From Gillian Welch's 2020 album, Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, Vol. 2

This is the key she and Dave Rawlings record this tune in. Sounds as if it's played in first position on the
original recording.

ALTERNATIVE (easier) chord pattern:
CAPO 3
Substitute these chords for the ones written below:
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Wella Hella

{Intro}
               


[Chorus]
             
Wella-wella, h

              
ella-hello, ho

     
ney, hello
              
Tell me nice a

              
nd slow, ain't

           
 you got a nam

e?
              
'Cause I gotta


 know
              
Wella-wella, h

    
ella-hello, ho

ney
             
Wella-hella, h

         
ello


[Verse 1]
             
Now, I've been

              
 sittin' just 


right here
              
And you've bee

              
n sittin' over

          
 there all nig

ht
              
And it's getti

   
ng late
              
Wella-wella, h

     
ella-hello, ho

ney
             
Why must you h

esitate?


[Chorus]
             
Wella-wella, h

              
ella-hello, ho

     
ney, hello
              
Tell mе nice a

              
nd slow, ain't

           
 you got a nam

e?
              
'Cause I gotta

 
 know
              
Wеlla-wella, h

     
ella-hello, ho

ney
             
Wella-hella, h

ello


[Verse 2]
             
I can shimmy a

           
nd shing-a-lin

g
              
Bunny hop and 

              
shake a thing 


alright
              
If you take a 


chance
              
Wella-wella, h

     
ella-hello, ho

ney
              
Don't you wann

  
a dance?


[Chorus]
             
Wella-wella, h

              
ella-hello, ho

     
ney, hello
              
Tell mе nice a

              
nd slow, ain't

           
 you got a nam

e?
              
'Cause I gotta

 
 know
              
Wеlla-wella, h

     
ella-hello, ho

ney
             
Wella-hella, h

ello


[Verse 3]
             
Now tell me, h

           
oney, is it Ma

ry Anne
              
Mary Ellen, Pe

            
ggy Sue, or Je

an
              
Or Etta or Lor


een?
              
What am I gonn

  
a call you
              
When you're in

    
 my dreams?


[Chorus]
             
Wella-wella, h

              
ella-hello, ho

     
ney, hello
              
Tell mе nice a

              
nd slow, ain't

           
 you got a nam

e?
              
'Cause I gotta

 
 know
              
Wеlla-wella, h

     
ella-hello, ho

ney
             
Wella-hella, h

ello

[Outro]
C    C    C[sustain]