The Birth of the Blues

Introd.: D7 G7 Dm7 G7 C Fdim C

A7 G#7   G7    C   C/B        Dm7    G7
They heard the breeze    in the trees
 G7M     C  E7  F
Singing weird melodies
     D7     G7             C    G#7   G7
And they made that   the start of the blues
A7 G#7  G7    C   Am         Dm7
And  from  a jail    came the wail
G7   C  E7     F
Of a down-hearted frail
      D7      G7    Dm7      G7      C   Fdim C
And they played that    as part of the blues
C    C/B   E7  Dm6        E7
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill
Dm6      Bm5-/7  E7 Bm5-/7
They took a new note
 E7            A7  A4/7        A7
Pushed it through a horn  til it was born
 Am7    D7     G7
Into a new note
A7   G#7   G7   C    Am      Dm7    G7
And  then they nursed it, rehearsed it
G  C Bm5-/7    E7  F
And gave out  the news
      D7   Dm7   G7               C   Am    G#7 G7
That the southland    gave birth to the blues
C    C/B   E7  Dm6        E7
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill
Dm6      Bm5-/7  E7 Bm5-/7
They took a new note
 E7            A7  A4/7        A7
Pushed it through a horn  til it was born
 Am7    D7     G7
Into a new note
A7   G#7   G7   C    Am      Dm7    G7
And  then they nursed it, rehearsed it
G  C Bm5-/7    E7  F
And gave out  the news
D7    Dm7   G7  G#7    G7     Gdim          C Bb7 G#7 C
That the southland      gave birth to the blues