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Birth Of The Blues

by Frank Sinatra · tab for chromatic harmonica

No bends94 notesHoles 2–6Chromatic
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend< = slide in
They heard the breeze
in the trees sing-ing weird mel-o-dies
And they made that the start of the blues
And from a jail came the wail
of a down-heart-ed frail
And they played that as part of the blues
From a whip-poor-will out on a hill
they took a new note
Pushed it through a horn
till it was worn in-to a blue note
And then they nursed it re-hearsed it
and gave out the news
That the south-land
gave birth to the blues