Key: G
Introduction:
G C G
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on
G D
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
G C G
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today
G D C G
To take you to his mansion in the sky
G F G
She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby"
G F G
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy
C E/B Am D7 G
'Cause she walks around town with a suitcase in her hand
G F G
Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
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