Delta Queen Waltz chords by John Hartford

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: EADGBE

Delta Queen Waltz
Down On The River Album
(John Hartford)
November 9, 2008
Banjo Tuned E, Key D MajorD Capo 1

  D MajorD       A augmentedA      D MajorD          A augmentedA
Oh we boarded the boat on the breast of the river so wide
          D MajorD         G+G           D MajorD
And we left old St. Louis on the crest of that brown muddy tide
           A augmentedA       D MajorD
To the strains of the Delta Queen's band
  A augmentedA      D MajorD      D MajorD
I found myself holding your hand
        A augmentedA        D MajorD          A augmentedA
The way we had hoped we would do all that summer and fall

  D MajorD       A augmentedA       D MajorD            A augmentedA
Oh the whistle came out, such a deep mellow sound in the night
         D MajorD          G+G        D MajorD
And the echo came back from the shoreline of twinkling lights
       A augmentedA         D MajorD
There was nothing we really could say
 A augmentedA      D MajorD
The river had swept us away
    A augmentedA             D MajorD    A augmentedA
Like a present hereafter, the warm sound of laughter
          A augmentedA      D MajorD
As we danced to the Delta Queen Waltz

Instrumental:
       A augmentedA        D MajorD      A augmentedA      D MajorD
 As the big wheel keeps rolling I find myself holding you near
          D MajorD          G+G        D MajorD
With the night time unfolding I'm lucky just having you here
         A augmentedA       D MajorD          G+G
As a single wave curls down the shore, we're waltzing away cross the
 D MajorD
floor
        A augmentedA               D MajorD
As our heart beats assemble, the boat lightly trembles
        A augmentedA        D MajorD
As we dance to the Delta Queen Waltz