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From: tokehx@yahoo.de (Tokeh)
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Subject: Re: Nellie the Elephant
Date: 14 Nov 2001 06:20:36 -0800
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> Toy Dolls old post post punk song ...?
If you only dig deep enough in this newsgroup...
This was posted some time ago ;-)
Cheers,
Tokeh

Von:Frank Rosner (frank@rosner-hh.de)
Betrifft:Re: nelly the elephant
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Datum:2000/02/07

simon harrison <rex@manutd.com> wrote:
>does anybody know who did the chart version of nelly the elephant ???? if so
>do you have the tab???

Nellie the elephant    -     Toy Dolls

Em B  Em                      B          F#
To Bombay a travelling circus came, they brought an
           B            F#             B
inteligent elephant and Nellie was her name
Em  B    Em                         B
One dark night she slipped her iron chain
    F#             B
and off she ran to Hindustan
        F#          B
and was never seen again.. oooooo

E                                      A                   E
Nellie the elephant pack her trunk and said goodbye to the circus
A                   E              F#          B
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump.
    E                                        A                   E
New Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled off to the jungle
A                   E              F#    B     E
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump.

Em    B  Em                             B
Night by night she danced to the circus band
     F#                    B              F#                  B
When Nelli was leading the big parade she looked so proud and grand
Em B    Em                      B
No more tricks for Nellie to perform
     F#                B                  F#                B
They taught her how to take a bow and she took the crowd by storm..

oooooooooooo

E                                      A                   E
Nellie the elephant pack her trunk and said goodbye to the circus
A                   E              F#          B
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump.
    E                                        A                   E
New Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled off to the jungle
A                   E              F#    B     E
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump.

C    F                                      A#                  F
     Nellie the elephant pack her trunk and said goodbye to the circus
A#                  F              G           C
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump.
    F                                        A#                  F
New Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled off to the jungle
A#                  F              G     C     F
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump.
    A#                   F       A#        F
The head of the herd was calling far far away
     G                    C                   G            C
They met one night in the silver light on the road to Mandalay...

oooooooooooo

F                                      A#                  F
Nellie the elephant pack her trunk and said goodbye to the circus
A#                  F              G           C
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump.
    F                                        A#                  F
New Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled off to the jungle
A#                  F              G     C     F
Off she went with a trumpety trump trump trump trump.