Procol Harum – As Strong As Samson (Guitar)

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[Intro] | D | A | Em | G | x3 [Verse 1]
Bm       G             D      D/C#
    Psychiatrists and lawyers

Bm       G         D      D/C#
    destroying mankind


Bm   G             D      D/C#
    Driving them crazy

Bm        G             D
    and stealing them blind

Em               Bm      C          Em
    Bankers and brokers ruling the world

Bm           D/A        E/G#        A
Storing the silver and hoarding the gold
[Chorus]
G                    A
   Ain't no use in preachers preaching


F#                       Bm           A        D/F#
   When they don't know what they're teaching


G                    A
   Weakest man be strong as Samson

D            Em   D/A      A    D
When you're being held to ran- som
[Interlude] | D | A | Em | G | x2 [Verse 2]
Bm   G          D        D/C#
    Famine and hardship

Bm      G           D      D/C#
    in true living colour


Bm   G          D      D/C#
    Constant reminders

Bm        G             D
    The plight of our brother

Em        Bm          C      Em
Daily starvation our diet of news

Bm         D/A          E/G#        A
Fed to the teeth with a barrage of views
[Chorus]
G                    A
   Ain't no use in preachers preaching


F#                       Bm           A        D/F#
   When they don't know what they're teaching


G                    A
   Weakest man be strong as Samson

D            Em   D/A      A    D
When you're being held to ran- som
[Instrumental] A Em | D | A | Em | G | x 3 [Verse 3]
Bm   G              D        D/C#
    Black men and white men,

Bm      G          D        D/C#
    and Arabs and Jews


Bm   G          D        D/C#
    Causing congestion

Bm       G           D
    and filling the queues

Em            Bm           C      Em
Fighting for freedom, the truth and the word

Bm           D/A         E/G#        A
Fighting the war for the end of the world
[Chorus]
G                    A
   Ain't no use in preachers preaching

F#                       Bm           A        D/F#
   When they don't know what they're teaching

G                    A
   Weakest man be strong as Samson

D            Em   D/A      A    D
When you're being held to ran- som

G                    A
   Ain't no use in preachers preaching

F#                       Bm           A        D/F#
   When they don't know what they're teaching

G                    A
   Weakest man be strong as Samson

D            Em   D/A      A
When you're being held to ran- /direct to outro ->/
[Outro]
  D   A  Em  G
-som           It ain't no

D     A  Em  G
use

D   A       Em   G
O - o -      o
Ain't no use
D     A     Em  G
O - o -      o
Ain't no use
D   A         Em    G
O - o   -     o
Strong as Samson
D   A  Em  G
O - o - o

D   A  Em  G
O - o - o
[Fade] Note: Do the E minor on line 5 of the verse with an upstroke.