Delta Down Chords
Delta Down by Waylon Jennings is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D C G D
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn,
C G D
prettiest woman you ever have laid eyes on.
G D
Then a man of low degree stood by her side,
C G D
and promised her he'd take her for his bride.
D G D
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on,
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 today,
A G D
to take you to his mansion in the sk...y?
D C G D
She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby",
C G D
all the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy,
G D
cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand,
C G D
looking for a mysterious dark-haired man.
D G D
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on,
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 today,
A G D
to take you to his mansion in the sk...y?
D G D
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on,
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 today,
A G D
to take you to his mansion in the sk...y?