Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Intro]

      


[Verse]

             
Hey there Deli

              
lah, what’s it

 
 like in New Y

ork City?
             
I’m a thousand

              
 miles away, b

          
ut girl tonigh

t you look so 

pretty,
           
Yes you do, Ti

              
mes Square can

             
’t shine as br

        
ight as you,
             
I swear it’s t

rue.
             
Hey there Deli

              
lah, don’t you

 
 worry about t

he distance,
             
I’m right ther

              
e if you get l

              
onely, give th

   
is song anothe

r listen,
            
Close your eye

             
s, listen to m

             
y voice it’s m

     
y disguise,
            
I’m by your si

de.


[Chorus]

             
Oh it’s what y

           
ou do to me, o

              
h it’s what yo

        
u do to me,
             
Oh it’s what y

           
ou do to me, o

              
h it’s what yo

        
u do to me,
              
What you do to

  
 me.
    

[Verse]

             
Hey there Deli

            
lah, I know ti

mes are gettin

g hard,
             
But just belie

              
ve me girl som

              
e day, I'll pa

      
y the bills wi

th this guitar

,
              
We'll have it 

           
good, we'll ha

             
ve the life we

         
 knew we would

,
           
My word is goo

d.
             
Hey there Deli

              
lah, I’ve got 


so much left t

o say,
             
If every simpl

              
e song I wrote

              
 to you, would

 
 take your bre

ath away,
             
I’d write it a

            
ll, even more 

             
in love with m

        
e you’d fall,
             
We’d have it a

ll.


[Chorus]

             
Oh it’s what y

           
ou do to me, o

              
h it’s what yo

        
u do to me,
             
Oh it’s what y

           
ou do to me, o

              
h it’s what yo

        
u do to me,


[Bridge]

             
A thousand mil

              
es seems prett

           
y far, but the

y’ve got plane

s and trains a

nd 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 lau

gh along becau

se,
             
We know that n

              
one of them ha

             
ve felt this w


ay.
             
Delilah I can 

              
promise you, t

    
hat by the tim

e that we get 

through,
            
The world will

              
 never ever be

              
 the same, and

           
 you’re to bla

me.


[Verse]

             
Hey there Deli

           
lah you be goo

d, and don’t y

ou miss me,
             
Two more years

              
 and you’ll be

              
 done with sch

          
ool, and I'll 

be making hist

ory,
           
Like 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 y

           
ou do to me, o

              
h it’s what yo

        
u do to me,
             
Oh it’s what y

           
ou do to me, o

              
h it’s what yo

        
u do to me,
              
What you do to

 
 me.
          
Ohhh