Regina Spektor - Samson

Intro: B0
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1Verse:
B1      C#m2     D#m3      E4
2  You are  my sweetest down-fall
E5    F#6         G#m7        F#8           E9
3  I loved you first,      I loved you first
E10                B11        C#m12     D#m13       E14   E15
4  Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
    F#16      G#m17     F#18          E19
5  I have to go, I have to go
                      E20               E21 -  E22
6  Your hair was long,  when we first met
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8Chorus:
  F#23        G#m24         B25
9  Sam - son  went back to bed
  B26                  E27
10  Not much hair left on his head
      F#28    G#m29      B30                     B31           F#32
11  He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
         F#33    G#m34       B35                    B36              E37
12  And history books for-got about us and the bible didn't mention us
            B38     F#39     G#m40
13  And the bi-ble didn't mention us, not
E41  - E42
14 even once
15
16Verse:
B43      C#m44     D#m45      E46
17  You are my sweetest downfall
E47    F#48         G#m49        F#50           E51
18  I loved you first, I loved you first
E52                B53        C#m54     D#m55       E56   E57
19  Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
    F#58      G#m59     F#60          E61
20  But they're just old light, they're just old light
                      E62               E63 -  E64
21  Your hair was long when we first met
22
23Chorus:
F#65        G#m66         B67
24  Sam - son came to my bed
  B68                  E69
25  Told me that my hair was red
  F#70    G#m71      B72                     B73           F#74
26  Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
  F#75    G#m76      B77                     B78
27  Oh I cut his hair my - self one night
     B79                             E80
  A81 pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
          E82                B83
28  And he told me that I'd done alright
          B84      F#85       G#m86                E87
29  and kissed me 'til   the mornin' light, the mornin' light
            B88      F#89       G#m90
30  and he kissed me 'til   the mornin' light
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32Outro:
  F#91        G#m92         B93
33  Sam - son went back to bed
  B94                  E95
34  not much hair left on his head
  F#96    G#m97      B98                     B99           F#100
35  Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
  F#101    G#m102      B103                     B104
36  Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
     B105                             E106
37  Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
          E107                B108
38  And history books forgot about us
          B109      F#110       G#m111                E112
39  And the bible  didn't  mention us, not even once....
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41Chorus:
B113      C#m114     D#m115      E116
42  You are  my sweetest downfall
E117    F#118         G#m119
43I   loved  you    first
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