"Deliver Me" by Tom Petty & the
Heartbreakers
Written by Tom Petty
From the album "Long After Dark"
MCA 1982
Capo 1
Intro: A
one instrumental verse
Verse:
F#m E
A D
Every woman and every man
Knows the feeling so well.
Those times when the heart just can't
understand.
F#m
E D
The times when you never can tell.
Chorus:
E
A E A
So deliver me, deliver me
F#m E
D
Baby, take this heart, set it free
E
A E
A
Take this chance, take this dream
F#m
E D A
Baby take this heart, deliver me
Well, I was born with somethin' down
inside of me,
And it's carried me over, delivered
me.
Yeah, delivered me, I'm standin' at
your gate,
Just out of reach of the hands of
fate.
CHORUS
Bridge:
F#m E (ba ba ba bababa)
A
Sometimes I wonder if this is worth
the trouble
A
D
A
Sometimes I wonder if this is worth
the fight
A
I never have made my mind up about
it
A
D A
I just decided to let it all ride
D
A
Let it all ride
D
E
Let it all ride
CHORUS
FADE ON A