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Hey there, De li lah, what’s it (F#m)like in New York Cit y?
I’m a thou sand miles a way, but, girl, to night you look so pret ty, yes, you (Bm)do.
Times Square can’t (A)shine as bright as you.
I swear it’s (A)true.
Hey there, De li lah, don’t you (F#m)wor ry a bout the dis tance, I’m right (D5)there.
If you get lone ly, give this (F#m)song an oth er lis ten.
Close your eyes.
E Lis ven ten more to my in love voice, with it’s me, my you’d dis guise.
fall.
I’m by your (A)side.
(D5)Oh, it’s what you (D5)do to me,
(D5)oh, it’s what you (D5)do to me.
(D5)Oh, it’s what you (D5)do to me,
(D5)oh, it’s what you (D5)do to me.
What you (Bm)do to me.
Hey there, De li lah, I know (F#m)times are get ting hard, but just be lieve me, girl, some day I’ll pay the bills with this gui tar, we’ll have it (Bm)good.
We’ll have the (A)life we knew we would.
My word is (A)good.
Hey there, De li lah, I’ve got (F#m)so ry much left to say.
If ev ’ry (D5)sim ple song I wrote to you would (F#m)take your breath a way, I’d write it all.
E Lis ven ten more to my in love voice, with it’s me, my you’d dis guise.
fall.
We’d have it (A)all.
(D5)Oh, it’s what you (D5)do to me,
(D5)oh, it’s what you (D5)do to me.
(D5)Oh, it’s what you (D5)do to me,
(D5)oh, it’s what you (D5)do to me.
What you (Bm)do to me.
A (G)thou sand miles seems pret ty far, but they’ve got planes and trains and cars.
I’d walk to you if I had no (D5)oth er way.
Our (G)friends would all make fun of us, and we’ll just laugh a long be cause we know that none of them have felt this (Bm)way.
De (G)li lah, I can prom ise you that by the time we get through, the world will nev er, ev er be the same,
and you’re to blame.
Hey there, De li lah, you be good and don’t you miss me.
Two more (D5)years and you’ll be done with school and I’ll be mak ing his t’ry, like I (Bm)do.
You know it’s (A)all be cause of you.
We can do what ev er we want to.
Hey there, De li lah, here’s to you.
This one’s for (A)you.
What you (Bm)do to me.
(D5)Oh,
(Bm)whoa,
whoa.
(Bm)Oh,
whoa, (D5)whoa.
Oh,
(D5)oh,
(Bm)oh.
This page shows “Hey There Delilah” by Plain White Ts in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of D at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.