The Seagulls Name Was Nelson Chords

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The Seagulls Name Was Nelson by Des And Dawn Lindberg is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, F#m and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Verso 1:
A                   D         A 
A  long time ago in sixty seven 
     F#m                          E 
A little boy was running on the Beach 
      D                           F#m 
When all of a sudden he heard a plaintive cry 
    A           E            A 
So near yet so far out of reach. 
A                   D        A 
He looked behind a rock so tall 
     F#m               E 
And there before his eyes 
        D                  F#m 
Was an oil soaked seagull lying there 
  A             E           A 
Windswept with pain in his eyes. 

 
          D         E       A 
And the seagull’s name was Nelson 
 D         E              A 
Nelson who came from the sea 
        D          E         A 
And the seagull’s name was Nelson 
 D           E      A 
Nelson the seagull free 

Verso 2: 
    A                  D      A 
He fed that seagull limpets small 
  F#m                 E 
Until the bird could fly 
                D                F#m 
And when he thought it was so he let little Nelson go 
        A             E               A 
And he flew above his head up in the sky. 


          D       E         A 
And the seagull’s name was Nelson 
 D           E            A 
Nelson who came from the sea 
         D         E        A 
And the seagull’s name was Nelson 
  D         E        A 
Nelson the seagull free 

Verso 3:
      A                    D      A 
The time had come for the boy to go 
     F#m                  E 
And sadness was in their eyes 
         D                F#m 
But it’s not for you to criticise 
          A            E        A 
If you’ve never seen a seagull  cry 

 
         D         E        A 
And the seagull’s name was Nelson 
 D          E            A 
Nelson who came from the sea 
         D         E        A 
And the seagull’s name was Nelson 
    D       E       A 
Nelson the seagull free  
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante