Birth Of The Blues chords by The Hi-Lo's
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
Verse 3
C
They heard the breeze in the trees
Am
Singing weird melodies
A
And they made that
D
The start of the blues
B
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
G
Ab
Ab
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Bb
C
Bb
C
Fm
Gm
Bb
Dm
F
Eb
F
Bb
Gm
Bb
Ab
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!
Birth Of The Blues
The Hi-Lo's
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