A* - can be played as a normal A or 002225
A7* - can be played as a normal A7 or 002023

[Verse 1]
            
I saw the ligh

              
t on the night

              
 that I passed

        
 by her window
            
I saw the flic

              
kering shadows

              
 of love on he

  
r blind
      
She was my wom

an
            
As she deceive

            
d me I watched

              
, and went out

           
 of my mind

[Chorus]
             
My, my, my, De


lilah
            
Why, why, why,

   
 Delilah
           
I could see th

             
at girl was no

          
 good for me
             
But I was lost

             
 like a slave 

              
that no man co

        
uld free

[Verse 2]
            
At break of da

              
y when that ma

              
n drove away I

     
 was waiting
            
I crossed the 

              
street to her 

              
house and she 

           
opened the doo

r
           
She stood ther

  
e laughing
            
I felt the kni

            
fe in my hand,

          
 and she laugh

           
ed no more

[Chorus]
             
My, my, my, De


lilah
            
Why, why, why,

   
 Delilah
           
So before they

             
 come to break

          
 down the door
             
Forgive me, De

             
lilah, I just 

              
couldn't take 

          
any more

[Break]
 
 

[Verse Reprise]
           
She stood ther

  
e laughing
            
I felt the kni

           
fe in my hand,

.           
 and she laugh

           
ed no more

[Chorus]
             
My, my, my, De


lilah
            
Why, why, why,

   
 Delilah
           
So before they

             
 come to break

          
 down the door
             
Forgive me, De

             
lilah, I just 

              
couldn't take 

    
any more
            
Forgive me, De

            
lilah, I just 

              
couldn't take 

        
any mo--oo--or

      
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