C                       F               C
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
                                        G
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
    C                           F                  C
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..
   C               G              F     C
to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

[Verse 1]
      C                 Bb                     C
She`s forty-one and her Daddy still calls her, Baby.
C                    Bb                    C
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy.
          F        C/E            Dm       G      C
Cause she walks downtown with her suitcase in her hand..
C             Bb                     C
looking for a mysterious dark haired man.

[Verse 2]
       C                 Bb               C
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn.
C               Bb                 C
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on.
       F      C/E   Dm         G      C
Then a man of low degree stood by her side..
C                 Bb                C
promised her he`d take her for his bride.


[Chorus]
D                       G               D
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
         D                              A
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
    D              D/F#         G                  D
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..
   D               A              G     D
to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

[Chorus]
D                       G               D
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?
                                        A
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
    D              D/F#         G                  D
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..
   D               A              G     D
to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

[Chorus]
D                       G               D
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?
                                        A
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
    D              D/F#         G                  D
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..
   D               A              G     D
to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

[Chorus]
Eb                      Ab              Eb
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
         Eb                             Bb
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
    Eb             Eb/G         Ab                 Eb
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today..
   Eb              Bb             Ab    Eb
to take you to his mansion in the sky - y?

[Outro]
Eb                      Ab              Eb
Delta Dawn, what`s that flower you have on?
         Eb                             Bb
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?..(Fade.)