Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

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Tuning: G C E A, G C E A

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To play like the guitar in the song, pluck the C String and then both the E and A Strings (at the
same time) to the rhythm of the song.

[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
             
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

              
me Square can'

             
t shine as bri

       
ght 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 2]
             
Hey there Deli

            
lah, I know ti


mes are gettin

g hard, 
             
But just belie

              
ve me girl som

              
eday I'll pay 

     
the bills with

 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 3]
             
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.

[Final 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.
          
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