Darling Nelly Gray chords by Louis Armstrong

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Guitar intro:
  Dm7Dm7       G7G7           C majorC G#G# G7G7
E MajorE|--5--8--5--8------10--12----10--12--10----8--11--10--|
BB|--6--6--6--6------10--10----10--10--10----8--11--8---|
G+G|--7--7--7--7------10--10----10--10--10----9--11--10--|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------9---|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
    Dm7Dm7    G7G7       C majorC
Oh! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away,
                 G7G7
And I'll never see my darling any more;
  C majorC       C7C7      FF        F minorFm
I'm sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day.
      C majorC       G7G7      C majorC
For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.

Verse 2:
    Dm7Dm7    G7G7       C majorC
Oh! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away,
                 G7G7
And I'll never see my darling any more;
  C majorC       C7C7      FF        F minorFm
I'm sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day.
      C majorC       G7G7      C majorC
For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.

Trumpet solo:

Verse 3:
    Dm7Dm7    G7G7       C majorC
Oh! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away,
                 G7G7 F#7F#7 G7G7
And I'll never see my darling any more;
  C majorC       C7C7      FF        F minorFm
I'm sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day.
      C majorC       G7G7      C majorC
For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.

Verse 4:
    G7G7             C majorC
Oh! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away,
                 G7G7
And I'll never see my darling any more;
  C7C7              FF        F minorFm
I'm sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day.
      C majorC       G7G7      C majorC
For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.

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