This song really needs to be played in inversions using bar chords. 
 
A5     Ab5  G5 C5                   D5  G5       C5        E5    F5         D5 
They heard the breeze in the trees, singing weird melodies. 
                G5                                     C5          Ab5    G5 
And they made that, the start of the blues 
 G5 F#5  F5  C5                  D5 G5  C5      E5        F5              
And from a    jail came the wail  of a downhearted frail. 
D5           G5                                   C5            F5       C5 
And they played that as part of the blues. 
C5                        E5                                                         
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill they took a new note. 
                                A5                          A5 D5               G5    
Pushed it through a horn till it was born into a blue note. 
G5   F#5 F5    C5         A5     D5   G5     C5            E5  F5          E5 
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it and gave out the news. 
              G5                                       C5            F5         C5   
That the Southland, gave birth to the blues. 
C5                        E5                                                        
From a whippoorwill, out on a hill they took a new note. 
                                A5                  A5         D5               G5    
Pushed it through a horn till it was born into a blue note. 
        F#5   F5  C5          A5     D5     G5   C5           E5  F5  
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it and gave out the news. 
              G5                                       C5          B5       Bb5      A5 
That the Southland, gave birth to the blues. 
               D5               G5                        C5         C5     F5      F5    C5     G5     C/    
That the Southland, gave birth to the blues.