Birth Of The Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The[D]y s[G]ay [D]som[G]e people long,
[C]long, long ago
[G]Were looking for [C]a diff[G]erent tune
[C]So they started swinging to and fro
[G]They wanted something
[D]that they [Em]could [G]grow
[Bm]They [B]did[A]n't know j[F#]ust w[C]hat to use[D],
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[C]so [G]this is how they started the [D]blues.
They heard the [G]breeze in the [Am]trees,
[Bb]singing weir[Bm]d melo[G]dies,
[C]and the[D]y made that
the start of the blues.
[G]And from a jail cam[G]e the wai[C]l
[Bbdim]of a down[F#] -hea[Bm]rted f[G]rail[C]
And they [D]played that as a part of the blues
[G]From a whippoo[B]rwill high up on a hill
Ah, they took a new note,
pushed it through a [E]horn,
till it was worn into [Em]a blue note.
[D]And then the[G]y nursed it,[Em]
[E]rehea[Am]rsed it,[D]
[G]and sent out the [C]news that [D]the Southland
Gave birth to the [G]blues
From a whippoor[B]will
[F#m]High u[B]p on a hill
[F#m]Oh, they took a new note
[B]Pushed it through a horn
[E]Till it was sworn
[B]In [G]to a blue [G]note
[D]And then [C]they [G]nursed [Em]it
[E]Rehea[Am]rsed it[G]
[D]An [G]d then sent out t[C]he news
That the [D]surf man
gave birth [G]to the blues
[E]They went to jail, [Em]got the whale
[D]from a down [G]-hearted frail
A new [D]note was born
[Ebdim]from the whale [B]of a horn
[Em]Got a blue note from a whippoorwill
While he was swinging [Am]high on a hill
[Em]That's what the surf [F#]man
Oh [B]that [Bm]good old [G]surf man
[Bm]That's [A]what the surf [G]man
[D]Can[G]'t [D]break this [G]old mood
[Bm][G]