• Song:

    Proudfoot - Delta Queen

  • Artist:

    Misc Unsigned Bands

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.
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