Tom: C This song really needs to be played in inversions using bar chords. A7 Ab7 G7 C Dm7 G7 C E7 F D7 They heard the breeze in the trees, singing weird melodies. G7 C Ab7 G7 And they made that, the start of the blues G7 F#7 F7 C Dm7 G7 C E7 F And from a jail came the wail of a downhearted frail. D7 G7 C Fm C And they played that as part of the blues. C E7 From a whippoorwill, out on a hill they took a new note. A7 Am7 D7 G7 Pushed it through a horn till it was born into a blue note. G7 F#7 F7 C Am Dm G7 C E7 F E7 And then they nursed it, rehearsed it and gave out the news. G7 C F C That the Southland, gave birth to the blues. C E7 From a whippoorwill, out on a hill they took a new note. A7 Am7 D7 G7 Pushed it through a horn till it was born into a blue note. F#7 F7 C Am Dm G7 C E7 F And then they nursed it, rehearsed it and gave out the news. G7 C B Bb A7 That the Southland, gave birth to the blues. D7 G7 C C7 F Fm C G C. That the Southland, gave birth to the blues.