Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy · Song Chords

Delta Dawn

Helen Reddy · C

Real Key

C

C

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

Delta Dawn:Helen Reddy.

#1 in 1973.

Chorus

(a Capella)

[C] [F] [C]

Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?

[G]

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

[C] [F] [C]

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..

[C] [G] [F] [C]

to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

Verse 1

[C] [Bb] [C]

She`s forty-one and her Daddy still calls her, Baby.

[C] [Bb] [C]

All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy.

[F] [C/E] [Dm] [G] [C]

Cause she walks downtown with her suitcase in her hand..

[C] [Bb] [C]

looking for a mysterious dark haired man.

Verse 2

[C] [Bb] [C]

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn.

[C] [Bb] [C]

Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on.

[F] [C/E] [Dm] [G] [C]

Then a man of low degree stood by her side..

[C] [Bb] [C]

promised her he`d take her for his bride.

Chorus

[D] [G] [D]

Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?

[D] [A]

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

[D] [D/F#] [G] [D]

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..

[D] [A] [G] [D]

to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

Chorus

[D] [G] [D]

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?

[A]

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

[D] [D/F#] [G] [D]

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..

[D] [A] [G] [D]

to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

Chorus

[D] [G] [D]

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?

[A]

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

[D] [D/F#] [G] [D]

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..

[D] [A] [G] [D]

to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

Chorus

[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]

Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?

[Eb] [Bb]

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

[Eb] [Eb/G] [Ab] [Eb]

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..

[Eb] [Bb] [Ab] [Eb]

to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

Outro

[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]

Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?

[Eb] [Bb]

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

A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

Chords Used (12)

Guitar

Ukulele

C

1 / 4

F

1 / 5

G

1 / 5

Bb

1 / 4

C/E

1 / 4

Dm

1 / 4

D

1 / 4

A

1 / 4

D/F#

1 / 4

Eb

1 / 4

Ab

1 / 4

Eb/G

1 / 4

Song Info

Real Key

C

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Tags

#Helen Reddy

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