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.
