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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 |
C |
- A7
Eb6 G7 |
| C7 |
- B7 |
Bb7 |
- Ab7 |
| G7 Ab7 |
G7 Ab7 |
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 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 darkies
long ago, Were searching for a diff'rent tune,
- One that they could croon,
As only they can. They only had the rhythm so,
- They started swaying to
and fro. They didn't know just what to use,
- That is how the blues really
began.
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- Chorus:
- They heard the breeze in
the trees, Singing wierd melodies,
- And they made that, The
start of the blues.
- And from a jail came the
wail, Of a down hearted frail,
- And they played that as
part of the blues.
- From a whippoorwill, Out
on the hill, They took a new note,
- Pushed it through a horn,
'Til it was worn into a blue note!
- And then they nursed it,
rehursed it, and gave out the news,
- That the Southland gave
birth to the blues!
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- Listen to Don Reno
play "Birth Of The Blues" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)
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- Listen to the WineLand
Banjo Band perform "Birth Of The Blues" (mp3)
- Vocal by John Green
- _______
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
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- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com