Darling Nelly Gray

Louis Armstrong

Written by Benjamin Hanby

Key of C · Chords: I IV V VI bV ii iv

Guitar intro

Dm7 G7 C G# G7

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.

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.