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Samson by Regina Spektor - Guitar Chords

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            Capo 4th fret to match the recording.
Transpose +4 for original chords in the key of B

Csus2  x-3-5-5-3-3
Csus2* x-3-5-7-7-x  (really Csus2(#11))


[Intro]
G

[Verse]
G      Am     G/B        Cadd9
  You are my sweetest downfall
C    D          Em      D          C
  I loved you first, I loved you first
   C           G       Am    G/B     Cadd9
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
  D        Em   D         C
I have to go, I have to go
              Csus2*               C    Csus2
Your hair was long, when we first met

[Chorus]
D  Em       G
Samson went back to bed
G                  C
Not much hair left on his head
    D    Em       G                     G             D
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
    D         Em     G                    G               C
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us
        G     D/F#      Em                Cadd9      C
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

[Verse]
G      Am     G/B      Cadd9
  You are my sweetest downfall
C   D           Em      D         Cadd9
  I loved you first, I loved you first
C               G         Am      G/B    Cadd9  C
  Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
            D          Em           D          C
But they're just old light, they're just old light
              Csus2*             C      Csus2
Your hair was long when we first met

[Chorus]
D  Em       G
Samson came to my bed
G                    C
Told me that my hair was red
D       Em    G             G            D
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
     D       Em     G
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
   G                           C
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
        C                G
And he told me that I'd done alright
     G         D/F#    Em                 C
and kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
       G          D/F#    Em        C      Cadd9
and he kissed me 'til the mornin' light

[Instrumental]
G  D/F#  Em

[Chorus]
D  Em       G
Samson went back to bed
G                  C
not much hair left on his head
D     Em       G                    G             D
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
       D        Em        G
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
        G                   C
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
    C                G
And history books forgot about us
        G     D/F#     Em                 C    Cadd9
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once

[Outro]
G      Am    G/B      Cadd9
  You are my sweetest downfall
C   Dsus2  D    Em
I  loved   you  first
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