh...
they say some people long ago,
(A flat major) Were searchin' for a (G major) diff'rent tune,
(A flat major) One that they could (G major) croon,
As (A flat major) only (G major) they (C major) can... (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) They
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Verse 2
(E flat major) only had (G major) the rhythm... (C major) so,
They started swayin' to and fro...
They (A flat major) didn't know (G major) just what to use,
That is (C major) how the blues, (G major)
(A flat major) Really (G major) began... (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (A minor)
(G major) They heard the (C major) breeze
Verse 3
(C sharpdim) in the (D major) trees,
(E flatdim)
(E major) Singin' weird (F major) melodies,
(D major) And they (G major) made that,
The start of the blues! (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
(D major) An (G major) d from
Verse 4
(C major) a jail (C sharpdim) came the (D minor) wail, (D major) (E flatdim)
(E minor) Of a (E major) down- hearted (F major) frail,
(D major) And they (G major) played that,
As part of the (C major) blues! (E minor) (G major) (E flatdim) (F major)
From a (E major) whippoorwill (Bdim) out on the
Verse 5
(E major) hill,
(Bdim) They took a (E major) new note ( whippoorwill,
whippoorwill, whippoorwill... )
Pushed it (B flat major) through a (A major) horn (E minor) 'till it (A major) was worn,
Into a (D major) blue note... ( whippoorwill,
whippoor (E flatdim) will, whippoorwill... (D major) )
An (E flatdim) ' then (C major) they nursed it,
Verse 6
(C sharpdim)
and re (D minor) hearsed (G major) it, (E flatdim)
(C major) And gave (E major) out the (D minor) news,
(E flatdim) That the (G major) "Southland"...
Gave birth to the (E major) blues!
Verse 7
( Shout out the (B minor) wonderful (E major) news! )
Oh, (F major) the breeze from the trees,
(E flatdim) A wail from the jail,
A (C major) buzz from the (E major) cousin of a (E minor) nightin'gale,
And (A major) (D major) (E major) "Southland" (D major) ( hello, hel (G major) lo! )
Gave birth to the blues!
(C major)
Birth Of The Blues
Perry Como
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