Delta Dreamland chords by Deborah Allen

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
G (X8)

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

Chorus:
          F             C               G         G
They were lost, lost in love in a Delta dreamland
               F             C               G         G
Yes, they were lost, lost in love in a Delta dreamland


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


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


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

Solo:
| C | Bb | G | G |

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


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


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