D              C         G      D 
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn, 
                  C        G        D 
prettiest woman you ever have laid eyes on. 
       G                          D 
Then a man of low degree stood by her side, 
                    C      G       D 
and promised her he'd take her for his bride. 

  D                  G             D 
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on, 
                                   A 
could it be a faded rose from days gone by? 
    D                          G               D 
And did I hear you say, he was a-meetin' you here today, 
                   A          G  D 
to take you to his mansion in the sk...y? 

      D                C       G          D 
She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby", 
                    C        G       D 
all the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy, 
         G                               D 
cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand, 
              C      G           D 
looking for a mysterious dark-haired man. 

 D                    G            D 
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on, 
                                   A 
could it be a faded rose from days gone by? 
    D                          G               D 
And did I hear you say, he was a-meetin' you here today, 
                  A           G  D 
to take you to his mansion in the sk...y? 

 D                    G            D 
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on, 
                                   A 
could it be a faded rose from days gone by? 
    D                          G               D 
And did I hear you say, he was a-meetin' you here today, 
                  A           G  D 
to take you to his mansion in the sk...y?