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

VERSE 1:
[Am] I saw the light on the night that I passed by her [E] window [E7]
[Am] I saw the flickering shadows of love on her [E] blind [E7]
[A] She [A7] was my [Dm] woman,
[Am] As she deceived me I [E] watched, and went out of my [Am] mind [G7]

CHORUS 1:
[C] My, my, my, [G] Delilah; Why, why, [G7] why, [C] Delilah
I could [C7] see, that [F] girl was no good for [Dm] me,
[C] But I was lost like a [G] slave that no one could [C] free [E open]

VERSE 2:
[Am] At break of day when that man drove away I was [E] waiting [E7]
[Am] I crossed the street to her house and she opened the [E] door [E7]
[A] She [A7] stood there [Dm] laughing
[Am] I felt the knife in my [E open] hand, and she laughed no [Am] more [G7]

CHORUS 2:
[C] My, my, my, [G] Delilah; Why, why, [G7] why, [C] Delilah
So [C7] before, they [F] came to break down the [Dm] door,
[C] Forgive me, Delilah, I [G] just couldn't take any [C] more [E]

INSTRUMENTAL: [Am] [E] [Am] [E]

[A] She [A7] stood there [Dm] laughing
[Am] I felt the knife in my [E open] hand, and she laughed no [Am] more [G7]

REPEAT CHORUS 2:

OUTRO:
[Am] Forgive me, Delilah, I [E] just couldn't take any [Am] more [Dm] [Am]