Delta Line chords by Emily Scott Robinson

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE X2



🎸 Verse 1:
B minorBm  D MajorD        A augmentedA
Momma has all kinds of dreams
        E MajorE   B minorBm     D MajorD   A augmentedA E MajorE
Where she goes looking for hidden things
B minorBm   D MajorD        A augmentedA
Stolen silver, daddy's wine
    E MajorE        B minorBm  A augmentedA E MajorE
Bastard children in the line
B minorBm       D MajorD        A augmentedA
Last night she heard a warning call
     E MajorE       B minorBm      D MajorD  A augmentedA E MajorE
Woke her up, it was the train, that's all
B minorBm    D MajorD         A augmentedA
And every dream's about the war
     E MajorE        B minorBm  A augmentedA
Since she lost her oldest born

🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD              E MajorE
The train from Memphis just arrived
A augmentedA              F# minorF#m
With somebody else's son who died
        D MajorD      E MajorE   F# minorF#m
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
        D MajorD      E MajorE   A augmentedA
She don't sleep well on the Delta line

E MajorE B minorBm F# minorF#m E MajorE B minorBm


🎸 Verse 2:
B minorBm      D MajorD    A augmentedA
Ellie Mae got engaged fast
       E MajorE         B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
But there are questions we don't ask
B minorBm   D MajorD        A augmentedA
A majorA civil wedding set for May
E MajorE          B minorBm   D MajorD  A augmentedA E MajorE
Momma's gonna make a velvet cake
B minorBm      D MajorD         A augmentedA
You know they asked the reverend first
  E MajorE    B minorBm     D MajorD   A augmentedA E MajorE
But he won't defile the church
B minorBm     D MajorD        A augmentedA
He saw the fullness in her eyes
     E MajorE   B minorBm   D MajorD
Said from God no man can hide

🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD              E MajorE
The train from Memphis just arrived
    A augmentedA               F# minorF#m
With a dress that's too small for the bride
        D MajorD      E MajorE   F# minorF#m
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
        D MajorD      E MajorE   A augmentedA
She don't sleep well on the Delta line

E MajorE B minorBm F# minorF#m E MajorE B minorBm


🎸 Verse 3:
B minorBm              D MajorD
Now Aunt Marie won't cut her hair
A augmentedA           E MajorE  B minorBm    D MajorD   A augmentedA
Since she dropped her baby down the stairs
B minorBm   D MajorD      A augmentedA
She ran off into the woods
        E MajorE      B minorBm  D MajorD  A augmentedA E MajorE
But that won't do that baby any good
   B minorBm    D MajorD        A augmentedA
They feed her bottles day and night
    E MajorE             B minorBm      D MajorD  A augmentedA E MajorE
But she won't take them, she just cries, cries, cries
B minorBm     D MajorD        A augmentedA
Better she learn to suffer now
      E MajorE        B minorBm  D MajorD A augmentedA
Before her husband shows her how


🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD              E MajorE
The train from Memphis just arrived
A augmentedA     E MajorE       F# minorF#m
Carrying a hungry orphan child
        D MajorD      E MajorE   F# minorF#m
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
        D MajorD      E MajorE   A augmentedA
She don't sleep well on the Delta line

E MajorE B minorBm F# minorF#m E MajorE B minorBm


🎸 Outro:
B minorBm  D MajorD        A augmentedA
Momma has all kinds of dreams
        E MajorE   B minorBm     D MajorD   A augmentedA
Where she goes looking for hidden things