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Birth Of The Blues
Words by B. G. De Sylva and Lew Brown, Music by Ray Henderson - 1926
Verse:------------ ------------------- ------------------ -------------------
C7 -             B7 Bb7 -            Ab7
G7        Ab7 G7         Ab7  G7 C -     A7  Eb6  G7
C7 -             B7 Bb7 -            Ab7
G7        Ab7 G7         Ab7  G7 C -     A7  Ab7  G7
Chorus:---------- ------------------ ----------------- ------------------
C G7         G+ C          E7 F           D7
G7 - C -     A7  Ab7  G7
C G7         G+ C          E7 F           D7
G7 - C -
E7        Dm6  E Dm6 E  Dm6  E7 Dm6      E7
A7 - Am7      D7 G7  Am7  Ab7 G7
C G7         G+ C          E7 F           D7
G7 - C -  (G7 to chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
Oh! They say some dark -ies long a -go Were search -ing for a diff -'rent tune
One that they could croon As on -ly they can. They on -ly had the rhy -thm so
They start -ed sway -ing to and fro. They did -n't know just what to use,
That is how the blues re -al -ly be -gan:
 
Chorus:
They heard the breeze in the trees Sing -ing wierd mel -o -dies
And they made that The start of the blues.
And from a jail came the wail Of a down heart -ed frail,
And they played that as part of the blues.
From a whip -poor -will Out on the hill, They took a new note,
Pushed it through a horn 'Til it was worn in -to a blue note!
And then they nursed it, re -hursed it, and gave out the news
That the South -land gave birth to the blues!
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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