The Statler Brothers – Samson (Guitar)

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[Intro] F Gm7 [Verse 1]
C                       F
  Oh, Samson, it's been said you were a mighty man

                                               C
I've heard it said you killed a lion with your hands

             F                               A7
And when the people of Philistia raised your Ire

      G                                   C
Ain't you the man who set their fields on fire?
[Verse 2]
             F
You faced an army of Philistines all alone

                                              C
And didn't you tear at their flesh with just a bone?

   F                                            A7
So tell me, Samson, if these things I hear are true

              F           C               F
How could you let a woman get the best of you?
[Verse 3]
F
I've heard it said you were the best of many men

                                      C
That you could tear a city gate right off it's hinge

             F                                      A7
And that the strongest rope just could not hold you bound

    G                              C
And you completely tore one temple down
[Verse 4]
              F
How could you let yourself get caught in such disgrace?

F                                          C
 You got the best of every man you ever faced

        F                             A7
And after all the mighty enemies you slew

                  F           C
How could you let a women get the best of you?
[Interlude] F F F F Gm7 [Verse 5]
C                   F
You've battled many a man till he has turned and fled

                                                C
Then turned around and let a woman turn your head

                    F                                 A7
You loved the best, of man, but you were bound to fall

           G                                C
By the very thing that you loved best of all
[Chorus]
C                F
Oh, Samson, it's been said you were a mighty man

F                                              C
And women were your weakness, this I understand

              F                             A7
But after all the mighty armies you went through

              F
How could you let a woman get the best of you?
[Chorus]
F
Oh, Samson, it's been said you were a mighty man

                                            C
And women were your weakness, this I understand

              F                             A7
But after all the mighty armies you went through

              F               C               F     F     A7
How could you let a woman get the best of you?

                  F               C         F     A7   F
How could you let Delilah get the best of you?