Proudfoot - Delta Queen

Delta Queen:Proudfoot.

Recorded in 1972 on ARIOLA Records.

Believe it hit #1 on several European

charts.



INTRO: Bm

Bm                         F#

Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?

Bm                         F#

Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?



#1.

Bm                                F#

Tell me mister have you seen, the girl they call the 

                   Bm

Delta Queen in New Orleans..(honey, honey.)

   Bm

He said, I know the girl you mean..(honey, honey) she's 

F#                                    Bm

singing at the Delta Queen, down Seventeenth..(honey, honey.)



BRIDGE:

           D                              A

And when I saw her there, silver gaslight on her hair..

                  Bm                          F#

I didn't mind the smoky room, or the smell of stale perfume.

       D                               A

I only know that she's, a fallen angel on her knees..

                 Bm                                F#

a woman tired of being alone, the one that I'm now taking 



home, ohhh.



CHORUS:

Bm                         F#

Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?

Bm                         F#

Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?



#2.

Bm                                                  F#

She left her home in Baton Rouge (honey, honey) she only had 

                                  Bm

one pair of shoes, what could she lose?..(honey, honey.)

Bm                                                   F#

The time had come for her to chose..(honey, honey) between 

                                            Bm

the good life and the blues, what could she lose?..(honey, honey.)





(INTERLUDE:)  D A Bm F# 



BRIDGE:

       D                               A

I only know that she's, a fallen angel on her knees..

                 Bm                                F#

a woman tired of being alone, the one that I'm now taking 



home, ohhh.





OUTRO:

Bm                         F#

Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?

Bm                         F#

Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?

Bm                         F#

Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been?

Bm                         F#

Delta Queen, honey, honey, where you been? (Fade.)





A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.