[Guitar intro]
[Dm7] [G7] [C] [G#] [G7]
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Verse 1
[Dm7] [G7] [C]
Oh! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away,
[G7]
And I'll never see my darling any more;
[C] [C7] [F] [Fm]
I'm sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day.
[C] [G7] [C]
For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.
Verse 2
[Dm7] [G7] [C]
Oh! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away,
[G7]
And I'll never see my darling any more;
[C] [C7] [F] [Fm]
I'm sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day.
[C] [G7] [C]
For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.
[Trumpet solo]
Verse 3
[Dm7] [G7] [C]
Oh! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away,
[G7] [F#7] [G7]
And I'll never see my darling any more;
[C] [C7] [F] [Fm]
I'm sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day.
[C] [G7] [C]
For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.
Verse 4
[G7] [C]
Oh! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away,
[G7]
And I'll never see my darling any more;
[C7] [F] [Fm]
I'm sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day.
[C] [G7] [C]
For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.
