Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

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[Intro]
    x2

[Verse 1]

Hey there Deli

lah
          
What's it like

 in New York C

ity?
      
I'm a thousand

 miles away,
              
But girl tonig

 
ht you look so

 pretty,
            
Yes you do,


             
Times Square c

             
an't shine as 

          
bright as you,
             |
I swear it's t

   |
rue.

Hey there Deli

lah
          
Don't you worr

y about the di

stance
          
I'm right ther

e if you get l

onely
          
Give this song

 another liste

n
            
Close your eye

   
s
             
Listen to my v

             
oice, it's my 

 
disguise
            | 
I'm by your si

   |
de

[Chorus]
             
Oh, it's what 

            
you do to me,
             
Oh, it's what 

            
you do to me,
             
Oh, it's what 

            
you do to me,
             
Oh, it's what 

       
you do to me, 

          
what you do to

|     |
 me

[Verse 2]

Hey there Deli

lah
       
I know times a

re getting har

d
         
But just belie

ve me, girl
              
Someday I'll p

       
ay the bills w

ith this guita

r
              
We'll have it 

     
good
             
We'll have the

             
 life we knew 

   
we would
           | 
My word is goo

  |
d

Hey there Deli

lah
         
I've got so mu

ch left to say
          
If every simpl

e song I wrote

 to you
        
Would take you

r breath away
              
I'd write it a

     
ll
            
Even more in l

              
ove with me yo

     
u'd fall
             |
We'd have it a

   |
ll

[Chorus]
             
Oh, it's what 

            
you do to me,
             
Oh, it's what 

            
you do to me,
             
Oh, it's what 

            
you do to me,
             
Oh, it's what 

       
you do to me, 

           
what you do to


 me

[Bridge]
   
A thousand mil

es seems prett

y far
      
But they've go

t planes and t

rains and cars
             
I'd walk to yo

              
u if I had no 

        
other way
       
Our friends wo

uld all make f

un of us
             
And we'll just

              
 laugh along b

              
ecause we know
              
That none of t

          
hem have felt 

        
this way
   
Delilah I can 

promise you
       
That by the ti

me we get thro

ugh
        
The world will

 never ever be

 the same
              
And you're to 

|  |  |
blame

[Verse 3]
 
Hey there Deli

lah
       
You be good an

d don't you mi

ss me
          
Two more years

 and you'll be

 done with sch

ool
            
And I'll be ma

              
king history l

         
ike I do
             
You'll know it

             
's all because

       
 of you
             
We can do what

           
ever we want t

   
o
            
Hey there Deli

              
lah here's to 


you
              
This one's for

|  | 
 you

[Chorus]
             
Oh, it's what 

            
you do to me,
             
Oh, it's what 

            
you do to me,
             
Oh, it's what 

            
you do to me,
             
Oh, it's what 

       
you do to me, 

           
what you do to


 me

[Outro]
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