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Birth of The Blues
recorded by the McGuire Sisters
written by B.G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson. Lew Brown
[verse 1]
G                            D7
They heard the breeze in the trees
        G         C
Singing weird melodies
         D7                         G
And they made that the start of the blues
 
 
                         D7
And from a jail came the wail
     G            C
Of a down-hearted frail
         D7                         G
And they played that as part of the blues
 
       B7
From a whippoorwill out on a hill
 

They took a new note
                    E7                    A7     D7
Pushed it through a horn till it was worn into a blue note
 
              G              D7
And then they nursed it they rehearsed it
    G            C
And gave out the news
         D7                          G
That the Southland gave birth to the blues
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Birth of The Blues
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
A      Ab   G  C                   Dm
They heard the breeze in the trees,
G        C        E     F         D
singing weird melodies
 
                G
And they made that, the start of the
 C          Ab     G
blues
 
 G  Gb   F   C                  Dm  G
And from a    jail came the wail  of a
C      E         F
downhearted frail
 
D            G
And they played that as part of the

C            Fm       C
blues
 
[Bridge]
 
C      E
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill they took a new note
 
                                A                           Am
Pushed it through a horn till it was born into a
D                G
blue note
 
 
G    Gb  F     C         Am     Dm   G      C
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it and gave
    E   F          E
out the news
 
              G
That the Southland, gave birth to the
C            F         C
blues
 
[Bridge 2]
C      E
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill they took a new note
 
                                A                   Am
Pushed it through a horn till it was born into a
D                G
blue note
 
[Verse 2]
        Gb    F   C          Am     Dm     G    C
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it and gave
    E   F
out the news
 
              G
That the Southland, gave birth to the
C          B       Bb      A
blues
 
               D                G
That the Southland, gave birth to the
     C                F      Fm    C     G     C
blues
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