Chords for “How Jazz Was Born” 1948 Louie Bellson, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Dorsey, Armstrong

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_ Yes, Professor, [C] just one moment.
Gentlemen, if you please. _
I think we're just about ready to record. _ _ _
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The Totten Musical Encyclopedia, recording number 684J,
illustrating chapters 22 to 29 in volume 11,
The History of Jazz.
From Africa came the first musical instrument, a drum.
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trunk of a tree or a taut animal hide
supplied the rhythm or beat.
To the basic rhythm was added the human voice. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Next, the first wind instrument, the shepherd's flute. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ The basic beat of the [E] tom-tom and the same thematic strain of the chant
that was carried across oceans and contained an early [Cm] Spanish music
after the invention of the guitar.
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] Spread to countries which shared the Spanish [Ab] language,
Cuba, West [G] Indies, and South America,
where the rhythm or beat assumed a new form of expression.
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_ _ _ The ever-winding cycle [B] finally reached the shores of [Em] southern United States,
where the beat was momentarily lost.
[G] But the melody was woven into pure Negro spirit.
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] Mockingbird sang [Eb] at _ _ [Bb] me
And [Gm] the song was warm
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_ [G] _ _ Sing _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] a [E] song
_ _ [Eb] _ _ Then the beat [Abm] returned
Well, the mockingbird
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_ _ [E] The Lord looked down and he gave the word
And the angels put the song in the mockingbird
When man was born he liked what he heard
And sang to the Lord with the mockingbird
Sing it loud, hear me
Well, he sang to the Lord with the mockingbird Praise be
[B] And the good Lord liked [E] everything he _ [Eb] heard _ _ _
_ _ _ _ They [Ab] took the tune and [Fm] the words
Right [Fm] from the mockingbird
[Bb] That's how a [Eb] song [Bb] was born
[Eb] _ [Abm] And then the [Bb] soft evening [Fm] breeze
_ [Gm] [Fm] Hummed through the willow tree
That's [Bb] how a song was born
A [Db] tingling rain from the [D] sky
_ [Cm] Became a lullaby
And the [Fm] blues must have [G] come [Bbm] from a sigh _
[A] And [Db] when two hearts beat in time
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Blue bells [Fm] began to chime
That's [Bbm] how a [Eb] song [Abm] was born
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They took a beat and made it ring
They took a beat and brought it down to Mason Street
[Bb] _ Now we got a jumble
[F] Such more [Bbm] good for him _
[Gb] Let's hear, _ let's hear
[Db] Let's hear how jazz was born
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_ _ _ _ [Gb] One, two, three, [C] four
_ They _ _ [Dm] _
[C] took a reed, jungle beat
[E] Brought it to Mason [A] Street
That's how [D] jazz was born
[G] And [C] then someone [D] played a wail
[E] All up and down the [Am] scale
And [F] that's how [C] jazz was born
[E] They [Am] simply played what they liked
[Em] As long as it would fit
If it just [A] had a beat, that was it
[G] And when [Am] a horn gave a scream
[Ab] They took it as [Am] a theme
And [Dm] that's how [Ab] jazz [C] was born _ _
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