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