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Nellie, Nellie (Traditional)

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Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window. Hey
AmCAmGAmDm
Nellie, Nellie, look at what I see. He's ridin'
AmDm
into town on a sway-back mule. He's got a tall
AmDm
black hat and he looks like a fool. But he sure
FG
is talkin' like he's been to school, and it's
AmGAm
185 3.
CAmCAmCC
Hey Nellie, Nellie, listen what he's sayin'. Hey
AmCAmGAm
Nellie, Nellie, he says it's gettin' late. Says
DmAmDm
all them black folks should be free, To walk
AmDm
around the same as you and me. He's talkin'
FG
about a thing they call democracy, and it's
AmGAm
185 8.
     
CAmCAmCC
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window. Hey
AmCAmGAmDm
Nellie, Nellie, hand me down my gun. For the men
AmDm
are cheerin' and the boys are too, They're all
AmDm
puttin' on their coats of blue. And I ain't got
FG
no time to sit and talk to you, and it's
AmGAm
186 1.
CAmCAmCC
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window. Hey
AmCAmGAmDm
Nellie, Nellie, I've come back alive. My coat of
AmDm
blue is stained with red, And the man in the
AmDm
tall black hat is dead. But we sure will
FG
remember all the things he said, and
AmGAm
it's 18 65 .
CAmCAmCC
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window. Hey
     
AmCAmGAm
Nellie, Nellie, look at what I see. There are
DmAm
white folks and colored walkin' side by side,
DmAm
A-marchin' in a column that's a century wide. It
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was a long and a hard and a bloody ride, and
AmGAm
it's 196 3.

Nellie, Nellie (Traditional)                          A-marchin' in a column that's a century wide. It  
                                                      was a long and a hard and a bloody ride, and      
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window. Hey           it's   196 3.                                     
Nellie, Nellie, look at what I see. He's ridin'                                                         
into town on a sway-back mule. He's got a tall                                                          
black hat and he looks like a fool. But he sure                                                         
is talkin' like he's been to school, and it's                                                           
  185 3.                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
Hey Nellie, Nellie, listen what he's sayin'. Hey                                                        
Nellie, Nellie, he says it's gettin' late. Says                                                         
all them black folks should be free, To walk                                                            
around the same as you and me. He's talkin'                                                             
about a thing they call democracy, and it's                                                             
  185 8.                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window. Hey                                                             
Nellie, Nellie, hand me down my gun. For the men                                                        
are cheerin' and the boys are too, They're all                                                          
puttin' on their coats of blue. And I ain't got                                                         
no time to sit and talk to you, and it's                                                                
  186 1.                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window. Hey                                                             
Nellie, Nellie, I've come back alive. My coat of                                                        
blue is stained with red, And the man in the                                                            
tall black hat is dead. But we sure will                                                                
remember all the things he said, and                                                                    
it's  18 65  .                                                                                          
                                                                                                        
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window. Hey                                                             
Nellie, Nellie, look at what I see. There are                                                           
white folks and colored walkin' side by side,