{"id":247,"date":"2021-05-10T02:58:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T02:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=247"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:38:47","slug":"delta-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/delta-dawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delta Dawn\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Helen Reddy<\/p>\n

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Delta Dawn:Helen Reddy.\r\n#1 in 1973.\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n(a Capella)\r\nC<\/span>                       F<\/span>               C<\/span>\r\nDelta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?\r\n                                        G<\/span>\r\nCould it be a faded rose from days gone by?\r\n    C<\/span>                           F<\/span>                  C<\/span>\r\nAnd did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..\r\n   C<\/span>               G<\/span>              F<\/span>     C<\/span>\r\nto take you to his mansion in the sky - y?\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n      C<\/span>                 Bb<\/span>                     C<\/span>\r\nShe`s forty-one and her Daddy still calls her, Baby.\r\nC<\/span>                    Bb<\/span>                    C<\/span>\r\nAll the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy.\r\n          F<\/span>        C\/E<\/span>            Dm<\/span>       G<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\nCause she walks downtown with her suitcase in her hand..\r\nC<\/span>             Bb<\/span>                     C<\/span>\r\nlooking for a mysterious dark haired man.\r\n\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n       C<\/span>                 Bb<\/span>               C<\/span>\r\nIn her younger days they called her Delta Dawn.\r\nC<\/span>               Bb<\/span>                 C<\/span>\r\nPrettiest woman you ever laid eyes on.\r\n       F<\/span>      C\/E<\/span>   Dm<\/span>         G<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\nThen a man of low degree stood by her side..\r\nC<\/span>                 Bb<\/span>                C<\/span>\r\npromised her he`d take her for his bride.\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nD<\/span>                       G<\/span>               D<\/span>\r\nDelta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?\r\n         D<\/span>                              A<\/span>\r\nCould it be a faded rose from days gone by?\r\n    D<\/span>              D\/F#<\/span>         G<\/span>                  D<\/span>\r\nAnd did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..\r\n   D<\/span>               A<\/span>              G<\/span>     D<\/span>\r\nto take you to his mansion in the sky - y?\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nD                       G               D\r\nDelta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?\r\n                                        A\r\nCould it be a faded rose from days gone by?\r\n    D              D\/F#         G                  D\r\nAnd did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..\r\n   D               A              G     D\r\nto take you to his mansion in the sky - y?\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nD                       G               D\r\nDelta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?\r\n                                        A\r\nCould it be a faded rose from days gone by?\r\n    D              D\/F#         G                  D\r\nAnd did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..\r\n   D               A              G     D\r\nto take you to his mansion in the sky - y?\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nEb                      Ab              Eb\r\nDelta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?\r\n         Eb                             Bb\r\nCould it be a faded rose from days gone by?\r\n    Eb             Eb\/G         Ab                 Eb\r\nAnd did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..\r\n   Eb              Bb             Ab    Eb\r\nto take you to his mansion in the sky - y?\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nEb                      Ab              Eb\r\nDelta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?\r\n         Eb                             Bb\r\nCould it be a faded rose from days gone by?..(Fade.)\r\n \r\n \r\nA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.\r\n
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