Hey there Delilah    (intro)    (sample)

 

    C - Em (2x)

 

   C                                              Em

1.    Hey there, Delilah, what's it like in New York City ?

                C                                              Em

    I'm a thousand miles away, but, girl, tonight you look so pretty,

                  Am    

    yes, you do.

G - F                                     G                       Am                      G

          Times Square can't shine as bright as you, I swear it's true.

 

   C                                               Em

2.    Hey there Delilah, don't you worry about the distance,

                     C                                              Em

    I'm right there, if you get lonely, give this song another listen,

                     Am    

    close your eyes.

G - F                        G                      Am                        G

          Listen to my voice, it's my disguise, I'm by your side.

 

 C                                 Am  C                                Am

Oh, it's what you do to me, oh, it's what you do to me !

 C                                 Am  C                                Am

Oh, it's what you do to me, oh, it's what you do to me !

 

                              C

+ What you do to me.

 

   C                                           Em

3.    Hey there, Delilah, I know times are getting hard,

                     C                                                    Em

    but just believe me, girl, someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar,

                        Am    

    we'll have it good.

G - F                          G                         Am                        G

          We'll have the life we knew we would, my word is good.

 

    C                                           Em

4.     Hey there, Delilah, I've got so much left to say,

                 C                                                  Em

    if every simple song I wrote to you would take your breath away,

                    Am

    I'd write it all.

 

 

 

 

G - F                         G                           Am                     G

          Even more in love with me you'd fall, we'd have it all.

 

+ CHORUS

 

           F                                

    A thousand miles seems pretty far,

             G

    but they've got planes and trains and cars,

           C                                         Am

    I'd walk to you, if I had no other way.

             F

    Our friends would all make fun of us,

             G

    and we'll just laugh along because

             C                                                      Am

    we know that none of them have felt this way.

G      F                                          G

    Delilah I can promise you that by the time we get through,

           Am                                                                         G

    the world will never ever be the same, and you're to blame.

 

    C                                            Em

5.     Hey there, Delilah, you be good and don't you miss me,

                      C                                          

    two more years and you'll be done with school, 

          Em                                     Am 

    and I'll be making history like I do.

G - F                        G                    Am                  

         You know it's all because of you,

G - F                          G                  Am               

         we can do whatever we want to,

G - F                       G                    Am                         G

         hey there, Delilah, here's to you, this one’s for you.

 

                                                    C         Am - C

+ CHORUS  +   What you do to me.   + Oh….     (4x)

                                                            What you do to me. 

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Plain White T’s)