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Delta Dreams chords by
Martin Simpson
Martin Simpson

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Verse 1
G
D
G
D
G
D
G

We
D

drove

north from New Orleans

in a 55 Bel -Air
G
D

Music on the bench,
G
D

seat expectation in the air

There's room for a man to wear his hat

in this church of red and cream
G
D

And we are pilgrims of purpose,

driving in this dream

And is that a fifty -five, man?
G
D

I used to drive a fifty -five

What's she got under the hood, man?
G
D
G
D
G
D

She makes me feel alive
G

D

Live oaks, draped with Spanish moss
G
D

Like rags of shoals and ball gowns
G
D

Shade the shame -faced dowagers
G
D

along the river road

And on the bluffs at Vicksburg,
G
D

the big guns still guard the river
G
D

Men sing the barges
G
D

as they haul their heavy loads

Is that a fifty -five, man?
G
D

I used to drive a fifty -five
G
D

What's she got un der the hood, man?
G
D
G

She makes me feel alive
D
G
D
G
D
G

D

Outside the closed -down undertakers
G
D

to Lincolnhurst's standing

Rusting and appealing
G

and unforgiving, yeah
D
G
D

The church where Sonny Boy lies buried,


burned down to the ground
G
D

The crucifix of rusty nails and ashes
G
D
G
D
G
D
G
D

there
G

D

There's no panther in the cane break,

no devil at the crossroads,
G
D

but here's a fifty -seven

Cadillac and it's tearin' down the road.

It's Bird Breath and his buddies,
G
D

they're comin' from Chicago.
G
D

They got a fifth of whiskey,

they got a hundred miles to go.

They are barreling from the west side
G

to the Gulf of Mexico
D
G

Is that a .55?
D
G
D

Man, I used to drive a .55
G
D

Boy, she's got an other hood, man,
G
D
G
D
G
D
G
D

makes me feel alive
G

D

Oh, the young people are left here
G
D

for the steel mills and assembly lines
G
D

For the marshalling yards

and the killing floor
G
D

Many years ago

But the cities, they are dying
G
D

And the industries are wasted
G
D

But there sure is no good reason
G
D

To come back here anymore
G
D

Is that a fifty -five man
G
D

Who used to drive a fifty -five?

What's she got under the hood,
G
D
G
D
G

She makes me feel alive
D
G
D
G
D
G
D

G
D
G
D

G
D

We drove north from New Orleans
G
D

in a 55 Bel -Air
G
D

Got mu sic on the bench seat,
G

expectation in the air
D

There's room for a man to wear his hat
G
D

in this church of red and green
G
D

And we are pilgrims of purpose
G
D

driving in this dream
G
D

Is that a 55, man?
G
D

I used to drive a 55
G
D

What you got under the hood, man?
G
D
G
D

She makes me feel alive
Outro 1
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G
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G
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G
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G
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G

D
G
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G
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G

D

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