G     G                 C                G 
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on 
          G          G                  D      D 
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by 
    G               G           C                   G 
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 
 

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