Hello Nebraska chords by Goodnight, Texas

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
G+G

Verse 1:
 G+G
Franklin James, Franklin James
  C majorC
He was a child of the plain
   G+G
His father died while giving birth
   D MajorD
His mother lived for chasing trains
  G+G
He built two tombstones with a saw
 C majorC
Just to fit his ma and pa
  G+G
I haven't seen him in many years
   D MajorD           G+G
Since I been gone from Omaha

Chorus:
      C majorC
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      G+G
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      D MajorD
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
    G+G
My old pal

      C majorC
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      G+G
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      D MajorD
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
    G+G
My ol' pal


Verse 2:
 G+G
Jimmy Goose, Jimmy Goose
  C majorC
He hit his head, knocked something loose
 G+G
Ran for office with pocket kings and
 D MajorD
Got caught with a seven deuce
  G+G
Now I won't tell you what I saw
 C majorC
Let's just say he broke the law
 G+G
Haven't seen him in many years
   D MajorD             G+G
Since I've been gone from Omaha

Chorus:
      C majorC
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      G+G
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      D MajorD
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
    G+G
My old pal

      C majorC
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      G+G
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      D MajorD
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
    G+G
My ol' pal

Go on now

Instrumental:
C majorC D MajorD G+G E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD G+G
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD G+G


Verse 3:
 G+G
Sally Ann, Sally Ann
   C majorC
She kissed like a girl, cursed like a man
  G+G
I heard she married very young to
 D MajorD
Someone in the Klu Klux Klan
  G+G
I bet she never told 'em though
   C majorC
Her first love was with a Negro
  G+G
I wonder what they'd think of that
   D MajorD
The thought of loving someone black
   G+G
And someone black loving you back


Chorus:
      C majorC
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      G+G
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      D MajorD
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
    G+G
My old pal

      C majorC
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      G+G
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      D MajorD
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
    E minorEm
My old pal

      C majorC
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      G+G
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
      D MajorD
Hello, Nebraska! (hello)
    G+G
My ol' pal