Nellie Kane

Tim O'Brien

Key of G · Chords: I IV V vi

Verse 1

G
As a young man I went riding out on the western plain
Em
In the state of North Dakota I met my Nellie Kane
D               G
I met my Nellie Kane

Verse 2

G
She was living in a lonely cabin with a son by another man
Em
Five years she had waited for him as long as a woman can
D                  G
As long as a woman can

Chorus

C                            G
I don't know what changed my mind
D                            G
'Til then I was the rambling kind
G
The kind of love I can't explain
G
That I had for Nellie Kane

Verse 3

G
She took me on to work that day to help her till the land
Em
In the afternoon we planted seeds in the evening we held hands
D                      G
In the evening we held hands

(Chorus)

Verse 4

G
Her blue eyes told me everything a man could want to know
Em
And it was then I realized I would never go
D             G
I would never go

(Chorus)

Verse 5

G
Now many years have gone by and her son has grown up tall
Em
I became a father to him and she became my all
D             G
She became my all