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(When It's)

Darkness On The Delta

Words by Marty Symes & Al J. Neiburg, Music by Jerry Levinson - 1932

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	C+        F	-            C+	F
-	D7	G7	C7
Bb	Bbm	F	D7
G7	-	C7	C+
Chorus:----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	A7	D7	-
G7	C7	F          Eb	F
-	A7	D7	-
G7	C7	F          Eb	F
F7	-	Bb	-
G7	-	-	C7        C+
F	A7	D7	-
G7	C7	F          Eb	F  (C7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Night time and shad -ows are com -ing my way, South -land is at rest.

Night time and shad -ows re -liev -ing the day, Na -ture's at its best.

Stars come peep -in' more and more, I know where I'm head -in' for,

Down where I know love will be, Down where some -one waits for me.

 

Chorus:

When it's Dark -ness on the Del -ta, That's the time my heart is light,

When it's Dark -ness on the Del -ta, Let me ling -er in the shel -ter of the night.

Fields of Cot -ton all a -round me, Dark -ies sing -in sweet and low,

Lord I'm Luck -y that you found me, Where the Mud -dy Mis -sis -sip -pi wat -ers flow.

Loung -ing on the lev -ee, List -'nin' to the Night in -gales 'way up a -bove.

Laugh -ter on the lev -ee, No one's heart is heav -y, All God's chil -dren got some -one to love.

When it's Dark -ness on the Del -ta, On -ly Heav -en is in sight,

When It's Dark -ness on the Del -ta, Let me ling -er in the shel -ter of the night.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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