The Birth Of The Blues chords by Mel Torme

Intro: 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