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.