Tom Jones – Delilah (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Delilah Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Capo: 2, optionally for brightness Tempo: Q=80, Time: 6/8, Play bass eighths with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Sixteenths are marked '+'. Emphasize the melody notes. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Play the 6th string bass with thumb-fretting as appropriate.
[Verse]
   Am                                                  E                         E7
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------3--p1---|-0-------------------0---|-3b--------------1--p0---|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------1-------|-----1-------------------|
D|---------2-----------2---|---------2-----------2---|-----2-------2-----------|---------2---------------|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|---------2---------------|-------------2-----------|
E|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
   I saw the light on the   night that I passed by her window
   At break of day when that man drove away  I was     waiting

   Am                                                  E                         E7
E|-0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------3--p1---|-0-------------------0---|-3b--------------1--p0---|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----1-----------1-------|-----1-------------------|
D|---------2-----------2---|---------2-----------2---|---------2---2-----------|---------2---------------|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------2-----------|
E|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
   I saw the flickering      shadow of love  on her    blind.
   I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door

   A7                                                  Dm
E|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-8-------------------6---|-----3-------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----6-----------6-------|-----6-----------6-------|-----------------2-------|-----2-----------2-------|
D|---------5-----------5---|---------5---------------|---------0-----------0---|---------0-----------0---|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------5-----------|-------------1-----------|-------------1-----------|
   She                       was                 my    woman
   She                       stood               there laughing

   Am             +            Em7                       Am                        G7
E|-0---0---0---0-h1-p0---0---|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-3---3---3---3--p1---0---|-----1-------------------|-0-----------------------|
G|---------------------------|-------------------------|-2---------------2-------|-----0-----------0-------|
D|---------2-------------2---|---------2-----------2---|---------2-----------2---|---------0-----------0---|
A|-0-------------------------|-------------2-----------|-0-----------------------|-------------2-----------|
E|-------------0-------------|-0-----------------------|-------------0-----------|-3-----------------------|
   As she deceived me    I    watched and went out of my mind
   I felt the knife in my     hand    and she laughed no more

[Chorus]
   C                                               G7                     +       +     +     +
E|-0---------------------|-3-------------------0-|-1----------------------0--|-1-h3--1-p0-------------------|
B|-------------1---------|-----------------------|-----3---------------3-----|-------------3-p1--3----------|
G|-----0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----|-----------------0---------|-------0---------------0------|
D|---------2-----------2-|---------2-------------|---------0-----------0-----|-------------0-------------0--|
A|-3---------------------|-3-----------3---------|-------------2-------------|-------------------2----------|
E|-------------3---------|-----------------------|-3-------------------------|-3----------------------------|
   My          my          my                  Delilah

                                                      C                     +      +     +     +
E|-1-----------------------|/5------------------2-|/3--p0--------------0-h1-|-3-/5--3-p1--0-----0----------|
B|-------------3-----------|----------------------|-------------------------|----------------3-------------|
G|-----0-----------0-------|-----0----------0-----|-----0----------0--------|-------0---------------0------|
D|---------0-----------0---|---------0------------|---------2---------------|-------------2-------------2--|
A|-------------2-----------|-------------0--------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------------3----------|
E|-3-----------------------|/5--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|

   Why         why           why               Delilah
                                                       Dm
E|-0-------------------1---|-3-----------3------/5---|-3------p1---1------p0---|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
G|-----0-----------0-------|-----0-----------0-------|-----2-----------2-------|-----2-----------2-------|
D|---------2---------------|---------2---------------|---------0---------------|---------0-----------0---|
A|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------1-----------|-------------1-----------|
   I                   could see,               that   girl was no good    for   me
   So,                 before                   they   come    to break down the door

   Am             +            Em7                       Am
E|-0---0---0---0-h1-p0---0---|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-3---3---3---3--p1---0---|-----1-------------------|-----1-------------------|
G|---------------------------|-------------------------|-2---------------2-------|-2---------------2-------|
D|---------2-------------2---|---------2-----------2---|---------2-----------2---|---------2-----------2---|
A|-0-----------0-------------|-------------2-----------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|---------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|
   But I was   lost like a     slave that no man   could free.
Forgive me Delilah,      I     just couldn't take  any   more.

[Reprise]
   C                                               G7                     +       +     +     +
E|-0---------------------|-3-------------------0-|-1----------------------0--|-1-h3--1-p0-------------------|
B|-------------1---------|-----------------------|-----3---------------3-----|-------------3-p1--3----------|
G|-----0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----|-----------------0---------|-------0---------------0------|
D|---------2-----------2-|---------2-------------|---------0-----------0-----|-------------0-------------0--|
A|-3---------------------|-3-----------3---------|-------------2-------------|-------------------2----------|
E|-------------3---------|-----------------------|-3-------------------------|-3----------------------------|
   My          my          my                  Delilah

                                                      C                     +      +     +     +
E|-1-----------------------|/5------------------2-|/3--p0--------------0-h1-|-3-/5--3-p1--0-----0----------|
B|-------------3-----------|----------------------|-------------------------|----------------3-------------|
G|-----0-----------0-------|-----0----------0-----|-----0----------0--------|-------0---------------0------|
D|---------0-----------0---|---------0------------|---------2---------------|-------------2-------------2--|
A|-------------2-----------|-------------0--------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------------3----------|
E|-3-----------------------|/5--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|

   Why         why           why               Delilah
                                                       Dm
E|-0-------------------1---|-3-----------3------/5---|-3------p1---1------p0---|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
G|-----0-----------0-------|-----0-----------0-------|-----2-----------2-------|-----2-----------2-------|
D|---------2---------------|---------2---------------|---------0---------------|---------0-----------0---|
A|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------1-----------|-------------1-----------|
   I                   could see,               that   girl was no good    for   me
   So,                 before                   they   come    to break down the door

   Am                          Em                        Am                        a
E|-0---0---0---0-h1-p0---0---|-0---0---0---0--h2--/4---|-5-----------------------|-5----------|
B|---------------------------|-------------------------|-----5---------------5---|-5----------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------4---|---------5-------5-------|-5----------|
D|---------2-------------2---|---------2---------------|-------------------------|------------|
A|-0-----------0-------------|-------------2-----------|-0-----------0-----------|-0----------|
E|---------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|------------|
 Forgive me Delilah,      I    just couldn't take  any   more.