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Delta Dawn:Waylon Jennings. Album - Ladies Love Outlaws - on RCA Records in 1972. INTRO: B E D..E..B E D..E #1.

^EIn her younger days they ^Dcalled her Delta ^EDawn. ^EPrettiest woman you ^Dever laid eyes ^Eon. But a ^Aman of low degree stood by her ^Eside. ^EPromised her he'd ^Dtake her for his ^Ebride.

CHORUS:

^EDelta Dawn what's that ^Aflower you have ^Eon? ^ECould it be a faded rose from days gone ^Bby? ^EDid I hear you say he was ^Ameetin' you here ^Etoday..to take you to his mansion in the ^Bsky^E?

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^EShe's forty one and her ^Ddaddy still calls her, ^Ebaby. ^EAll the folks around ^DBrownsville say she's ^Ecrazy. Cause she ^Awalks downtown with a suitcase in her ^Ehand. ^ELookin' for a ^Dmysterious dark-haired ^Eman.

CHORUS:

^EDelta Dawn what's that ^Aflower you have ^Eon? ^ECould it be a faded rose from days gone ^Bby? ^EDid I hear you say he was ^Ameetin' you here ^Etoday..to take you to his mansion in the ^Bsky^E?

CHORUS:

^EDelta Dawn what's that ^Aflower you have ^Eon? ^ECould it be a faded rose from days gone ^Bby? ^EDid I hear you say he was ^Ameetin' you here ^Etoday..to take you to his mansion in the ^Asky^E?

CHORUS:

^GbDelta Dawn what's that ^Bflower you have ^Gbon? ^GbCould it be a faded rose from days gone ^Dbby? ^GbDid I hear you say he was ^Bmeetin' you here ^Gbtoday..to take you to his mansion in the ^Bsky^Gb?

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OUTRO:

^GbDelta Dawn what's that ^Bflower you have ^Gbon? ^GbCould it be a faded rose from days gone ^Dbby?..(Fade.)

A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

Waylon Jennings - Delta dawn