Nellie Chords
by Dr. Dog
Nellie by Dr. Dog is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords E, F#m, B, Emaj7, E7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E F#m
Does she wander deep inside her slumber from dream to dream?
B
What does she dream?
E
You know you love her, but do you really know her?
F#m B
I look in her face I know I’m somewhere in there.
F#m B
But, she’s somebody else, she’s somebody new.
F#m B
And I can’t help myself from going wandering with her
F#m
From room to room: today, tomorrow, today
E Emaj7 E7 A E
Oh Nellie, oh Nellie, oh Nellie, yeah aah
E Emaj7 E7 A E
Oh Nellie, oh Nellie, oh Nellie, yeah aah
E F#m
Does she wander deep inside her slumber from dream to dream?
B
What does she dream?
E
Oh to hold her, so happy just to know her
F#m B
I got an old notebook, it’s filled with bits and baubles.
F#m B
I wanna tighten it up and put it in her room
F#m B
between the hyacinth and the book of Aesop’s fables.
F#m
I wanna go there soon: today, tomorrow, today
E Emaj7 E7 A E
Oh Nellie, oh Nellie, oh Nellie, yeah aah
E Emaj7 E7 A E
Oh Nellie, oh Nellie, oh Nellie, yeah aah