IntroGVerseGAmBmC
You are my sweetest down-fall
CDEmDC
I loved you first, I loved you first
CGAmBmC
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
DEmDC
I have to go, I have to go
CCC
Your hair was long, when we first met
ChorusDEmG
Sam - son went back to bed
GC
Not much hair left on his head
DEmGD
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
DEmGC
And history books for-got about us and the bible didn't mention us
GDEm
And the bi-ble didn't mention us, not
CC
even once
VerseGAmBmC
You are my sweetest downfall
CDEmDC
I loved you first, I loved you first
CGAmBmCC
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
DEmDC
But they're just old light, they're just old light
CCC
Your hair was long when we first met
ChorusDEm
Sam - son came to my bed
GC
Told me that my hair was red
DEmGD
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
DEmG
Oh I cut his hair my - self one night
GCA pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
CG
And he told me that I'd done alright
GDEmC
and kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
GDEmCC
and he kissed me 'til the mornin' light
DEmG
Sam - son went back to bed
GC
not much hair left on his head
DEmGD
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
DEmGG
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
GC
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
CG
And history books forgot about us
GDEmCC
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once
OutroGAmBmC
You are my sweetest downfall
CDEm
I loved you first
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.