The Birth Of The Blues chords by Della Reese

Chords with lyrics

Intro: D7D7 G7G7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7 C majorC FdimFdim C majorC

A7A7 G#7G#7  G7G7  C majorC  C/BC/B    Dm7Dm7  G7G7
They heard the breeze  in the trees
 G7M   C majorC  E7E7  FF
Singing weird melodies
     D7D7    G7G7         C majorC  G#7G#7 G7G7
And they made that  the start of the blues
A7A7 G#7G#7 G7G7  C majorC A minorAm      Dm7Dm7
And from a jail  came the wail
G7G7  C majorC  E7E7    FF
Of a down-hearted frail
     D7D7     G7G7   Dm7Dm7  G7G7   C majorC  FdimFdim C majorC
And they played that  as part of the blues
C majorC    C/BC/B   E7E7  Dm6Dm6    E7E7
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill
Dm6Dm6    Bm5-/7 E7E7 Bm5-/7
They took a new note
 E7E7         A7A7 A4/7     A7A7
Pushed it through a horn til it was born
 Am7Am7  D7D7    G7G7
Into a new note
A7A7  G#7G#7  G7G7  C majorC   A minorAm  Dm7Dm7  G7G7
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it
G+G  C majorC Bm5-/7 E7E7  FF
And gave out the news
     D7D7 Dm7Dm7  G7G7          C majorC  A minorAm  G#7G#7 G7G7
That the southland  gave birth to the blues
C majorC    C/BC/B   E7E7  Dm6Dm6    E7E7
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill
Dm6Dm6    Bm5-/7 E7E7  Bm5-/7
They took a new note
 E7E7         A7A7 A4/7     A7A7
Pushed it through a horn til it was born
 Am7Am7  D7D7    G7G7
Into a new note
A7A7  G#7G#7  G7G7  C majorC   A minorAm  Dm7Dm7  G7G7
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it
G+G  C majorC Bm5-/7 E7E7  FF
And gave out the news
D7D7  Dm7Dm7 G7G7 G#7G#7 G7G7    GdimGdim     C majorC  Bb7Bb7 G#7G#7 C majorC
That the southland   gave birth to the blues