birth of the blue Chords
birth of the blue by Frank Sinatra is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A7, G#7, G7, C, C/B, Dm7, G7+, E7, F, D7, A, Am, Fdim, Dm6, Bm7/5-, A7sus4, Am7, G, Gdim and Bb7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A7(V) G#7 G7 C C/B Dm7 G7
They heard the breeze in the trees
G7+ C E7 F
Singing wierd melodies
D7 G7 C G#7 G7
And they made that the start of the blues.
A7(V) G#7 G7 C Am Dm7
And from a jail came the wail
G7 C E7 F
Of a down-hearted frail
D7 G7 Dm7 G7 C Fdim C
And they played that as part of the blues.
(Bridge:)
C C/B E7 Dm6 E7
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill,
Dm6 Bm7/5- E7 Bm7/5-
They took a new note,
E7 A7 A7sus4 A7
Pushed it through a horn til it was born
Am7 D7 G7
Into a new note.
A7(V) G#7 G7 C Am Dm7 G7
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it,
G+ C Bm7/5- E7 F
And gave out the news
D7 Dm7 G7 C Am G#7 G7
That the southland gave birth to the blues.
(Repeat Bridge:)
(Repeat last verse)
(Last time:)
D7 Dm7 G7 G#7 - G7 Gdim C Bb7 G#7 C
That the southland gave birth to the blues.