Delta Dawn

(Bb)Delta Dawn, what's that (Eb)flower you have (Bb)on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone (F)by?

And (Bb)did I hear you say he was (Eb)ameetin' you here today

to take you to his mansion (F)in the (Eb)sky?

She's fortyone and her (Ab)daddy still calls her baby.

All the folks around Brownsville say she's (Bb)crazy

'cause she (Eb)walks (Gm)downtown with a (Cm)suitcase (F)in her (Bb)hand,

And lookin' for a (Ab)mysterious darkhaired man.

In her younger days they her called dy her

Delta Dawn, by.

prettiest an you ever laid eyes (Bb)on.

zy Then a (Eb)man of (Gm)low de a (Cm)gree stood (F)by her (Bb)side,

And promised her he'd mys (Ab)take i her for his bride.

In her

(C)Delta Dawn, what's that (F)flower you have (C)on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone (G)by?

And (C)did I hear you say he was (F)ameetin' you here today

to take you to his (C)mansion (G7)in the (F)sky?

Delta Dawn, (C)what's that (F)flower you have (C)on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone (G)by?

And (C)did I hear you say (C7)he was (F)ameetin' you here today

to take you to his mansion (G7)in the (F)sky?

Delta Dawn, (C)what's that (F)flower you have (C)on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone (G)by?

And (C)did I hear you say he was (F)ameetin' you here today

to take you to his (C)mansion (G7)in the (F)sky.

Delta Dawn, (C)what's that (F)flower you have (C)on?

Could it be a faded rose from days gone (G)by?

And (C)did I hear you say he was (F)ameetin' you here today

to take you to his (C)mansion (G7)in the (F)sky.