Plain White T’s Guitar | Hey There Delilah

You gotta love this one! It sounds very simple. But, the chords for this one I wouldn’t exactly put into the beginners category. The D major chord? Yes! But, the F#m & Bm? No! Paul from Guitar In A Nutshell teaches you a technique however that can make this very simple for beginners. So, I wouldn’t definitely recommend his technique. Any other technique I believe might just be too difficult for absolute beginners….

Plain White T’s | Hey There Delilah

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INTRO
D, F#m, D, F#m
VERSE 1
D                            F#m
Hey there Delilah, What’s it like in New York City?
      D                               F#m
I’m a thousand miles away, But girl tonight you look so pretty,
        Bm  G                 A                  Bm
Yes you do, Time Square can’t shine as bright as you,
             A
I swear it’s true.
D                            F#m
Hey there Delilah, Don’t you worry about the distance,
          D                                  F#m
I’m right there if you get lonely, Give this song another listen,
           Bm    G            A                Bm
Close your eyes, Listen to my voice it’s my disguise,
            A
I’m by your side.
CHORUS
D                      Bm  D                      Bm
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
D                      Bm  D                      Bm
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
               D
What you do to me.
VERSE 2
D                         F#m
Hey there Delilah, I know times are getting hard,
           D                                    F#m
But just believe me girl some day, I'll pay the bills with this guitar,
              Bm    G              A               Bm
We'll have it good, We'll have the life we knew we would,
           A
My word is good.
D                           F#m
Hey there Delilah, I’ve got so much left to say,
         D                                 F#m
If every simple song I wrote to you, Would take your breath away,
             Bm   G            A                  Bm
I’d write it all, Even more in love with me you’d fall,
             A
We’d have it all.
CHORUS
D                      Bm  D                      Bm
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
D                      Bm  D                      Bm
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
Bridge
G                                      A
A thousand miles seems pretty far, But they’ve got planes and trains and cars,
D                                 Bm
I’d walk to you if I had no other way
G                                         A
Our friends would all make fun of us, And we'll just laugh along because,
   D                                     Bm
We know that none of them have felt this way,
G                               A
Delilah I can promise you, That by the time that we get through,
    Bm                                               A
The world will never ever be the same, And you’re to blame.
VERSE 3
D                        F#m
Hey there Delilah you be good, And don’t you miss me,
         D                                         F#m
Two more years and you’ll be done with school, And I'll be making history,
Bm        G                 A              Bm
Like I do, You’ll know it's all because of you,
G             A            Bm
We can do whatever we want to,
G           A               Bm                  A
Hey there Delilah here's to you, This one’s for you.
FINAL CHORUS
D                      Bm  D                      Bm
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
D                      Bm  D                      Bm
Oh it’s what you do to me, Oh it’s what you do to me,
               D
What you do to me.
   Bm   D    Bm    D    Bm   D    Bm   D D
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