Billy Strings – Nellie Kane (Guitar)

Capo 4
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******************************************* The following is a simplified Intro, Outro and Breaks/Instrumentals that can be used in place of the Intro and Breaks that Billy and his band use. Note, that in Bluegrass, Instrumentals are commonly called Breaks. Also note that each letter represents one Boom Chuck with there being 4 Boom Chucks per measure. [Simplified Intro, Outro, Breaks/Instrumentals] C C C C Am Am Am Am G G G G C C C C ******************************************* [Banjo/Mandolin Intro] C C C C [Verse 1]
     C
As a young man I went riding out on the western plain

                                                  Am
In the state of North Dakota well I met my Nellie Kane,

G             C
Met my Nellie Kane

        C
She was livin' in a lonely cabin with a son by another man

                                                           Am
Five years she had waited for him, just as long as a woman can,

   G               C
As long as a woman can
[Chorus]
        F                    C
I don't know what changed my mind

            G                C
'til then I was the ramblin' kind

            F              C
The kind of love I can't explain

       G               C
That I have for Nellie Kane
[Guitar Break] C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Am Am G G C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Am Am G G C C C C C C C C [Verse 2]
        C
She had took me on to work that day and helped me till the land

                                                          Am
In the afternoon we planted seeds, in the evenin' we held hands,

G               C
Evenin' we held hands

     C
Them blue eyes told me everything a man could want to know

                                          Am
It was then I realized that I would never go

G             C
I would never go
[Chorus]
        F                    C
I don't know what changed my mind

            G                C
'til then I was the ramblin' kind

            F              C
The kind of love I can't explain

       G               C
That I have for Nellie Kane
[Fidel Break] C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Am Am G G C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Am G G C C C G G C C C C [Verse 3]
    C
Now many years have gone by and our son has grown up tall

                                           Am
I became a father to him and she became my all,

G             C
She became my all
[Chorus]
        F                    C
I don't know what changed my mind

            G                C
'til then I was the ramblin' kind

            F              C
The kind of love I can't explain

       G               C
That I have for Nellie Kane
[Mandolin Break] C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Am Am G G C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C Am Am G G C C G G C C C C [Chorus]
        F                    C
I don't know what changed my mind

            G                C
'til then I was the ramblin' kind

            F              C
The kind of love I can't explain

       G               C
That I have for Nellie Kane
[Outro]
       G               C
That I have for Nellie Kane