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[Verse 1]
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Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the window
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Hey Nelly, Nelly, look to the what I see
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He's ridin' into town on a sway-back mule
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He's got a tall black hat and he looks like a fool
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He sure is talkin' like he's been to school
         Am       Em    D      Am  D  Am
And it's Eighteen Fifty-Three


[Verse 2]
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Hey Nelly, Nelly, listen what he's sayin'
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Hey Nelly, Nelly, he says it's gettin' late
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And he says them black folks should be free
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To walk around the same as you and me
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He's talkin' about a thing he calls democracy
         Am       Em    D      Am  D  Am
And it's Eighteen Fifty-Eight


[Verse 3]
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Hey Nelly, Nelly, hear the band a-playing
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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
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I can't sit around here and talk to you
         Am       Em    D    Am  D  Am
And it's Eighteen Sixty-One


[Verse 4]
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Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the window
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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



[Verse 5]
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Hey Nelly, Nelly, come to the window
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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
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It was a long and a hard and a bloody ride
   Am       Em    D      Am  D  A
In Nineteen Sixty-Three