Intro
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B C#m F#
[Verse 1]
B E
Delia, oh Delia,
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Delia all my life.
E
If I hadn't shot poor Delia
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She might have become my wife.
[Chorus]
B
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C#7 F#7
One more round (one more round)
B C#m F#
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 2]
B E
First time I shot her,
B B7
I shot her in the side.
E
The second time I shot poor Delia,
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She bowed her head and died.
[Chorus]
B
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C#7 F#7
One more round (one more round)
B C#m F#
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 3]
B E
Rubber-tired buggy,
B B7
Double-seated hack,
E
Take poor Delia to the graveyard
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And it ain't a-gonna bring her back.
[Chorus]
B
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C#7 F#7
One more round (one more round)
B C#m F#
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 4]
B E
Sixty-four years in prison,
B B7
Judge, that ain't no time.
E
I got a brother in New Orleans
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Doing nine-hundred, ninety and nine.
[Chorus]
B
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C#7 F#7
One more round (one more round)
B C#m F#
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 5]
B E
Jailer, oh jailer,
B B7
Jailer, I cannot sleep.
E
'Cause all around my bedside
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I hear the patter of little Delia's feet.
[Chorus]
B
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C#7 F#7
One more round (one more round)
B C#m F#
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 6]
B E
Now, some gave Delia a nickel,
B B7
Others gave her a dime.
E
But I didn't give her one doggone cent,
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Because that gal was mine.
[Chorus]
B
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C#7 F#7
One more round (one more round)
B C#m F#
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 1]
B E
Delia, oh Delia,
B B7
Delia all my life.
E
If I hadn't shot poor Delia
C#7 F#7
She might have become my wife.
[Chorus]
B
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C#7 F#7
One more round (one more round)
B C#m F#
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
Repeat last line and fade