Intro: D Gbm D Gbm A|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-| E|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---| C|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------| g|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-| Verse 1a: "Hey there, Delilah. What's it like in New York City? I'm a thousand miles away. But girl, tonight you look so pretty. Yes you do" D Gbm D Gbm A|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4-----| E|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---| C|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------| g|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-----| Pre-chorus 1a: "Times Square can't shine as bright as you. I swear it's true" Bm A G A Bm A A|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---|---5---5-0-4-0-4-|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-0-4-0-4-0-7-0-7-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| g|---4---4---4-----|-0-0-0-0---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---6---6-| Verse 1b: "Hey there, Delilah. Don't you worry about the distance I'm right there if you get lonely. Give this song another listen. Close your eyes" D Gbm D Gbm A|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4-----| E|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---| C|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------| g|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-----| Pre-chorus 1b: "Listen to my voice, it's my disguise. I'm by your side" Bm A G A Bm A A|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---|---5---5-0-4-0-4-|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-0-4-0-4-0-7-0-7-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| g|---4---4---4-----|-0-0-0-0---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---6---6-| Chorus 1: "Oh it's what you do to me" (x4) "what you do to me" D A Bm Db D A Bm Db A|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---| g|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-| D A Bm Db D A Bm Db A|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---| g|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-| Interlude: D A A|---5---5---5-0-5-| E|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------| g|---2---2---2---2-| Verse 2a: "Hey there, Delilah. I know times are getting hard But just believe me, girl. Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar" We'll have it good" D Gbm D Gbm A|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4-----| E|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---| C|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------| g|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-----| Pre-chorus 2a: "We'll have the life we knew we would . My word is good" Bm A G A Bm A A|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---|---5---5-0-4-0-4-|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-0-4-0-4-0-7-0-7-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| g|---4---4---4-----|-0-0-0-0---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---6---6-| Verse 2b: "Hey there, Delilah. I've got so much left to say If every simple song I wrote to you. Would take your breath away. I'd write it all" D Gbm D Gbm A|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4-----| E|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---| C|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------| g|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-----| Pre-chorus 2b: "Even more in love with me you'd fall. We'd have it all" Bm A G A Bm A A|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---|---5---5-0-4-0-4-|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-0-4-0-4-0-7-0-7-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| g|---4---4---4-----|-0-0-0-0---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---6---6-| Chorus 2: "Oh it's what you do to me" (x4) D A Bm Db D A Bm Db A|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---| g|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-| D A Bm Db D A Bm A A|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---|-2---2---2-------|-----------------| g|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4-----| Bridge: "A thousand miles seems pretty far. But they've got planes and trains and cars I'd walk to you if I had no other way" G A D A Bm A A|---5---5---5---5-|-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---2-------|-----------------| g|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4-----| "Our friends would all make fun of us and we'll just laugh along because we know That none of them have felt this way" G A D Db Bm A A|---5---5---5---5-|-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-|---5---5---5-----|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---2---1---|-----------------| g|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4-----| "Delilah, I can promise you. That by the time that we get through The world will never ever be the same" G A Bm Bm A|---5---5---5---5-|-0-4-0-4-0-4-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| g|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-| "And you're to blame" A A A|-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-|-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-7-| E|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------| g|---2---2---2---2-|---6---6---6---6-| | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Verse 3 (slight change on the last bar): "Hey there, Delilah. You be good and don't you miss me | this is how it's | and this is how Two more years and you'll be done with school | originally played | I like to play it And I'll be making history like I do" | on the song | | | D Gbm D Gbm Gbm A|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---------|-----|---4---4--0-4-9----| E|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2-------|-----|-2---2---2---------| C|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-----|-------------------| g|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---------|-----|---2---2-----------| Pre-chorus 3: "You'll know it's all because of you We can do whatever we want to" Bm A G A Bm A G A A|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---|---5---5-0-4-0-4-|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---|---5---5-0-4-0-4-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| g|---4---4---4-----|-0-0-0-0---2---2-|---4---4---4-----|-0-0-0-0---2---2-| "Hey there, Delilah, here's to you. This one's for you" Bm A G A Bm A A|-2-5-2-5-2-5-0---|---5---5-0-4-0-4-|-2-5-2-5-2-5-2-5-|-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| g|---4---4---4-----|-0-0-0-0---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---2---2-| A A|-0---0---0---0---| E|---0---0---0---0-| C|---1---1---1---1-| g|-----------------| Chorus 3: "Oh it's what you do to me" (x4) "what you do to me" D A Bm Db D A Bm Db A|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---| g|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-| D A Bm Db D A Bm Db A|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---| g|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-| Outro: "Oh, oooo oooo" D A Bm Db D A Bm Db A|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---| g|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-| D A Bm Db D A Bm Db A|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-|---5---5---5-0---|-2-5-2-5-2-5---5-| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---|-2---2---2-------|-------------1---| g|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-|---2---2---2-----|---4---4---4---4-| D A D A|---5---5---5-0-5-|--0-5-9----------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C|-2---2---2-------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------| g|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. 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Hey There Delilah (fingerpicking) chords by Plain White T's
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This arrangement is in D major. The chords ask a bit more of you, so I rate them proficient.
6 ukulele chords used in "Hey There Delilah (fingerpicking)" by Plain White T's: A, Bm, Db, D, Gbm and G
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