Delta Dawn

by Helen Reddy/Tanya Tucker · posted by waif

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

7-87   8      8     8   -8  7   7  -6   6
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on
  6   -6 7  7  7 7   8    8    -8   7    9
Could it be a faded rose from days gone bye
 9  -10 9  9   -8   8
And did I hear you say
8   8  8 -8 -8    7   7   -6 6
He was a-meeting you here today
6   7    7  7  -8   8  8   -8 -8  7 7
To take you to his mansion in the sky

 6     7 7  -8   7   7  -6 -6
She's forty-one and her daddy
  6    5     6   -6 6
still calls her "Baby"
 6   7   7   -8      7    -6    6
And all the folks around Brownsville 
 5   6    -6 6
say she's crazy
   7   -8    8   -8 8    8 
'Cause she walks around town
 8  -8   8  7   -8  8   -8
With a suitcase in her hand
 6  6    7  7  7 -6-6 6   5     6   -6 6
Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man

6   6   7  7    -8   7     -6    6   5 6  -6 6
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
 7  7  7  -8 7  -6  6 6   5    6  -66
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
 7  -8  8  8   8  -8  8    7   -8  8  -8
Then a man of low degree stood by her side
 6    7  7   -8   7   -6    6   5   6  -6 6
And promised her he'd take her for his bride
     (REPEAT 1ST 2-4x)

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