Delta Dawn
Written by: Alex Harvey, Larry Collins Recorded by: Helen Reddy
transcribed by bill evans, bevans@austin.cc.tx.us
chorus
F Bb F
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on ?
C
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by ?
F Bb F
And did I hear you say he was meetin' you here today
F C Bb F
to take you to his mansion in the sky.
verse 1
F Bb F
She's forty one and her daddy still calls her baby.
Eb F
All the folks around Brownville say she's crazy.
Bb D Gm C7 F
'Cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand.
Eb F
Lookin for a mysterious dark haired man.
verse 2
In her youger days they called her Delta Dawn.
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on.
Then a man of low degree stood by her side.
And promised her he'd take her for his bride.
chorus
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