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

VERSE 1:
[Gm] I saw the light on the night that I passed by her [D] window [D7]
[Gm] I saw the flickering shadows of love on her [D] blind [D7]
[G] She [G7] was my [Cm] woman,
[Gm] As she deceived me I [D] watched, and went out of my [Gm] mind [F7]

CHORUS 1:
[A#] My, my, my, [F] Delilah; Why, why, [F7] why, [A#] Delilah
I could [A#7] see, that [D#] girl was no good for [Cm] me,
[A#] But I was lost like a [F] slave that no one could [A#] free [D open]

VERSE 2:
[Gm] At break of day when that man drove away I was [D] waiting [D7]
[Gm] I crossed the street to her house and she opened the [D] door [D7]
[G] She [G7] stood there [Cm] laughing
[Gm] I felt the knife in my [D open] hand, and she laughed no [Gm] more [F7]

CHORUS 2:
[A#] My, my, my, [F] Delilah; Why, why, [F7] why, [A#] Delilah
So [A#7] before, they [D#] came to break down the [Cm] door,
[A#] Forgive me, Delilah, I [F] just couldn't take any [A#] more [D]

INSTRUMENTAL: [Gm] [D] [Gm] [D]

[G] She [G7] stood there [Cm] laughing
[Gm] I felt the knife in my [D open] hand, and she laughed no [Gm] more [F7]

REPEAT CHORUS 2:

OUTRO:
[Gm] Forgive me, Delilah, I [D] just couldn't take any [Gm] more [Cm] [Gm]