Delta Dawn (video) (midi)

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

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could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

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And did I hear you say, he was a-meetin' you here today,

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to take you to his mansion in the sk...y?

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1. She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby",

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all the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy.

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Now she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand,

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looking for a mysterious dark-haired man.

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2. In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn,

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prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on.

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Then a man of low degree stood by her side,

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and promised her he'd take her for his bride.

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

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could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

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And did I hear you say, he was a-meetin' you here today,

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to take you to his mansion in the sk...y?

+ repeat CHORUS (2x)

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 1st here)

+ CHORUS ...

(orig. = no capo; midi = capo 5th) (Helen Reddy)