Chords for Chris Barber's JB Ottilie Patterson 1959-60 Darling Nelly Gray
Tempo:
72.75 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab]
[G] [Fm]
[Db] [Ab] There's a low green valley by [Db] the old Kentucky shore, there [Ab] are wild many happy hours [Eb] away.
Just [Ab] a sitting [Abm] and a singing by [Db] the little [F] cottage door where [Fm] lives my [Eb] darling [Ab] again.
Oh [G] my pelly grave, they [Ab] have taken you [Eb] away, [Ab] I'll never see my darling anymore.
I'm [Ab] just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday where [Abm] you've gone from [Eb] the old [Ab] southern shore.
Now one night I went to see her, [Db] but she'd gone the neighbors say, [Ab] the white man bound her.
[Eb] Thanks to you, [Ab] they had taken her to Georgia, [Db] thought to wear her [D] life away,
[Ab] and she ties me the cotton and the cane.
[Eb] Oh my poor nelly grave, [Ab] they have taken you away,
I'll never see my darling [Eb] anymore.
[Ab] I'm just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday
[Ab] where you've gone [Eb] from the old [Ab] southern shore.
[G] [Ab]
[Db] [D]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Bbm] [Eb] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] Oh my poor nelly grave, [Ab] they have taken you away, I'll never see my darling [Eb] anymore.
[Ab] I'm just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday where [Ab] you've gone from the old southern shore.
[G] [Fm]
[Db] [Ab] There's a low green valley by [Db] the old Kentucky shore, there [Ab] are wild many happy hours [Eb] away.
Just [Ab] a sitting [Abm] and a singing by [Db] the little [F] cottage door where [Fm] lives my [Eb] darling [Ab] again.
Oh [G] my pelly grave, they [Ab] have taken you [Eb] away, [Ab] I'll never see my darling anymore.
I'm [Ab] just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday where [Abm] you've gone from [Eb] the old [Ab] southern shore.
Now one night I went to see her, [Db] but she'd gone the neighbors say, [Ab] the white man bound her.
[Eb] Thanks to you, [Ab] they had taken her to Georgia, [Db] thought to wear her [D] life away,
[Ab] and she ties me the cotton and the cane.
[Eb] Oh my poor nelly grave, [Ab] they have taken you away,
I'll never see my darling [Eb] anymore.
[Ab] I'm just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday
[Ab] where you've gone [Eb] from the old [Ab] southern shore.
[G] [Ab]
[Db] [D]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
[Bbm] [Eb] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] Oh my poor nelly grave, [Ab] they have taken you away, I'll never see my darling [Eb] anymore.
[Ab] I'm just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday where [Ab] you've gone from the old southern shore.
Key:
Ab
Eb
Db
D
G
Ab
Eb
Db
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] There's a low green valley by [Db] the old Kentucky shore, there [Ab] are wild many happy hours [Eb] away.
_ Just [Ab] a sitting [Abm] and a singing by [Db] the little [F] cottage door where [Fm] lives my [Eb] darling [Ab] again.
_ Oh [G] my pelly grave, they [Ab] have taken you [Eb] away, [Ab] I'll never see my darling anymore.
_ I'm [Ab] just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday where [Abm] you've gone from [Eb] the old [Ab] southern shore.
Now one night I went to see her, [Db] but she'd gone the neighbors say, [Ab] the white man bound her.
[Eb] Thanks to you, _ [Ab] they had taken her to Georgia, [Db] thought to wear her [D] life away,
[Ab] and she ties me the cotton and the cane. _
[Eb] Oh my poor nelly grave, [Ab] they have taken you away,
I'll never see my darling [Eb] anymore. _
[Ab] I'm just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday
[Ab] where you've gone [Eb] from the old [Ab] southern shore. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Oh my poor nelly grave, [Ab] they have taken you away, I'll never see my darling [Eb] anymore.
_ [Ab] I'm just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday where [Ab] you've gone _ from the old southern shore. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] There's a low green valley by [Db] the old Kentucky shore, there [Ab] are wild many happy hours [Eb] away.
_ Just [Ab] a sitting [Abm] and a singing by [Db] the little [F] cottage door where [Fm] lives my [Eb] darling [Ab] again.
_ Oh [G] my pelly grave, they [Ab] have taken you [Eb] away, [Ab] I'll never see my darling anymore.
_ I'm [Ab] just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday where [Abm] you've gone from [Eb] the old [Ab] southern shore.
Now one night I went to see her, [Db] but she'd gone the neighbors say, [Ab] the white man bound her.
[Eb] Thanks to you, _ [Ab] they had taken her to Georgia, [Db] thought to wear her [D] life away,
[Ab] and she ties me the cotton and the cane. _
[Eb] Oh my poor nelly grave, [Ab] they have taken you away,
I'll never see my darling [Eb] anymore. _
[Ab] I'm just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday
[Ab] where you've gone [Eb] from the old [Ab] southern shore. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Oh my poor nelly grave, [Ab] they have taken you away, I'll never see my darling [Eb] anymore.
_ [Ab] I'm just sitting by the river [Db] in a weeping [D] holiday where [Ab] you've gone _ from the old southern shore. _ _ _
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