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(C7)Oh!
They say some (B7)peo ple (Bb7)long a go
were search ing (Ab7)for a diff ’rent (G7)tune,
(Ab7)one that they could (G7)croon as (Ab7)on ly (G7)they (C)can.
They (A7)on ly (Eb6)had the (G7)rhy thm, (C7)so
they start ed (B7)sway ing (Bb7)to and fro.
They did n’t (Ab7)know just what to (G7)use,
(Ab7)that is how the (G7)blues re (Ab7)al ly (G7)be (C)gan.
(A7)They (Ab7)heard (G7)the (C)breeze
in the (G7)trees
sing (G)ing weird
(E7)mel o dies
(D7)and they made
that
the start of the (C)blues.
(A7)And (Ab7)from (G7)a (C)jail
came a wail
of (G)a down
(E7)heart ed frail,
(D7)and they played
that
as part of the (C)blues.
(CN.C.)From a whip poor (E7)will
(B)out on a (E7)hill,
(B)they took a (E7)new
(E7)note,
(CN.C.)pushed it through a (A7)horn
’til it was worn
in to a blue
(D7)note!
(Am7)And (Ab7)then (G7)they (C)nursed
it, re hearsed
it, (G)and gave
(E7)out the news
(D7)that the South
land
gave birth to the (C)blues!
They (Ab7)heard (G7)the (C)breeze
in the (G7)trees
sing (G)ing weird
(E7)mel o dies
(D7)and they made
that
the start of the (C)blues.
(A7)And (Ab7)from (G7)a (C)jail
came a wail
of (G)a down
(E7)heart ed frail,
(D7)and they played
that
as part of the (C)blues.
(CN.C.)From a whip poor (E7)will
(B)out on a (E7)hill,
(B)they took a (E7)new
(E7)note,
(CN.C.)pushed it through a (A7)horn
’til it was worn
in to a blue
(D7)note!
(Am7)And (Ab7)then (G7)they (C)nursed
it, re hearsed
it, (G)and gave
(E7)out the news
(D7)that the South
land
gave birth to the (C)blues!
They (Ab7)heard (G7)the (C)blues!
This page shows “The Birth Of The Blues” by Frank Sinatra in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 90 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.