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