{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2285525,"song":"Nelly Bly","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11479471-nelly-bly-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2285525?type=chord","rating":4.82233,"votes":4,"content":"Stephen Foster\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNelly Bly! Nelly Bly! Bring the broom along,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'll sweep the kitchen clean, my dear, and have a little song.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nPoke the wood, my lady love, and make the fire burn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd while I take the banjo down, just give the mush a turn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHeigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nListen, love, to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll sing for you and play for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA dulcet melody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNelly Bly has a voice like a turtle dove,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI hear it in the meadow and I hear it in the grove.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNelly Bly has a heart warm as a cup of tea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd bigger than the sweet potatoes down in Tennessee.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHeigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nListen, love, to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll sing for you and play for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA dulcet melody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNelly Bly shuts her eye when she goes to sleep.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen she wakens up again her eyeballs start to peep.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe way she walks, she lifts her foot, and then she bumps it down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when it lights, there's music there in that part of the town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHeigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nListen, love, to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll sing for you and play for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA dulcet melody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNelly Bly! Nelly Bly! Never, never sigh;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever bring the tear drop to the corner of your eye.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nFor the pie is made of pumpkins and the mush is made of corn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd there's corn and pumpkins plenty, love, a-lyin' in the barn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHeigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nListen, love, to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll sing for you and play for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA dulcet melody.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHeigh, Nelly!   Ho, Nelly![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nListen, love, to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll sing for you and play for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA dulcet melody.[/tab]","plain_text":"Stephen Foster\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G7","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}