Intro
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[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)
Repeat last line and fade