Birth Of The Blues chords by The Hi-Lo's

SimplifiedD · B · Em · Fdim · C# …

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D
B
Em
Fdim
C#
F#m
G
E
A
Abdim
C
Am
Dm
F#
C#m
Eb
F
Bb
Daug
Ab
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Fm
Gm
Gdim

Verse 1
D 
Oh! they say some people long ago
B 
Were searching for a diff'rent tune
Em 
One that they could croon
Fdim 
C# 
F#m 
As only they can
D 
They only had the rhythm

Verse 2
D 
so
G 
E 
They started swaying to and fro
A 
They didn't know just what they had
Em 
Fdim 
Abdim 
D 
And that is how the      blues
G 
really began

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Verse 3

They heard the breeze in the trees

Singing weird melodies

And they made that

The start of the blues

And from a jail came the wail

Verse 4
Em 
Fdim 
F#m 
E 
Of     a down  hearted frail
Em 
And they played that
Dm 
Em 
As  part of the blues
D 
Em 

Verse 5
D 
F# 
C#m 
F# 
From a whippoorwill out   on a hill
G 
F# 
They took a new note
B 
Pushed it through a horn
F#m 
B 
E 
Dm 
E 
Dm 
G 
D 
'til it was born in    to
B 
Eb 
Em 
F 
Dm 
D 
G 
E 
A 
a
G 
D 
Dm 
blue
Bb 
Daug 
F# 
B 
note
Bb 
A 

Interlude 1

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Verse 6
Bb 
Bb 
Eb 
And then they nursed it,
Ab 
Fm 
Bb 
rehearsed it
Eb 
F 
And gave out the news
Bb 
Ab 
Fm 
That the southland
Bb 
Ab 
Gdim 
Eb 
Gave birth to the blues!