Hey Nelly Nelly

C F C F C Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the window F G A Hey Nelly, Nelly, look to the what I see D Am D Am He's ridin' into town on a sway-back mule D Am D Am He's got a tall black hat and he looks like a fool Dm Em F G He sure is talkin' like he's been to school Am Em D Am D Am And it's Eighteen Fifty-Three C Hey Nelly, Nelly, listen what he's sayin' F G A Hey Nelly, Nelly, he says it's gettin' late D Am D Am And he says them black folks should be free D Am D Am To walk around the same as you and me Dm Em F G He's talkin' about a thing he calls democracy Am Em D Am D Am And it's Eighteen Fifty-Eight C Hey Nelly, Nelly, hear the band a-playing F G A Hey Nelly, Nelly, hand me down my gun D Am D Am For the men are cheerin' and the boys are too D Am D Am They're all puttin' on their coats of blue Dm Em F G I can't sit around here and talk to you Am Em D Am D Am And it's Eighteen Sixty-One C Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the window F G A Hey Nelly, Nelly, I've come home alive D Am D Am My coat of blue is stained with red D Am D Am And the man in the tall black hat is dead Dm Em F G But we sure will remember all the things he said Am Em D Am D Am In Eighteen Sixty-Five C Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the window F G A Hey Nelly, Nelly, look at what I see D Am D Am I see white folks and coloured walkin' side by side D Am D Am They're walking in a column that's a century wide Dm Em F G It was a long and a hard and a bloody ride Am Em D Am D A In Nineteen Sixty-Three