Key: Gb major•
Verse 1
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
G#m
Oh! they say
F#
D#
G#m
F#
some people long ago
G#m
D#
Were searching for a different tune,
One that they could croon
G#m
G#
C#
As only they can.
G#
E#
They only
Verse 2
D#
G#m
D#dim
had the rhythm so
G#m
F#
D#m
G#m
B
They started swaying to and fro.
G#m
A#
They didn't know just
C#
D#
And that is how the blues really
C#
G#
C#
D#
began:
Verse 3
F#
D#
G#m
in the trees
A#
E
Singing weird melodies
C#
G#m
C#
And they made that
F#
D#
D#m
The start of the blues.
Verse 4
G#m
B
F#
And from a jail
D#
G#m
came the wail
A#
B
Of a down hearted frail,
G#m
C#
And they played that
D#
B
C#
As part of the blues.
F#
A#
From a whip
Verse 5
D#
G#m
A#
poorwill out on a hill,
A#
D#
A#
C#
They took a new note,
A#
D#
Pushed it through a horn
G#m
C#
'til it was born into a blue note.
Verse 6
C#
F#
then they nursed it,
D#m
A#
B
An d gave out the news
G#m
C#
That the southland
D#
C#
Gave birth to the blues!
Outro 1
C#
F#
A#
Fm
Ddim
Dm
Db
Bb
Db
Bb
Eb
F
Eb
Ab
Db
Bb
Eb
F#
A#m
A#
B
C#
F#
B
G#m
C#
B
D#m
F#
D#m
D#dim
B
A#
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