Delta Dawn:Helen Reddy.
#1 in 1973.
CHORUS:
C F C
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
C F C G
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
C F C
And did I hear you say he was meeting you here today..
C G F C
to take you to his mansion in the sky.y.y.y?
#1.
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She`s forty-one and her Daddy still calls her, Baby.
C F C
All the folks around Brownsville say she`s crazy.
C F G C
Cause she walks downtown with her suitcase in her hand..
C F C
looking for a mysterious dark haired man.
#2.
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In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn.
C F C
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on.
C F G C
Then a man of low degree stood by her side..
C F C
promised her he`d take her for his bride.
to take you to his mansion in the sky.y.y.y?
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CHORUS:
D G D
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
D G D A
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
D G D
And did I hear you say he was meeting you here today..
D A G D
to take you to his mansion in the sky.y.y.y?
CHORUS:
D G D
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
D G D A
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
D G D
And did I hear you say he was meeting you here today..
D A G D
to take you to his mansion in the sky.y.y.y?
CHORUS:
D# G# D#
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
D# G# D# A#
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
D# G# D#
And did I hear you say he was meeting you here today..
D# A# G# D#
to take you to his mansion in the sky.y.y.y?
CHORUS:
D# G# D#
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
D# G# D# A#
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
D# G# D#
And did I hear you say he was meeting you here today..
D# A# G# D#
to take you to his mansion in the sky.y.y.y?
OUTRO:
D# G# D#
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
D# G# D# A#
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
