Delta Dawn

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[I got this from some sheet music I had lying around; it's probably

transcribed from the Helen Reddy version. I haven't heard either hers

or Tanya Tucker's in years. I think, at least in Tucker's version, it

modulates up a whole step for the end of the song. I'm not sure what

key it really should be in; I put it in G because it's easy. (The music

I had was in F, but F sucks.) I'm also not sure of the placement of

verses, choruses, etc.]

[Each chord is half a measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen

(e.g. "G - D" are a half-measure _total_.]

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today

G G - D C G

To take you to his mansion in the sky

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby"

All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy

C - E/B Am - D7 G G

'Cause she walks around town with a suitcase in her hand

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

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on

Could it be a faded rose from days gone by

And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today

To take you to his mansion in the sky

etc...

- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu