delta dawn chords by Helen Reddy

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Verse 1
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Delta Dawn,
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what's that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose
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from days gone by?
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And did I hear you say,
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he was a -meetin' you here today
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To take you to his mansion in the sky?
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She's 41 and her daddy still calls her baby
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All the folks round Brownsville
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say she's crazy
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She walks downtown
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with her suitcase in her hand
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Looking for a mysterious dark -haired man
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In her younger days they called her
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Delta Dawn
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Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
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Then a man of love degree
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stood by her side
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Promised her he'd take
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her for his bride
Delta Dawn,
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what's that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose
A 
from days gone by?
D 
And did I hear you say
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D 
he was a -meetin' you here today
To take you to his man
A 
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D 
sion in the sky?
Delta Dawn,
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D 
what's that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose
A 
from days gone by?
D 
And did I hear you say
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he was a -meetin' you here today
D 
To take you to his man
A 
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D 
sion in the sky?
Delta Dawn,
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D 
what's that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose
A 
from days gone by?
D 
And did I hear you say
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he wasn't getting you here today
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A 
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To take you to his mansion in the sky?
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I, Delta Dawn,
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what's that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose
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from days gone by?
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And did I hear you say
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he was a -meetin' you here today
To take you to his man
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sion in the sky?
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My, my, Hail, John, John
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What's that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose
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from days gone by?
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And did I hear you say
He wasn't in his peephole?