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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Delia</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">World Gone Wrong</a> (1993)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>Read <a href="ballad_of_delia_green.htm">John Garst's story about Delia Green</a>, age 14, shot down on Christmas Eve 1900 by her boyfriend &ldquo;Cooney&rdquo; Houston.</p>
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  24 <p>Capo 2nd fret (original key D major)</p>
  25
  26 <p>Chords:</p>
  27 <pre class="chords">
  28 C      x32013  in the intro,otherwise x32010
  29 F9     xx3213  in the intro, otherwise normal F
  30 Cviii  xxx988
  31 Fv     xxx565
  32 Ciii   xxx553
  33 Giii   xxx433
  34 C/g    332010
  35 </pre>
  36
  37 <p>It should be mentioned that Dylan isn't always dead certain about
  38 neither how long to strum F before &ldquo;all the friends I ever had are
  39 gone&rdquo;, nor about now to play the descending riff. But hey, he's an
  40 artist, man, you gotta give him that.</p>
  41 <p>If your pinky is strong enough, I'd suggest to play the figure in the
  42 second line as a half-barre on the eight fret with the middle finger on the
  43 ninth, then let that slide down to form the basis of the "D-shape" chord on
  44 the fifth fret, with the rest of the strings fingered with the ring- and little
  45 fingers. That way, it's possible to play it quickly and smoothly. At least
  46 that's how I play it.</p>
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  49
  50 <p>Intro (same accompanying pattern in all the verses): </p>
  51 <pre class="tab">
  52   C                 F9              C       F9      C
  53   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .   :   .   .   .
  54 |-3---------------|-3---------------|-3-------3-------|-3---------------|
  55 |-1---------------|-1---------------|-1-------1-------|-1---------------|
  56 |-0---------------|-2---------------|-0-------2-------|-0---------------|
  57 |-2---------------|-3---------------|-2-------3-------|-2---------------|
  58 |-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
  59 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  60 </pre>
  61 <pre class="tab">
  62                    Ciii
  63    Cviii Fv Giii     Giii F
  64   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .         .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  65 |-----8---5---3---|-3-3---1---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  66 |-----8---6---3---|-5-3---1---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  67 |-----9---5---4---|-5-4---2---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  68 |-----------------|-------3---------|-----------------|-----------------|
  69 |-----------------|------(3)--------|-----------------|-----------------|
  70 |-----------------|------(1)--------|-----------------|---------0---1---|
  71 </pre>
  72 <pre class="tab">
  73   C                &quot;G7&quot;               C       Csus4     C
  74   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  75 |-0---------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---------------|-----------------|
  76 |-1---------------|-1---1---1---1---|-1---------------|-----------------|
  77 |-0---------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---------------|-----------------|
  78 |-2---------------|-0---3---2---0---|-2---------------|-----------------|
  79 |-3---------------|-x---x---x---x---|-3---------------|-----------------|
  80 |-3---------------|-3---3---3---3---|-x---------------|-----------------|
  81 </pre>
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  83 <pre class="verse">
  84 C           F9             C       F9   C
  85 Delia was a gambling girl, gambled all around
  86 Cviii Fv  Giii  Ciii Giii F
  87 De-   lia was a gambling girl, she laid her money down.
  88 C/g         &quot;G7&quot;                   C      Csus4    C
  89     All the friends I ever had are gone.
  90
  91 Delia's dear ol' mother took a trip out West
  92 When she returned, little Delia'd gone to rest.
  93 All the friends I ever had are gone.
  94
  95 Delia's Daddy weeped, Delia's momma moaned
  96 Wouldn't have been so bad if the poor girl died at home.
  97 All the friends I ever had are gone.
  98
  99 Curtis's looking high, Curtis's looking low
 100 He shot poor Delia down with a cruel forty-four.
 101 All the friends I ever had are gone.
 102
 103 High upon the housetops, high as I can see
 104 Looking for them rounders, looking out for me.
 105 All the friends I ever had are gone
 106
 107 Men in Atlanta, trying to pass for white
 108 Delia's in the graveyard, boys, six feet out of sight.
 109 All the friends I ever had are gone.
 110
 111 Judge says to Curtis, &quot;What's this noise about?&quot;
 112 &quot;All about them rounders, Judge, tryin' to cut me out.&quot;
 113 All the friends I ever had are gone.
 114
 115 Curtis said to the judge &quot;What might be my fine?&quot;
 116 Judge says, &quot;Poor boy, you got ninety-nine.&quot;
 117 All the friends I ever had are gone.
 118
 119 Curtis' in the jailhouse, drinking from an old tin cup
 120 Delia's in the graveyard, she ain't gettin' up.
 121 All the friends I ever had are gone.
 122
 123 Delia, oh Delia, how can it be?
 124 You loved all them rounders, never did love me.
 125 All the friends I ever had are gone.
 126
 127 Delia, oh Delia, how could it be?
 128 You wanted all them rounders, never had time for me.
 129 All the friends I ever had are gone.
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