DELILAH Reed & Mason Tom Jones
Em B7
¾ ||: I saw the | light on the | night that I | passed by her | win dow ww |
||: At break of | day when that | man drove a | way I was | wait ing gg |
Em
| ww ww ww | ww ww ww | / / / | I saw the | flick er ing | sha dows of |
| gg gg gg | gg gg gg | / / / | I cross the | street to her | house and she |
B7
| love on her | blind dd dd | dd dd dd | dd dd dd | / / / |
| op ened the | door rr rr | rr rr rr | rr rr rr | / / / |
E E7 Am
| She ee ee | ee ee ee | was ss ss | ss ss my | wom an nn | nn nn nn | nn nn nn |
||: She ee ee | ee ee ee | stood dd dd | dd dd there | laugh ing gg gg | gg gg gg | gg gg gg |
Em B7 Em D7
| nn / / | As she de | ceived me I | watched and went | out of my | mind dd dd | / / / | / / / |
| gg / / | I felt the | knife in my | hand dd and | she laughed no | more ee ee | / / / | / / / |
G D7
| / / / | My yy yy | my yy yy | my yy yy | yy yy De | li lah hh | hh hh hh | hh hh hh | / / / |
F# G
| Why yy yy | why yy yy | why yy yy | yy yy De | li lah hh | hh hh hh | hh hh hh | / / / |
G D7 G G7 C Am
| I..I..I. |.I..I could | see ee ee | ee ee that | girl ll was | no good d^for | me ee ee |
| So oo oo | oo oo be | fore ee ee | ee ee they | come ee to | break down the | door rr rr |
G D7 G
| ee ee / | But I was | lost like a | slave ee that | no man could | free ee ee | ee ee ee |
| rr rr For | give me De | li lah I | just could n't | take an y | more ee ee | ee ee ee |
B7
1. | / / / | / / / :||
B7
2. | / / / | / / / :|| To 8th line
G Em B7 A B7 Em
3. | / / / | / / For | give me De | li lah I | just could n't | take an y | more ee ee | ee ee ee ||
About this song:
Delilah is performed by Tom Jones and written by Reed & Mason.
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