Delta Queen:Proudfoot. Recorded in 1972 on ARIOLA Records. Believe it hit #1 on several European charts. INTRO: Bm Bm F# Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? Bm F# Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? #1. Bm F# Tell me mister have you seen, the girl they call the Bm Delta Queen in New Orleans..(honey, honey.) Bm He said, I know the girl you mean..(honey, honey) she's F# Bm singing at the Delta Queen, down Seventeenth..(honey, honey.) BRIDGE: D A And when I saw her there, silver gaslight on her hair.. Bm F# I didn't mind the smoky room, or the smell of stale perfume. D A I only know that she's, a fallen angel on her knees.. Bm F# a woman tired of being alone, the one that I'm now taking home, ohhh. CHORUS: Bm F# Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? Bm F# Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? #2. Bm F# She left her home in Baton Rouge (honey, honey) she only had Bm one pair of shoes, what could she lose?..(honey, honey.) Bm F# The time had come for her to chose..(honey, honey) between Bm the good life and the blues, what could she lose?..(honey, honey.) (INTERLUDE:) D A Bm F# BRIDGE: D A I only know that she's, a fallen angel on her knees.. Bm F# a woman tired of being alone, the one that I'm now taking home, ohhh. OUTRO: Bm F# Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? Bm F# Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? Bm F# Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? Bm F# Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? (Fade.) A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
