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,...
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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.....
