Hey There Delilah Uke tab by Plain White T's

5 Chords used in the song: D, Gbm, Bm, G, A

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Artist: 
Year:  2006
Difficulty: 
3.9
(Intermediate)
Key: BmChords
Intro -x2-:
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
xA|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
xE|----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
xC|--2---2---2---2---1---1---1---1------|
xG|-------------------------------------|

Verse:
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
Hey there Delilah, What's it like in New York City?
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
I'm a thousand miles away, But girl tonight you look so pretty,
Bm chordBm G chordG A chordA Bm chordBm
Yes you do, Time Square can't shine as bright as you,
A chordA
I swear it's true.
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
Hey there Delilah, Don't you worry about the distance,
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
I'm right there if you get lonely, Give this song another listen,
Bm chordBm G chordG A chordA Bm chordBm
Close your eyes, Listen to my voice it's my disguise,
A chordA
I'm by your side.

Chorus:
D chordD Bm chordBm D chordD Bm chordBm
Oh it's what you do to me, Oh it's what you do to me,
D chordD Bm chordBm D chordD Bm chordBm
Oh it's what you do to me, Oh it's what you do to me,
D chordD
What you do to me.

Verse:
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
Hey there Delilah, I know times are getting hard,
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
But just believe me girl some day, I'll pay the bills with this guitar,
Bm chordBm G chordG A chordA Bm chordBm
We'll have it good, We'll have the life we knew we would,
A chordA
My word is good.
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
Hey there Delilah, I've got so much left to say,
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
If every simple song I wrote to you, Would take your breath away,
Bm chordBm G chordG A chordA Bm chordBm
I'd write it all, Even more in love with me you'd fall,
A chordA
We'd have it all.

Chorus:
D chordD Bm chordBm D chordD Bm chordBm
Oh it's what you do to me, Oh it's what you do to me,
D chordD Bm chordBm D chordD Bm chordBm
Oh it's what you do to me, Oh it's what you do to me,

Bridge:
G chordG A chordA
A chordA thousand miles seems pretty far, But they've got planes and trains and cars,
D chordD Bm chordBm
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
G chordG A chordA
Our friends would all make fun of us, And we'll just laugh along because,
D chordD Bm chordBm
We know that none of them have felt this way,
G chordG A chordA
Delilah I can promise you, That by the time that we get through,
Bm chordBm A chordA
The world will never ever be the same, And you're to blame.

Verse:
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
Hey there Delilah you be good, And don't you miss me,
D chordD Gbm chordGbm
Two more years and you'll be done with school, And I'll be making history,
Bm chordBm G chordG A chordA Bm chordBm
Like I do, You'll know it's all because of you,
G chordG A chordA Bm chordBm
We can do whatever we want to,
G chordG A chordA Bm chordBm A chordA
Hey there Delilah here's to you, This one's for you.

Chorus:
D chordD Bm chordBm D chordD Bm chordBm
Oh it's what you do to me, Oh it's what you do to me,
D chordD Bm chordBm D chordD Bm chordBm
Oh it's what you do to me, Oh it's what you do to me,
D chordD
What you do to me.
Bm chordBm D chordD Bm chordBm D chordD Bm chordBm D chordD Bm chordBm D chordD D chordD
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The chords are great, but different from how I have played this in the past. I like it, but probably won't play it in this key.
18 Dec 2014
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About this song: Hey There Delilah

"Hey There Delilah" is the third single released from the band Plain White T's 2005 album All That We Needed. In June 2007, over two years after the song's release, it became the band's first hit in the United States, eventually reaching the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in July. From July 3, 2007 through July 28, the song was the number one most played song on the radio, and the number one downloaded song on the U.S. iTunes Music Store.

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