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Birth Of The Blues

Composer: Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva & Lew BrownCopyright: 1926GoChords.com

E7
D#7
D7
G
G#dim
Verse
G Clef
Four-Four Time
Am

They heard the |breeze in the |trees

Daug
G
C
B7

↑singing |weird melo|dies

A7
D7
G

[*]And they |made that |~ the start of the |blues |

Verse
E7
D#7
D7
G
G#dim
Am

And from a |jail came the |wail

Daug
G
B7
C

↑of a |down-hearted |frail

A7
D7
G

[*]And they |played that |~ as part of the |blues |

G
B7
Bridge
Begin Repeat

From a whippoor|will out on a |hill

B7

they took a |new note |

E7

Pushed it through a |horn 'til it was |worn

Em7
A7
D7
2 beats
2 beats
1 beat

into a |new [*]note |

D#7
E7
D7
G
G#dim
1 beat
1 beat
1 beat
Am

And then they |nursed it, re|hearsed it

Daug
G
B7
C

↑And |gave out the |news

A7
Am7
D7
G
End Repeat

[*]That the |South-land |~ gave birth to the |blues |

Ending
A7
Am7
D7
G

[*]That the |South-land |~ gave birth to the |blues |

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↑ anstatt Daug [4332] einfacher: Daug: [0332] (vgl. Custom Chords)
[*] anstatt A7 [2223] besser und einfacher: A7no1: [2020] (vgl. Custom Chords)
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