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