Delta Line

Bm D A E X2


[Verse 1]
Bm    D                A
Momma has all kinds of dreams
               E      Bm          D      A E
Where she goes looking for hidden things
Bm     D               A
Stolen silver, daddy's wine
        E               Bm   A E
Bastard children in the line
Bm             D               A
Last night she heard a warning call
         E              Bm            D   A E
Woke her up, it was the train, that's all
Bm        D                 A
And every dream's about the war
          E               Bm   A
Since she lost her oldest born


[Chorus]
D                           E
The train from Memphis just arrived
A                            F#m
With somebody else's son who died
                D           E     F#m
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
                D           E     A
She don't sleep well on the Delta line

E Bm F#m E Bm


[Verse 2]
Bm            D       A
Ellie Mae got engaged fast
              E                  Bm  D A E
But there are questions we don't ask
Bm      D               A
A civil wedding set for May
E                    Bm     D    A E
Momma's gonna make a velvet cake
Bm            D                  A
You know they asked the reverend first
    E        Bm         D      A E
But he won't defile the church
Bm         D               A
He saw the fullness in her eyes
          E      Bm      D
Said from God no man can hide


[Chorus]
D                           E
The train from Memphis just arrived
       A                              F#m
With a dress that's too small for the bride
                D           E     F#m
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
                D           E     A
She don't sleep well on the Delta line

E Bm F#m E Bm


[Verse 3]
Bm                           D
Now Aunt Marie won't cut her hair
A                     E   Bm        D      A
Since she dropped her baby down the stairs
Bm      D            A
She ran off into the woods
               E           Bm   D    A E
But that won't do that baby any good
     Bm       D               A
They feed her bottles day and night
        E                         Bm            D    A E
But she won't take them, she just cries, cries, cries
Bm         D               A
Better she learn to suffer now
           E                Bm   D A
Before her husband shows her how


[Chorus]
D                           E
The train from Memphis just arrived
A          E             F#m
Carrying a hungry orphan child
                D           E     F#m
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
                D           E     A
She don't sleep well on the Delta line

E Bm F#m E Bm


[Outro]
Bm    D                A
Momma has all kinds of dreams
               E      Bm          D      A
Where she goes looking for hidden things