Delta Dreamland chords by Deborah Allen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
G+G (X8)

Verse 1:
G+G                      G+G
Two young lovers on a Blytheville back road
G+G                       G+G
Laying on the levee makin' love all night long
C majorC                  C majorC
Wishing on a star in a southern sky
G+G                       G+G
Dreaming out loud about the rest of their lives

Chorus:
     FF       C majorC        G+G     G+G
They were lost, lost in love in a Delta dreamland
        FF       C majorC        G+G     G+G
Yes, they were lost, lost in love in a Delta dreamland


Verse 2:
G+G                      G+G
She worked all day at the old shirt factory
G+G                     G+G
Thinking 'bout the boy that made her happy
C majorC                    C majorC
Across the street at the hardware store
    G+G
He was busy reliving the night before


Chorus:
        FF       C majorC        G+G     G+G
When they were lost, lost in love in a Delta dreamland
        FF       C majorC        G+G
Yes, they were lost, lost in love in a Delta dreamland
G+G
  Hey yeah yeah,  yeah


Bridge:
C majorC
She was seventeen and he was twenty
     G+G                   G+G
When they left their home for the land of plenty
C majorC                    C majorC
Times were tough but they made it through
   D MajorD                     C majorC
They lived to see their dreams come true Yeah, yeah
Bb majorBb   G+G  G+G
  Hey yeah

Solo:
| C majorC | Bb majorBb | G+G | G+G |

Verse 3:
G+G                  G+G
The years rolled by like river water
G+G                     G+G
They said goodbye to three grown daughters
C majorC            C majorC
Together all alone again
G+G
Just like they started way back when


Chorus:
     FF       C majorC        G+G     G+G
They were lost, lost in love in a Delta dreamland
        FF       C majorC        G+G     G+G
Yes, they were lost, lost in love in a Delta dreamland
     FF     C majorC
Yeah yeah yeah, lost,  lost
G+G
  Hey hey hey
FF        C majorC        G+G     G+G
 Lost, lost in love in a Delta dreamland


Outro:
G+G                      G+G
Two young lovers on a Blytheville back road
G+G
Laying on the levee makin' love
FF      C majorC     G+G  G+G
 All night long Yeah yeah