The Birth Of The Blues chords by Helen Shapiro

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Ebdim
Em
Fdim
F#m
Eb
B
F
G
E
A
C#m
C#
F#
Bb
Bbaug
C

Verse 1
D 
Ebdim 
Em 
Fdim 
F#m 
Em 
They heard
Eb 
D 
Ebdim 
B 
Em 
the breeze in the trees
F 
F#m 
D 
G 
Singing weird melodies
E 
A 
And they made that the start
F#m 
Em 
of the blues
Ebdim 
D 
B 
Then from a jail came the
Em 
Fdim 
D 
G 
wail of a down -hearted frail
E 
A 
And they played that as a part
D 
C#m 
D 
of the blues
C# 
D 
F#m 
F# 
Em 
E 
From a whip  poorwill out on
C#m 
F# 
C#m 
a     hill they took a     new note
F# 
F#m 
B 
Then they pushed it through a     horn till
F#m 
B 
E 
Bb 
it was born into a  blue note
A 
D 
Ebdim 
And then they nursed it,
E 
Fdim 
F#m 
D 
G 
they rehearsed it and gave out the news
E 
A 
D 
That the soft land gave birth to the
Ebdim 
B 
Em 
Fdim 
F#m 
blues
E 
A 
F#m 
And they made that the start
D 
B 
Em 
F 
G 
F#m 
of the blues
E 
A 
Well, I'm tellin' you,
F#m 
D 
C#m 
D 
C#m 
they played that as the start of the blues
D 
F#m 
Em 
F# 
From a whip  or whip, way out on a hill,
Em 
C#m 
they took a new note.
F# 
G 
D 
B 
F#m 
B 
Then they pushed it through un til   it
F#m 
B 
E 
Bbaug 
A 
was born into a blue note.
D 
Ebdim 
And then they rehearsed it,
B 
E 
Em 
they re hearsed it,
Fdim 
D 
G 
And gave out the news
E 
That the
A 
Southland
D 
Gave birth to the blues
B 
G 
Well, you know, they nursed it
Em 
C 
And they rehearsed it
Bbaug 
D 
B 
And        then they gave out the news
That the
E 
Southland
G 
A 
D 
Gave birth to the bruise
Fdim 
Bb 
D 