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Hey There Delilah

Plain White T's
Acoustic favorites 90s & 2000s Slow & emotional
KeyD
Capo—
LevelEasy
Transpose D 0
Text
Chord sheet
Chords are positioned above the lyric change point

Intro

DF#mDF#m
 

Verse

DF#m
Hey there Delilah, what’s it like in New York City?
DF#m
I’m a thousand miles away, but girl tonight you look so pretty,
BmGABm
Yes you do, Time Square can’t shine as bright as you,
A
I swear it’s true.
DF#m
Hey there Delilah, don’t you worry about the distance,
DF#m
I’m right there if you get lonely, give this song another listen,
BmGABm
Close your eyes, listen to my voice it’s my disguise,
A
I’m by your side.
 

Chorus

DBmDBmA
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
DBmDBm
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
D
What you do to me.
 

Verse

DF#m
Hey there Delilah, I know times are getting hard,
DF#m
But just believe me girl some day, I'll pay the bills with this guitar,
BmGABm
We'll have it good, we'll have the life we knew we would,
A
My word is good.
DF#m
Hey there Delilah, I’ve got so much left to say,
DF#m
If every simple song I wrote to you, would take your breath away,
BmGABm
I’d write it all, even more in love with me you’d fall,
A
We’d have it all.
 

Chorus

DBmDBmA
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
DBmDBmA
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
 

Bridge

GA
A thousand miles seems pretty far, but they’ve got planes and trains and cars,
DBm
I’d walk to you if I had no other way
GA
Our friends would all make fun of us, and we'll just laugh along because,
DBm
We know that none of them have felt this way,
GA
Delilah I can promise you, that by the time that we get through,
BmA
The world will never ever be the same, and you’re to blame.
 

Verse 3

DF#m
Hey there Delilah you be good, and don’t you miss me,
DF#m
Two more years and you’ll be done with school, and I'll be making history,
BmGABm
Like I do, you’ll know it's all because of you,
GABm
We can do whatever we want to,
GABmA
Hey there Delilah here's to you, this one’s for you.
 

Outro

DBmDBmA
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
DBmDBm
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
D
What you do to me.
BmDBmDBmDBmDD
End

How to play Hey There Delilah chords

This Chordsurf arrangement of Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's is presented in the key of D. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

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