Delta Dawn Lyrics

Subject: CRD: "Delta Dawn" (Tanya Tucker)
Date: 22 Mar 1994 18:38:55 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
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Yet another posting by request...
DELTA DAWN (Alex Harvey & Larry Collins)
(I got this from some sheet music I had lying around; it's probably
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
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
'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 indigo@ucscb.ucsc.edu U.C. Santa Cruz
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