(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!