Intro
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[Verse 1]
A D
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)
B7 E7
One more round (one more round)
A Bm E
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,
B7 E7
She bowed her head and died.
[Chorus]
A
Delia gone (fare thee well)
B7 E7
One more round (one more round)
A Bm E
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 3]
A D
Rubber-tired buggy,
A A7
Double-seated hack,
D
Take poor Delia to the graveyard
B7 E7
And it ain't a-gonna bring her back.
[Chorus]
A
Delia gone (fare thee well)
B7 E7
One more round (one more round)
A Bm E
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 4]
A D
Sixty-four years in prison,
A A7
Judge, that ain't no time.
D
I got a brother in New Orleans
B7 E7
Doing nine-hundred, ninety and nine.
[Chorus]
A
Delia gone (fare thee well)
B7 E7
One more round (one more round)
A Bm E
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 5]
A D
Jailer, oh jailer,
A A7
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)
B7 E7
One more round (one more round)
A Bm E
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 6]
A D
Now, some gave Delia a nickel,
A A7
Others gave her a dime.
D
But I didn't give her one doggone cent,
B7 E7
Because that gal was mine.
[Chorus]
A
Delia gone (fare thee well)
B7 E7
One more round (one more round)
A Bm E
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
[Verse 1]
A D
Delia, oh Delia,
A A7
Delia all my life.
D
If I hadn't shot poor Delia
B7 E7
She might have become my wife.
[Chorus]
A
Delia gone (fare thee well)
B7 E7
One more round (one more round)
A Bm E
Delia gone. (Delia gone, Delia gone)
Repeat last line and fade