Hello Dolly Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the jazz song Hello Dolly chords from Jerry Herman by Louis Armstrong on guitar.

Hello Dolly with chords

The parts 1 and 2 are not played in the same way.

We will look at part 1 and part 2.

Part 1 of the song

The first part has five chords that you will need to know :

chords hello dolly

When you master those, you can follow the next tab to play part 1 :

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

lyrics hello dolly
Tab text
BbM7
Hello, Dolly !
Gm7
This is Louis, Dolly !
BbM7
It’s so nice

to be back home
Cm7 F7
where I belong
Cm7
You are looking swell, Dolly
Abm6
I can tell, Dolly
Cm7
You’re still glowin’,
F7
you’re still crowin’
BbM7 B° Cm7
You’re still goin’ strong

Part 2 of the music

For the second part, we keep the five chords of the first part and add six new ones.

Here are the news you need to know to play the second part :

chords guitar

When you master those chords and those of the first part, you can follow the next tab to play part 2 :

Tab text
F7 BbM7
I feel the room swayin’
Gm7
For the band’s playin’
Fm7
One of my old
Bb7
fav’rite songs
EbM7 AØ D7
from ‘way back when
Gm7 Dm7
So, bridge that gap, fellas
Gm7 Dm7
Find me an empty lap, fellas
Cm7 F7 BbM7 B° Cm7 F7
Dolly’ll never go away again

Hello Dolly video with tab

You can find all our Jazz guitar tab on Decibel Score and play famous standards like the one of Ellington It Don’t Mean a Thing.

Hello Dolly lyrics

The lyrics of the song Hello Dolly by Louis Armstrong are composed of two parts that are repeated several times.

The structure of the lyrics is simple:

Part 1 – Part 2

Part 1

Hello, Dolly !
This is Louis, Dolly !
It’s so nice to be back home where I belong
You are looking swell, Dolly
I can tell, Dolly
You’re still glowin’, you’re still crowin’
You’re still goin’ strong

Part 2

I feel the room swayin’
For the band’s playin’
One of my old fav’rite songs from ‘way back when
So, bridge that gap, fellas
Find me an empty lap, fellas
Dolly’ll never go away again

To improvise on Jazz song, you can try the Pentatonic Blues Scale.

Jazz score from Armstrong

The following score is a “home-made” score that we created according to the above frameworks and explanations.

Summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play the jazz song Hello Dolly from Jerry Herman by Louis Armstrong on guitar.