The Birth Of The Blues chords by Axel Stordahl Orchestra, Frank Sinatra
Verse 1
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These are the blues,
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nothing but blues.
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Oh, they say some people long ago
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were searching for a different tune,
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one that they could croon
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as only they can.
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They only had the rhythm,
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so they started swaying to an d fro.
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They didn't know just what to use.
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This is how the blues really began.
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They heard the breeze
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in the trees,
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Cm
singing weird melodies
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Cdim
an d they made the start
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of the blues
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and from a jail came the way of a down,
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hard and frail,
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an d they played that as a
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part of the blues.
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From a whip or a wheel,
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way up on a hill,
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Cdim
they took a new note.
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Pushed it through a horn
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until it was worn into a blue nose and
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Abdim
then they nursed it,
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C#dim
They rehearsed it and then sent out that news that
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the Southland gave birth to the blues.
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They nursed it, then they rehearsed it,
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then they sent out that news,
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that the soft land,
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They gave birth to the blues
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The Birth Of The Blues
Axel Stordahl Orchestra, Frank Sinatra
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