Tom Jones, Delilah (1968)
^{Key: :[Bm] (w: Les Reed, Barry Mason, Sylvan Whittingham)}

VERSE 1:
[Bm] I saw the light on the night that I passed by her [F#] window [F#7]
[Bm] I saw the flickering shadows of love on her [F#] blind [F#7]
[B] She [B7] was my [Em] woman,
[Bm] As she deceived me I [F#] watched, and went out of my [Bm] mind [A7]

CHORUS 1:
[D] My, my, my, [A] Delilah; Why, why, [A7] why, [D] Delilah
I could [D7] see, that [G] girl was no good for [Em] me,
[D] But I was lost like a [A] slave that no one could [D] free [F# open]

VERSE 2:
[Bm] At break of day when that man drove away I was [F#] waiting [F#7]
[Bm] I crossed the street to her house and she opened the [F#] door [F#7]
[B] She [B7] stood there [Em] laughing
[Bm] I felt the knife in my [F# open] hand, and she laughed no [Bm] more [A7]

CHORUS 2:
[D] My, my, my, [A] Delilah; Why, why, [A7] why, [D] Delilah
So [D7] before, they [G] came to break down the [Em] door,
[D] Forgive me, Delilah, I [A] just couldn't take any [D] more [F#]

INSTRUMENTAL: [Bm] [F#] [Bm] [F#]

[B] She [B7] stood there [Em] laughing
[Bm] I felt the knife in my [F# open] hand, and she laughed no [Bm] more [A7]

REPEAT CHORUS 2:

OUTRO:
[Bm] Forgive me, Delilah, I [F#] just couldn't take any [Bm] more [Em] [Bm]