{t:Birth of the Blues}
{st:Henderson, DeSylva, Brown (1926)}

{c:Intro (Loosely sung and played)}
So they say some people long a- [Cm] go
Were searching for a different [D7] tune
[Bbdim7] One that they could [D7] croon
As [Bbdim7] only they can [G] [Bbdim7] [D7↓]


{c:Verse (Start regular strumming)}
They heard the [/] [G] breeze in the [/] [Am7] trees
Singing [/] [G] weird melo- [/] [C] dies
And they [/] [D7] made that [/] [Am7]... the [D7] start of the [/]
[/] [G] blues [Bbdim7↓] [Am7↓] [/] [G↓] 


And from a [/] [G] jail came the [/] [Am7] wail
Of a [/] [G] down-hearted [/] [C] frail
And they [/] [D7] played that [/] [Am7]... as [D7] part of the [/]
[/] [G] blues [Bbdim7↓] [Am7↓] [/] [G]


{c:Bridge}
From a whippoor- [/] [B7] will way up [/] on a hill
They [/] [B7] took a new note [/] [B7] ... 
Pushed it through a [/] [E7] horn till it was [/] worn
Into a [/] [A7] blue note  [/] [D7↓]  


Then they [/] [G] nursed it, re- [/] [Am7] hearsed it
[/] [G] Then they sent out that [/] [C] news
That the [/] [D7] Southland... [/] [Am7]... gave [D7] birth to the [/]
[/] [G] blues [Bbdim7] [Am7] [/] [G↓] 
 

{c:Instrumental}
[/] [G]  [/] [Am7] [/] [G] [/] [C] [/]
[/] [D7] [/] [Am7][D7] [/] [B7] [/] [E7]

 
And then they [/] [C] nursed it re- [/] [Bbdim7] hearsed it
[/] [G] And then they sent out that [/] [E7] news
That the [/] [A7] Southland [/] [D7] gave birth to the [/]
[/] [G] blues!  [Bbdim7↓][Am7↓] [/] [G↓]


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#Capo on 1st fret to play along with Randy Travis' version.
#Last Updated 9/18/18 JJ
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