The Birth Of The Blues chords by Louis Prima & Keely Smith

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G
D
C
F#
Em
Cm
Bm
B
A
Am
Bb
Bbdim
E
Ebdim

Verse 1
G 
D 
G 
D 
G 
They say some people long,
C 
F# 
long ago
G 
C 
G 
Em 
Were looking for a  different tune
C 
Cm 
C 
So they started swinging to and fro
G 
C 
They wanted something
D 
G 
that they could grow
Bm 
B 
A 
F# 
They didn't know
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D 
C 
just what to use,
G 
Em 
D 
so this is how they started the blues.
G 
Am 
They heard the breeze in the trees,
Bb 
Bm 
G 
singing weird melodies,
C 
D 
and they made that
the start of the blues.
G 
A 
And from a jail came the wail
Bbdim 
Bm 
G 
of       a down -hearted frail
C 
D 
C 
Bb 
And they played that as
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G 
a part of the blues
B 
From a whippoorwill high up on a hill
Ah, they took a new note,
E 
pushed it through a horn,
Em 
till it was worn into a   blue note.
D 
G 
Em 
And then they nursed it,
Am 
D 
rehearsed it,
G 
C 
and sent out the news
D 
that the Southland gave
G 
birth to the blues.
B 
From a whippoorwill high up on a hill
F# 
B 
F# 
B 
Oh they took a new note
F# 
Pushed it through a horn
E 
F# 
Till it was born
E 
G 
F# 
In to a blue note
D 
C 
G 
Em 
And then they nursed it
E 
Am 
G 
Rehearsed it
D 
G 
B 
C 
An d  then sent out the news
A 
D 
That the south wind
G 
gave birth to the blues
Em 
D 
They went to jail, got the whale
from a down -hearted frail
A new note was born
Ebdim 
B 
from the wail of a horn
Em 
Got a blue note from a whippoorwill
Am 
Em 
While he was swinging high on a hill
A 
G 
That's when the south wind
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G 
Oh, that good old south wind
B 
A 
That's when the south wind
D 
G 
D 
G 
Can't break this old mood
G 