| Song Name: | Birth Of The Blues | By: | Frank Sinatra |
| Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | C | Genre: | Blues |
| Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
| Created: | 2008-08-23 14:08:39 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | BIRTH OF THE BLUES
W: B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown M: Ray Henderson They heard the breeze -3 -2* -2 2 in the trees sing-ing weird mel-o-dies -3 3 -2 -4 -3 3 4 -4 -3 And they made that the start of the blues -5 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -5 4 And from a jail came the wail 3 -2* -2 2 -3 3 -2 of a down-heart-ed frail -4-3 3 4 -4 -3 And they played that as part of the blues -5 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -5 4 From a whip-poor-will out on a hill -4 4 -5 -5* 6 -5 -4 -5 -4 they took a new note -5 -4 -5 -4 -4 Pushed it through a horn -4 4 -5 -5* 6 till it was worn in-to a blue note 5* -3 4* -3 4* -3 4* -3 -3 And then they nursed it re-hearsed it 3 -2* -2 2 -3 3 -2 -4 and gave out the news -3 3 4 -4 -3 That the south-land -5 4 -4 -4 gave birth to the blues -4 -4 4 -5 4 REPEAT The Rat Pack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPH0-g25Vl8 |