INTRO
Gtr I (Keyboard arr. for guitar) Gm/D Gm/D |-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Gm/Bb Gm/D|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||--------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III Gm (rake) Gm (rake)|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-^3-----------------------|-^3-----------------------------------||-^3-----------------------|-^3-----------------------------------||-^5-----------------------|-^5-----------------------------------||-^5-----------------------|-^5-----------------------------------||-^3-----------------------|-^3-----------------------------------|
VERSE
Gm D (w/ Riff 1)
I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
RIFF 1:|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||--5-------(5)--------3-------(3)-------||---------------2--5---------------6--5-|-3----
Gm D (w/ Riff 1)
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind
G7 G7b9 G7/F Cm/G Cm6/A Cm7/Bb Cm
She was my woman
Gm/D D Gm F
As she betrayed me I watched, and went out of my mind
CHORUS 1
Bb Bb/F Bb Bb/F F F/C F F/C
My, my, my, Delilah (w/ Fill 1)
FILL 1: ~|-----------|-------------|----------||-----------|---6---------|----------||-------5-7-|-8---8-7-5---|-5--------||-----------|-----------8-|----------||-----------|-------------|----------||-----------|-------------|----------|
F F/C F F/C Bb Bb/F Bb Bb/F
Why, why, why, Delilah (w/ Fill 2)
FILL 2:
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Bb7 Bb7/F Bb7 Bb7/F Eb Eb/Bb C c/G
I could see that girl was no good for me
Bb Bb/F F F/C F F/C D7b9
And just like a slave I was lost and no one could free
VERSE
At break of day when that man drove away I was waiting
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand, and she laughed no more
CHORUS 2
My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
SO before they come to break down the door
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take any more
INTERLUDE
Verse chords - Quiet Keyboard section with Riff 1 played stacatto)
Verse chords - Heavy guitar section for fist half of verse (Gm - D progression) then
G7b9 G7/F Cm/G Cm6/A Cm7/Bb Cm
She stood there laughing
Gm/D D Gm F
I felt the knife in my hand, and she laughed no more
CHORUS
My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take any more
CHORUS
My, my, my, Delilah
Why, why, why, Delilah
So before they come to break down the door
Bb Bb/F F F/C Bb Bb/F Bb Bb/F
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take any more
Gm D Gm
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take any more
OUTRO
Gm C Gm C Gm C D (W/ Fill 3)
Fill 3:|----------------|-------------||----------------|---8-7-8-----||----------------|-------------||--7-----4-5-4-5-|---5-4-5-----||--5--7----------|-------------||----------------|-------------|
