Delta Dawn
Helen Reddy (Alex Harvey and Larry Collins, 1972)


     Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
      1   2 &   & 4 &



| [G] | [F] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] | [F] | [G] | [G] |

[G] Forty-one and her [F] daddy still called her [G] “baby” [G]
[G] All the folks around [F] Brownsville say she's [G] crazy [G]
'Cause she [C] walks downtown with her [D] suitcase in her [G] hand [G]
Said she's [G] lookin' for some my- [F] sterious dark- haired [G] man [G]

In her [G] younger days they [F] called her Delta [G] Dawn [G]
[G] Prettiest woman you've [F] ever laid your [G] eyes on [G]
Then a [C] man of low de- [D] gree stood by her [G] side [G]
And [G] promised her he would [F] take her to be his [G] bride, c'mon now

Chorus
[G] Delta [G7] Dawn, what's that [C] flower you have [G] on
Could it [G] be a faded rose from days gone [D] by? [D7]
And [G] did I hear you [G7] say, he were to [C] meet you here to- [G] day
To [G] take you to his [D] mansion in the [C] sky [C]

Chorus
[G] Delta [G7] Dawn, what's that [C] flower you have [G] on
Could it [G] be a faded rose from days gone [D] by? [D7]
And [G] did I hear you [G7] say, he would [C] meet you here to- [G] day
To [G] take you to his [D] mansion in the [C] sky [C]

Key change...
Chorus
[A] Delta [A7] Dawn, what's that [D] flower you have [A] on
Could it [A] be a faded rose from days gone [E] by? [E7]
And [A] did I hear you [A7] say, he would [D] meet you here to- [A] day
To [A] take you to his [E] mansion in the [D] sky [D]
To [A] take you to his [E] mansion in the [D] sky- [D] -y- | [A↓]


#Original in the key of C - this chart is in G.
#Capo on 5th fret to play along with original.
#Last Updated 6/01/19 JJ
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