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