Della And The Dealer chords by Hoyt Axton

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

Della and the Dealer
Hoyt Axton

Intro C F D A C A


E   A
It was Della and a Dealer and a dog named Jake
   D
and a cat named Kalamazoo
C           F
  Left the city in a pickup truck
D              A
Gonna` make some dreams come true

Yeah they rolled out west

where the wild sun sets
    D
and the coyote bays at the moon
C             F
Della and the Dealer and a dog named Jake
   D        A
and a cat named Kalamazoo


    A
If that cat could talk what tales he`d tell
   E
About Della and the Dealer and the dog as well

But the cat was cool
               A
And he never said a mumblin` word

Down Tucson way there`s a small cafe
      D
where they play a little cowboy tune
    C          F
And the guitar picker was a friend of mine
    D       A
by the name of Randy Boone


yeah Randy played her a sweet love song
  D
and Della got a fire in her eyes
  C             F
The Dealer had a knife and the dog had a gun
    D         A
and the cat had a shot of rye



If that cat could talk what tales he`d tell
   E
About Della and the Dealer and the dog as well

But the cat was cool
               A
And he never said a mumblin` word


Yeah the Dealer was a killer

he was evil and mean
      D
and he was jealous of the fire in her eyes
  C             F
He snorted his coke through a century note
    D           A
and he swore that Boone would die


And the stage was set when the lights went out
     D
there was death in Tucson town
  C          F
Two shadows ran for the bar back door
  D         A
And one stayed on the ground

    A
If that cat could talk what tales he`d tell
   E
About Della and the Dealer and the dog as well

But the cat was cool
               A
And he never said a mumblin` word

    A
If that cat could talk what tales he`d tell
   E
About Della and the Dealer and the dog as well

But the cat was cool
               A
And he never said a mumblin` word



Two shadows ran from the bar that night
   D
and a dog and a cat ran too
  C          F
The tires got hot on the pickup truck
  D         A
as down the road they flew



It was Della and her lover and a dog named Jake
   D
and a cat named Kalamazoo
C        F
Left Tucson in a pickup truck
D              A   N/C
Gonna` make some dreams come true Yeah Yeah Yeah


    A
If that cat could talk what tales he`d tell
   E
About Della and the Dealer and the dog as well

But the cat was cool
               A
And he never said a mumblin` word


    A
If that cat could talk what tales he`d tell
   E
About Della and the Dealer and the dog as well

But the cat was cool
               A
And he never said a mumblin` word


    A
If that cat could talk what tales he`d tell
   E
About Della and the Dealer and the dog as well

But the cat was cool
               A
And he never said a mumblin` word  (Fade out)