Guitar intro
    Dm7             G7                      C  G#  G7 
E|--5--8--5--8------10--12----10--12--10----8--11--10--| 
B|--6--6--6--6------10--10----10--10--10----8--11--8---| 
G|--7--7--7--7------10--10----10--10--10----9--11--10--| 
D|-------------------------------------------------9---| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 
 
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. 
 
Trumpet solo
 
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.