Chords for Sammy Davis Jr. - The Birth of the Blues

[F] _ _ [C] Oh, [Dm] _ [Ebm] _ [C] _ _
_ [B] they say my [C] people [Cm] long ago [Bbm] were [C] looking for a [Em] different tune, [C] one that we [Em] could croon
[F] as only we [C] can.
_ [F] _
[C] We [G] didn't have nothing but [B] some soul, so _
[C] _ we [G] started [Gm] swaying to [F] and fro.
[A] _ [Fm] [C] We didn't know just [Em] what to [C] use, but this is how [Em] the blues.
[G] _ _ I said the blues really _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ began.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Db] Oh, _ [C] yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Thank you, Carmen.
Thank you.
[B] _ _
_ Thank _ you, Lord. _ _
_ _ We [Bb] heard the [C] _ _
[Db] breeze, the [Dm] trees [Ebm] _ _ _
[C] singing _ [F] weird melodies, and [G] we named that [Bb] [G] the _ _
_ [C] start of the [Gm] blues.
[Ab] _ _
[G] _ Then [C] from a jail _ [Db] there [Dm] came a whale, [C] _ [A] [C] from a sister in a trick [F] bag who they threw in [D] the jail,
[Em] and we [Bb] claimed [G] that as a [Gm] part [C] of our [Eb] [Bb] blues.
[C] _ Now from a [E] widower [Gm] whip [E] high on a [Gm] hill, [E] _
we took a new note, pushed [Gbm] it through a hole
till it was worn [A]
into [D] a blue note.
[Fm] _ [Em] You [F] gotta [C] believe me, we nursed [Db] it _ [Dm]
and we rehearsed [Eb] it.
_ [C] _ _ Then we [F] gave out the [D] [G] news that the _
[Ab] [G] southland gave [C] birth to the _
[Eb] _ [C] blues.
[Bbm] From a [E] widower _
[Gbm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] whip we took a new note, baby, _ pushed it [Gbm] through a hole
till it was worn _
[A] into [D] a blue note.
[Fm] _ [G] _
Don't [C] you know that we nursed it, [Db] _ _
[Dm] rehearsed [Eb] it?
[Ebm] _ [C] _ We got it together, [F] we [D] gave out the news [G] that the [Gm] southland [Fm] _ [Em] _ _ gave [Gm] birth to the _ [Em] [Am] blues.
_ _ Oh, [Dm] we nursed, [Ebm] _ [C] rehearsed, and [A] gave out the [D] news that [Am] that old southland [B] gave birth [G] _ [C] to the _ [G] _ _
[Eb] [C] blues. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ One more time.
From a [E] widower [Gbm] _ [Gm] [E] whip high [Gb] on a [Gm] hill, [E] _ _ [Gbm] [E] we took a new note,
_ jammed it through [Gbm] a hole _ till it was worn [A] _ [D] into a blue note.
[G] [Bb] Oh, _ [C] we _
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ nursed [Eb] it and [C] we rehearsed it.
Then we [F] gave out the [D] news [G] that the [Gm] southland [Ab] _ [Em] _ _
gave [E] _ birth [Gm] to the [Am] blues. _
_ _ [Dm] Oh, we nursed, [Ebm] _ [C] rehearsed, and [Gbm] gave out the [D] news [Am] that that old southland [G] gave birth _ to [C] the blues.
_ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] [E] I want to hear it one more time [C] now. _ _ _
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] Waaaaah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [N] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Cha _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ [Ab]-cha-cha-cha-cha [D] _ [Eb]-cha-cha [Dm]-cha.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _