Delta dawn Chords

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Delta dawn by Helen Reddy is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, G7, F, C/B, Am, D7, A, E and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                         C              G 
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on? 
 
 D        G                              D 
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? 
 
    G               G7           C                G 
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today 
 
   G                D               C     G 
To take you to his mansion in the sky?
 
 
 
      G                 F                       G 
She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby" 
 
G                    F                     G       
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy 
 
           C            C/B         Am       D7     G 
'Cause she walks around town with a suitcase in her hand 
 
G                 F                   G 
Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man. 
 
 
In her younger 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 


G                         C               G 
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on? 
 
 D       G                              D 
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? 
 
  G                 G7            C                G 
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today 
 
   G                D              C    G    A 
To take you to his mansion in the sky? 

 
 
A                        D               A 
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on? 
 
  E      A                               E 
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by? 
 
     A              A7           D                   A 
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today 
 
   A                 D             E    D     
To take you to his mansion in the sky? 
    	

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