Originally in Bb, I play in D capo 3
Highest note is the 5 of the second key
First chorus a cappella
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 | G | D | |
And | did I hear you say he was a- | meetin’ you here to | day |
A | G | D | |
To take you to his | mansion in the | sky |
Vox on 3 3 5 on “forty-one”
D | C | D |
She’s forty-one and her | daddy still calls her | baby |
D | C | D |
All the folks ‘round | Brownsville say she’s | crazy |
Vox on the 3 of the first chord (6 of the key) on “walks downtown”
G | D/F# | Em | A | D | |
Cause she | walks down | town with a | suitcase | in her | hand |
D | C | D |
Looking for a my | sterious dark-haired | man |
D | C | D | |
In her | younger days they | called her Delta | Dawn |
D | C | D |
Prettiest woman | you ever laid eyes | on |
G | D/F# | Em | A | D | |
Then a | man of | low deg | ree stood | by her | side |
D | C | D | |
And he | promised her he’d | take her for his | bride |
Key change
E | A | E |
Delta Dawn what’s that | flower you have | on? |
E | B | |
Could it | be a faded rose from days gone | by? |
E | A | E | |
And | did I hear you say he was a- | meetin’ you here to | day |
E | B | A | E | |
To | take you to his | mansion in the | sky |
A cappella
E | A | E |
Delta Dawn what’s that | flower you have | on? |
E | B | |
Could it | be a faded rose from days gone | by? |
E | A | E | |
And | did I hear you say he was a- | meetin’ you here to | day |
E | B | A | E | |
To | take you to his | mansion in the | sky |
Band back in
E | A | E |
Delta Dawn what’s that | flower you have | on? |
E | B | |
Could it | be a faded rose from days gone | by? |
E | A | E | |
And | did I hear you say he was a- | meetin’ you here to | day |
E | B | A | E | |
To | take you to his | mansion in the | sky |
Repeat chorus to fade