Chords for Swamp Sessions #2: Lon Eldridge - "Darkness on the Delta"
Tempo:
89.15 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
C
Db
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gbm] [Db]
[Eb] [Bb]
When [Eb] it's darkness [Cm] on [G] the [A] Delta [C] That's when my heart feels light
[A] When it's darkness [Bb] [Bbm] on the [D] Delta [Eb] Let me linger [Abm] in the shelter of the [Cm] night
[Ab] Fields of [Bb] cotton, [Eb] [Bm] they surround me [C] I can hear my baby singing soft and low
I'm [Bb] so glad [C] [Bb] that you found [Eb] me [Db] Where the muddy Mississippi [Eb] waters flow
There's lightness on the levee I can hear that [Ab] mockingbird sing high up above
[A] There's laughter on the levee No one's heart is heavy
[C] Cause all of God's children [D] got someone [Ab] to [Eb] love
When it's darkness [Bm] on the Delta [G] [C] That's when [C] heaven is in sight
When [F] it's darkness [Abm] [Am]
[D] on the Delta [Eb] Let me [B] linger in the shelter [Eb] of the night
[Bb] [Db] [Eb]
[G] [C]
[F] [Abm] [Am]
[Bb] [Eb]
[G] There's laughter [Bb] on the [Db] levee I can hear that [Ab] mockingbird sing high up above
[E] There's lightness [Abm] on the [Am] levee No one's heart is [Db] heavy
Cause all of [A] God's children [D] got someone to love
[Eb] When it's darkness [C] [Bb]
[G] on the Delta [C] That's when heaven is in sight
[F] When it's [Abm] darkness [Am]
on the [D] Delta [Eb] Let me linger [Abm] in the shelter of [Eb] the night
[Eb] [Bb]
When [Eb] it's darkness [Cm] on [G] the [A] Delta [C] That's when my heart feels light
[A] When it's darkness [Bb] [Bbm] on the [D] Delta [Eb] Let me linger [Abm] in the shelter of the [Cm] night
[Ab] Fields of [Bb] cotton, [Eb] [Bm] they surround me [C] I can hear my baby singing soft and low
I'm [Bb] so glad [C] [Bb] that you found [Eb] me [Db] Where the muddy Mississippi [Eb] waters flow
There's lightness on the levee I can hear that [Ab] mockingbird sing high up above
[A] There's laughter on the levee No one's heart is heavy
[C] Cause all of God's children [D] got someone [Ab] to [Eb] love
When it's darkness [Bm] on the Delta [G] [C] That's when [C] heaven is in sight
When [F] it's darkness [Abm] [Am]
[D] on the Delta [Eb] Let me [B] linger in the shelter [Eb] of the night
[Bb] [Db] [Eb]
[G] [C]
[F] [Abm] [Am]
[Bb] [Eb]
[G] There's laughter [Bb] on the [Db] levee I can hear that [Ab] mockingbird sing high up above
[E] There's lightness [Abm] on the [Am] levee No one's heart is [Db] heavy
Cause all of [A] God's children [D] got someone to love
[Eb] When it's darkness [C] [Bb]
[G] on the Delta [C] That's when heaven is in sight
[F] When it's [Abm] darkness [Am]
on the [D] Delta [Eb] Let me linger [Abm] in the shelter of [Eb] the night
Key:
Eb
Bb
C
Db
Abm
Eb
Bb
C
_ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
When [Eb] it's darkness _ [Cm] on [G] the [A] Delta _ _ [C] _ That's when my heart feels light
_ [A] When it's darkness [Bb] _ [Bbm] on the [D] Delta _ [Eb] Let me linger [Abm] in the shelter of the [Cm] night
_ [Ab] _ Fields of [Bb] cotton, _ [Eb] [Bm] they surround me [C] I can hear my baby singing soft and low
I'm [Bb] so glad [C] [Bb] that you found [Eb] me _ [Db] Where the muddy Mississippi [Eb] waters flow
_ _ _ There's lightness on the levee I can hear that [Ab] mockingbird sing high up above
_ _ [A] There's laughter on the levee No one's heart is heavy
[C] Cause all of God's children [D] got someone [Ab] to [Eb] love
When it's darkness _ [Bm] on the Delta [G] _ _ [C] That's when [C] heaven is in sight
When [F] it's darkness [Abm] _ [Am]
[D] on the Delta _ [Eb] Let me [B] linger in the shelter [Eb] of the night
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Abm] _ [Am] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] There's laughter [Bb] on the [Db] levee I can hear that [Ab] mockingbird sing high up above
_ [E] There's lightness [Abm] on the [Am] levee No one's heart is [Db] heavy
Cause all of [A] God's children [D] got someone to love
[Eb] When it's darkness [C] _ [Bb] _
[G] on the Delta _ [C] _ That's when heaven is in sight
_ [F] When it's [Abm] darkness [Am]
on the [D] Delta _ [Eb] Let me linger [Abm] in the shelter of [Eb] the night _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
When [Eb] it's darkness _ [Cm] on [G] the [A] Delta _ _ [C] _ That's when my heart feels light
_ [A] When it's darkness [Bb] _ [Bbm] on the [D] Delta _ [Eb] Let me linger [Abm] in the shelter of the [Cm] night
_ [Ab] _ Fields of [Bb] cotton, _ [Eb] [Bm] they surround me [C] I can hear my baby singing soft and low
I'm [Bb] so glad [C] [Bb] that you found [Eb] me _ [Db] Where the muddy Mississippi [Eb] waters flow
_ _ _ There's lightness on the levee I can hear that [Ab] mockingbird sing high up above
_ _ [A] There's laughter on the levee No one's heart is heavy
[C] Cause all of God's children [D] got someone [Ab] to [Eb] love
When it's darkness _ [Bm] on the Delta [G] _ _ [C] That's when [C] heaven is in sight
When [F] it's darkness [Abm] _ [Am]
[D] on the Delta _ [Eb] Let me [B] linger in the shelter [Eb] of the night
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Abm] _ [Am] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] There's laughter [Bb] on the [Db] levee I can hear that [Ab] mockingbird sing high up above
_ [E] There's lightness [Abm] on the [Am] levee No one's heart is [Db] heavy
Cause all of [A] God's children [D] got someone to love
[Eb] When it's darkness [C] _ [Bb] _
[G] on the Delta _ [C] _ That's when heaven is in sight
_ [F] When it's [Abm] darkness [Am]
on the [D] Delta _ [Eb] Let me linger [Abm] in the shelter of [Eb] the night _ _ _ _ _