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20 CLASSIC SONGS your friends will love

Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

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    Hey There Delilah

    Plain White Ts

     

    Capo 2

     

    Each Chord gets two measures unless otherwise noted.

     

    Strum Guide:

     

    If you want to fingerpick, assign 1st and 2nd fingers to 3rd and 2nd strings.  Thumb plays bass note.

     

    Or, you can strum it like this:

    B   D   B   D

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

     

    Chord Guide

           32 1

    C:    x32010

    		        12

    Em:   022000

    		         231

    Am:   x02210

    		        3 2 1

    Am/G:  3x2010

          T 321

    F:    1x321x

    		        3 2 1

    C/G:   3x2010

    		         2 31

    Am/B:  x2x210

    		  

     

    Intro: / C - - - / - - - - / Em - - - / - - - - / x2

     

    C          

       Hey there Delilah,

                  Em

    What’s it like in New York City?

               C                

    I’m a thousand miles away,

                     Em

    But girl tonight you look so pretty,

               Am (1½)  Am/G (½)

    Yes you do,

    F (1)                        G (1)                   Am

    Time Square can’t shine as bright as you,

                      G

    I swear it’s true.

     

    C      

      Hey there Delilah,

                    Em

    Don’t you worry about the distance,

                    C                

    I’m right there if you get lonely,

                    Em

    Give this song another listen,

                      Am (1½)  Am/G (½)

    Close your eyes,

    F (1)                  G (1)               Am

        Listen to my voice it’s my disguise,

                       G

    I’m by your side.

     

    Chorus:

    C (1½)                C/G (½)     Am (1½)   Am/B (½)              

    Oh it’s what you do to me,

    C (1½)                C/G (½)     Am (1½)   Am/B (½)

    Oh it’s what you do to me,

    C (1½)                C/G (½)     Am (1½)   Am/B (½)

    Oh it’s what you do to me,

    C (1½)                C/G (½)     Am (1½)               Am/B (½)

    Oh it’s what you do to me,       What you do to me.

     

    / C - - - / - -  C/G - /

     

    C

       Hey there Delilah,

               Em

    I know times are getting hard,

                    C                

    But just believe me girl some day,

                     Em

    I'll pay the bills with this guitar,

                      Am (1½)  Am/G (½)

    We'll have it good,

    F (1)                G (1)                 Am

    We'll have the life we knew we would,

                       G

    My word is good.

     

    C

       Hey there Delilah,

               Em

    I’ve got so much left to say,

                  C

    If every simple song I wrote to you,

               Em

    Would take your breath away,

                   Am (1½)  Am/G (½)

    I’d write it all,

    F (1)                  G (1)                      Am

       Even more in love with me you’d fall,

                       G

    We’d have it all.

     

    Chorus

     

    Bridge:

           F

    A thousand miles seems pretty far,

             G

    But they’ve got planes and trains and cars,

          C (1½)                        C/G (½)   Am (1½)  Am/G (½)              

    I’d walk to you if I had no other way,

              F

    Our friends would all make fun of us,

             G

    And we'll just laugh along because,

          C (1½)                                          C/G (½)   Am (1½)  Am/G (½)              

    We know that none of them have felt this way,

          F

    Delilah I can promise you,

            G

    That by the time we get through,

             Am (4)

    The world will never ever be the same,

                          G (4)

    And you’re to blame.

     

    C                                  

       Hey there Delilah you be

    Em

    good, and don’t you miss me,

                     C                             

    Two more years and you’ll be done with school,

          Em

    And I'll be making history,

            Am (1½)  Am/G (½)  

    Like I do,

    F (1)                   G (1)            Am (1½)  Am/G (½)              

      You’ll know it's all because of you,

    F (1)                   G (1)        Am (1½)  Am/G (½)                                          

       We can do whatever we want to,

    F (1)             G (1)               Am

    Hey there Delilah here's to you,

    G (4)                         

    This one’s for you.

     

    Chorus

     

    End on C

     


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.