title: Birth Of The Blueskey: Bluesharp type: Chromaticgenre: Cskill: AnyW: B.G. DeSylva & Lew BrownM: Ray HendersonThey heard the breeze-3 -2* -2 2in the trees sing-ing weird mel-o-dies-3 3 -2 -4 -3 3 4 -4 -3And they made that the start of the blues-5 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -5 4And from a jail came the wail3 -2* -2 2 -3 3 -2of a down-heart-ed frail-4-3 3 4 -4 -3And they played that as part of the blues-5 4 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -5 4From a whip-poor-will out on a hill-4 4 -5 -5* 6 -5 -4 -5 -4they took a new note-5 -4 -5 -4 -4Pushed it through a horn-4 4 -5 -5* 6till it was worn in-to a blue note5* -3 4* -3 4* -3 4* -3 -3And then they nursed it re-hearsed it3 -2* -2 2 -3 3 -2 -4and gave out the news-3 3 4 -4 -3That the south-land-5 4 -4 -4gave birth to the blues-4 -4 4 -5 4REPEAT