Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Delia, oh Delia,
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Delia all my life.
D#
If I hadn't shot poor Delia
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She might have become my wife.
[Chorus]
A#
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C7 F7
One more round (one more round)
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Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 2]
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First time I shot her,
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I shot her in the side.
D#
The second time I shot poor Delia,
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She bowed her head and died.
[Chorus]
A#
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C7 F7
One more round (one more round)
A# Cm F
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 3]
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Rubber-tired buggy,
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Double-seated hack,
D#
Take poor Delia to the graveyard
C7 F7
And it ain't a-gonna bring her back.
[Chorus]
A#
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C7 F7
One more round (one more round)
A# Cm F
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 4]
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Sixty-four years in prison,
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Judge, that ain't no time.
D#
I got a brother in New Orleans
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Doing nine-hundred, ninety and nine.
[Chorus]
A#
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C7 F7
One more round (one more round)
A# Cm F
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 5]
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Jailer, oh jailer,
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Jailer, I cannot sleep.
D#
'Cause all around my bedside
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I hear the patter of little Delia's feet.
[Chorus]
A#
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C7 F7
One more round (one more round)
A# Cm F
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 6]
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Now, some gave Delia a nickel,
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Others gave her a dime.
D#
But I didn't give her one doggone cent,
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Because that gal was mine.
[Chorus]
A#
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C7 F7
One more round (one more round)
A# Cm F
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 1]
A# D#
Delia, oh Delia,
A# A#7
Delia all my life.
D#
If I hadn't shot poor Delia
C7 F7
She might have become my wife.
[Chorus]
A#
Delia gone (fare thee well)
C7 F7
One more round (one more round)
A# Cm F
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
Repeat last line and fade