Delilah

Delilah - Dresden Dolls

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chords

F: 003211

C: 032010

G: 320033

4/4 time

F, C, G, G repeats throughout the song.

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F C G

there’s no end to the love you can give

G F C G

when you change your point of view to under foot, very good

G

you may be flat but you’re breathing

F C G G

Oh,... Oh,... Oh,...

F C G

there’s no doubt he’s alone in his room

G F C

probably watching porn of you from the fall

G G

it’s last call and you’re the last one leaving

F C G G

Oh,... Oh,... Oh,...

F

and you thought you could change the world

C G

by opening your legs

G F

it isn’t very hard

C G

try kicking them instead

G F

and you thought you could change his mind

C G G

by changing your perfume to the kind his mother wore

F C

o god delilah why?

G G

i never met a more impossible girl

F C G G

Oh,... Oh,... Oh,...

F C G

in this same bar where you slammed down your hand

G F

and said “Amanda, i’m in love”

C

no you’re not

G G

you’re just a sucker for the ones who use you

F C G G

and it doesn’t matter what i say or do

F C G

the stupid bastard’s gonna have his way with you

G F

you’re an unrescuable schizo

C G

or else you’re on the rag

G F

and if you take him back

C G

i’m gonna lose my nerve

G

i never met a more impossible girl

F C G G

Oh,... Oh,... Oh,...

F C

at four o'clock he got off and

G G F

you called up "i’m down at denny’s on route one

C G

you won’t guess what he’s done"

G

is that a fact delililah

F C G

larry tap let you into the back

G F

and use his calling card again

C G

for a quick hand of gin

G F C G

you are impossible, delilah: the princess of denial

G F C G

and after seven years in advertising you are none the wiser

G F

you’re an unrescuable schizo

C G

or else you’re on the rag

G F

and if you take him back

C G

i’m gonna lose my nerve

G F

he’s gonna beat you like a pillow

C G

you schizos never learn

G F

and if you take him home

C G

you’ll get what you deserve

G

i've never met a more impossible girl

F C G G

Oh,... Oh,... Oh,...

F C G G

so don’t cry delilah

F C G G

you’re still alive delilah

F C G G

you need a ride delilah?

F C G G

let’s see how fast this thing can go.....