Delilah Acoustic by Bumblefoot
Title: Delilah
Artist: Bumblefoot
Here's a basic outline (chords, riffs, lyrics) for the godly song
we know as Delilah. I started a full powertab thing, with bass, piano,
vocal line, etc. but I am simply too lazy to finish it.
Lyrics from www.bumblefoot.com. Chord suggestions at the bottom.
The song is in 6/4 with a triplet feel.
Am Am/G D7/F# D/F#
1. Lady Delilah - she enslaves me
F Ab Eb Db G
I'm bound and chained by her lies Lies
Cm Cm/Bb F/A
One look in her eyes and she breaks me
Ab G
And I fall down like rain
Ab G
As the wind sings her name
Chorus:
Dm G Em A
Ohhhhhohhhhhh Ohhhhhohhhhh
F#m B Em A
Ohhh Delilah Ohhhhhohhhh
D C B
I was the strongest man alive
A# E A Bb/A (below x2)
Till you came along - my Delilah
E|-----5-5----5-5-|---6-6-x--------|
B|-----5-5----5-5-|---6-6-x--------|
G|-----6-6----6-6-|---7-7-x--------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--0-------0-----|-0--------------|
E|----------------|---------0-3-6--|
2. She deceived me but believe me it was alright
To touch her lips was to kiss the blades of her knives
Why do things we know are wrong feel so right?
Worth a lifetime of pain
For one night to sing her name
Oh, Delilah�
I was the strongest man alive
Till you came along - my Delilah
SOLO: (too lazy to figure it out note-for-note... improvise :))
Am | Am/G | F#m7-5 |(F#m7-5)|
F | Ab | Eb | Db G |
Cm | Cm/Bb | Am7-5 |(Am7-5) |
Ab | G | Ab | G |
Ab G
Well I'll never be the same
Ab G
Cause that girl - yeah, she's to blame
Ab G
How could I love again
Ab G
Since she took my heart away.
(see below for this next part)
And then someone said her name
And I tore at my flesh to dull the pain of the sound
And ripped from the chains and the walls came down
And I lay covered and bound
E
And I called out her name�
E|-------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------9------------|
A|-------------------|---------------5-8----7--5-------|
E|--5--5--5-8--7--5--|--4--0-4--8p7--------------7--4--|
E|---------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------------|--------------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------4----|
D|---------------------|----/10----------------6--|
A|---------------------|--------8-------2/5-------|
E|--5--5--5-7b(8)r7-5--|--4-------10--1-----------|
E|--------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------|
G|--------------------|---------------------|
D|--7----------6p3----|---------------------|
A|-----------------3--|--------2--/8--5-----|
E|-----5--5-5---------|--4--1------------7--|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------------------|--------------------|
G|-----------------------------|--------------------|
D|--10p7---9--6/7--------------|--------------------|
A|-------7--------7------------|----------/7--5-----|
E|------------------8-7--5--7--|--8--4--1--------4--|
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--5--5-5--7b(8)--7--5--| then, E major
Back to the chorus one mo' time.
That's it. 'Tis quite a taint-bludgeoning song, eh?
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Suggestions for the chord voicings:
| Am | | Am/G | | D7/F# | | D/F# |
E|--0--| |---0--| |-------| |------|
B|--1--| |---1--| |-------| |--3---|
G|--2--| |---2--| |-------| |--2---|
D|--2--| |---2--| |-------| |--0---|
A|--0--| |---x--| |---3---| |--x---|
E|-----| |---3--| |---2---| |--2---|
| F | | Ab | | Eb | | Db | | G |
E|--1--| |--4-| |----| |----| |-3-|
B|--1--| |--4-| |--8-| |--6-| |-3-|
G|--2--| |--5-| |--8-| |--6-| |-4-|
D|--3--| |--6-| |--8-| |--6-| |-5-|
A|--3--| |--6-| |--6-| |--4-| |-5-|
E|--1--| |--4-| |----| |----| |-3-|
| Cm | | Cm/Bb | | F/A | | Dm | | Em |
E|--3--| |-------| |-----| |--1-| |--0-|
B|--4--| |---4---| |--6--| |--3-| |--0-|
G|--5--| |---5---| |--5--| |--2-| |--0-|
D|--5--| |---5---| |--3--| |--0-| |--2-|
A|--3--| |---x---| |--x--| |----| |--2-|
E|-----| |---6---| |--5--| |----| |--0-|
| A | | F#m | | B | | D | | C | | A# |
E|---| |--2--| |---| |---| |---| |----|
B|-2-| |--2--| |-4-| |-7-| |-5-| |--3-|
G|-2-| |--2--| |-4-| |-7-| |-5-| |--3-|
D|-2-| |--4--| |-4-| |-7-| |-5-| |--3-|
A|-0-| |--4--| |-2-| |-5-| |-3-| |--1-|
E|---| |--2--| |---| |---| |---| |----|
| E | | F#m7-5 | | Am7-5 |
E|-0-| |--------| |-------|
B|-0-| |----1---| |---4---|
G|-1-| |----2---| |---5---|
D|-2-| |----2---| |---5---|
A|-2-| |----x---| |---x---|
E|-0-| |----2---| |---5---|
((not done by me but id thought id share this with everyone here))
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