Trad.

     G               D         C          G
When first unto this country a stranger I came
  C         D          C             G
I courted a fair maid, Nancy was her name
  G               D         C               G
I courted her for love, her love I didn't obtain
       C              D         C           G
Do you think I've any reason or right to complain


I rode to see my Nancy, I rode both day and night
I rode to see my Nancy, my own heart's true delight
I rode to see my Nancy, I rode both night and day
Till I spied a fine grey horse, belonged to captain Grey

Intro/riff:

C           G        C
Away by the river so clear,
    C           G             C
The ladies were winding their way,
    G
And Pharaoh's little daughter stepped down in the water
   C            F           C
To bathe in the cool of the day.
  C       F/c C        C      F/c C
Before it was dark she opened the ark
                    G          C
And found the sweet infant was there.


And away by the waters so blue,
The infant was lonely and sad.
She took him in pity and thought him so pretty
And it made little Moses so glad.
She called him her own, her beautiful son

Gaslight III version

Dropped D tuning (D-A-d-g-b-e’)

Chords:

D    000232
G    5x000x
A/e  2x2220

The following figure appears here and there, between verses and where there is a long held D chord.

Trad. Listen to the 1971 version by the Sullivan family
Played by Bob Dylan during the 1999 fall tour
Tabbed by Jeffrey Kokosinski

          A                                            E
I'm goin' down to New Orleans, baby, behind the rising sun
      A                                            E
Goin' down to New Orleans, baby, behind the rising sun
           B7                                    E
Lord, I've just found out, my trouble has just begun.

Oh, went to see a gypsy woman, have my fortune told

Intro: