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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
πΈ Intro:
E
e|--------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
B|--------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
G|--------------|---------0h1-----|--------------|---------0h1---|
D|-0h2-0--------|-0h2-0h1-----3---|-0h2-0--------|---0---------2-|
A|-------h2-0---|-----------------|-------h2-0---|-0---0h3-------|
E|------------0-|-----------------|------------0-|---------------|
E
e|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
B|--------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
G|--------------|---------0h1---|----------------|---------------|
D|-0h2-0--------|---0---------2-|-0h2-0h2-0------|-------0-------|
A|-------h2-0---|-0---0h3-------|-----------h2-0-|-----2---2-----|
E|------------0-|---------------|----------------|-0-0-----------|
E
e|----------------|------------|
B|----------------|------------|
G|----------------|------------|
D|-0h2-0h2-0------|-------0----|
A|-----------h2-0-|-----2---2--|
E|----------------|-0-0--------|
| h Hammer-on
πΈ Chorus:
E B
Hey Delilah, you got the power over me
B
All bound up in your shackles and chains
E
And I ain't even tryin' to get free
πΈ Verse 1:
E B
She brings me the medicine disposes of the evidence
B7
She don't fall apart on the witness stand
E
Brother, I would say she's heaven sent
πΈ Verse 2:
E E7 E
She got a wild streak a mile long
E B
Helps me sing a dirty song
B
You know I do what she wants
B7
And not a thing that she don't
B E
And I hope I never do her no wrong
πΈ Chorus:
E B
Hey Delilah, you got the power over me
B
All bound up in your shackles and chains
E
And I ain't even tryin' to get free
E
Hey Delilah,
B
I tell you what you got to believe
B E E7
Hey hey hey, Delilah, she's all right with me, alright
πΈ Solo:
| E7 | E7 | E7 | E | E |
| E | E | B | E | B | E |
πΈ Verse 3:
E
She sold me out a time or two
B
I begged her, honey, how could you?
B
She got a hand on her hip and a finger to her lip
B7 E
Said hush, baby, that'll do
πΈ Verse 4:
E
She burnin' like a blue flame
B
Lot's of boys callin' her name
B
I run em off with an old jawbone
B7
They know better than to come around my baby again
πΈ Chorus:
E B
I said, hey Delilah, you got the power over me
B
All bound up in your shackles and chains
E
And I ain't even tryin' to get free
B
Hey Delilah, I tell you what you got to believe
E
Hey hey hey, Delilah she's all right with me
πΈ Bridge:
A F#7 F#7
I'll buy anything she's got to sell
D B
Man, that woman, she really can give em hell-ell!, alright
πΈ Solo:
| E | E | E | B | B | B |
| B E | E | E | E | E B |
| B | B | B | B E |
πΈ Chorus:
E B
I said, hey Delilah, you got the power over me
B
All bound up in your shackles and chains
E
And I ain't even tryin' to get free
B
Hey Delilah, I tell you what you got to believe
E
Hey hey hey, Delilah she's all right with me
πΈ Solo:
| E | E | E | E |
| E | E | B | E |
πΈ Outro:
E
She's all right with me
Song History
Published: March 25, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025