Delta Queen:Proudfoot.
Recorded in 1972 on ARIOLA Records.
Believe it hit #1 on several European
charts.
INTRO: Bm
Bm F#
Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?
Bm F#
Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?
#1.
Bm F#
Tell me mister have you seen, the girl they call the
Bm
Delta Queen in New Orleans..(honey, honey.)
Bm
He said, I know the girl you mean..(honey, honey) she's
F# Bm
singing at the Delta Queen, down Seventeenth..(honey, honey.)
BRIDGE:
D A
And when I saw her there, silver gaslight on her hair..
Bm F#
I didn't mind the smoky room, or the smell of stale perfume.
D A
I only know that she's, a fallen angel on her knees..
Bm F#
a woman tired of being alone, the one that I'm now taking
home, ohhh.
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CHORUS:
Bm F#
Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?
Bm F#
Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?
#2.
Bm F#
She left her home in Baton Rouge (honey, honey) she only had
Bm
one pair of shoes, what could she lose?..(honey, honey.)
Bm F#
The time had come for her to chose..(honey, honey) between
Bm
the good life and the blues, what could she lose?..(honey, honey.)
(INTERLUDE:) D A Bm F#
BRIDGE:
D A
I only know that she's, a fallen angel on her knees..
Bm F#
a woman tired of being alone, the one that I'm now taking
home, ohhh.
OUTRO:
Bm F#
Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?
Bm F#
Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?
Bm F#
Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?
Bm F#
Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? (Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
