Delia by Burl Ives
Key: CC | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro
C    D G
C    Dm  G
Verse 1
C         F
Delia, oh Delia,
C            C7
Delia all my life.
   F
If I hadn't shot poor Delia
    D7                   G7
She might have become my wife.
Chorus
      C
Delia gone  (fare thee well)
         D7              G7
One more round (one more round)
      C                         Dm    G
Delia gone.  (Delia gone, Delia gone)
Verse 2
C            F
First time I shot her,
C                 C7
I shot her in the side.
    F
The second time I shot poor Delia,
    D7                 G7
She bowed her head and died.
Chorus
      C
Delia gone  (fare thee well)
         D7              G7
One more round (one more round)
      C                         Dm    G
Delia gone.  (Delia gone, Delia gone)
Verse 3
C            F
Rubber-tired buggy,
C             C7
Double-seated hack,
F
Take poor Delia to the graveyard
       D7                      G7
And it ain't a-gonna bring her back.
Chorus
      C
Delia gone  (fare thee well)
         D7              G7
One more round (one more round)
      C                         Dm    G
Delia gone.  (Delia gone, Delia gone)
Verse 4
C                   F
Sixty-four years in prison,
C                    C7
Judge, that ain't no time.
F
I got a brother in New Orleans
      D7                       G7
Doing nine-hundred, ninety and nine.
Chorus
      C
Delia gone  (fare thee well)
         D7              G7
One more round (one more round)
      C                         Dm    G
Delia gone.  (Delia gone, Delia gone)
Verse 5]
C          F
Jailer, oh jailer,
C                C7
Jailer, I cannot sleep.
       F
'Cause all around my bedside
           D7                       G7
I hear the patter of little Delia's feet.
Chorus
      C
Delia gone  (fare thee well)
         D7              G7
One more round (one more round)
      C                         Dm    G
Delia gone.  (Delia gone, Delia gone)
Verse 6]
     C                 F
Now, some gave Delia a nickel,
C                 C7
Others gave her a dime.
    F
But I didn't give her one doggone cent,
   D7                G7
Because that gal was mine.
Chorus
      C
Delia gone  (fare thee well)
         D7              G7
One more round (one more round)
      C                         Dm    G
Delia gone.  (Delia gone, Delia gone)
Verse 1
C         F
Delia, oh Delia,
C            C7
Delia all my life.
   F
If I hadn't shot poor Delia
    D7                   G7
She might have become my wife.
Chorus
      C
Delia gone  (fare thee well)
         D7              G7
One more round (one more round)
      C                         Dm    G
Delia gone.  (Delia gone, Delia gone)