Intro: B

Verse:
B      Dbm     Ebm      E 
  You are  my sweetest down-fall
E    Gb         Abm        Gb           E 
  I loved you first,      I loved you first
E                B        Dbm     Ebm       E   E
  Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
    Gb      Abm     Gb          E
  I have to go, I have to go
                      E               E -  E 
  Your hair was long,  when we first met

Chorus:
  Gb        Abm         B
  Sam - son  went back to bed
  B                  E
  Not much hair left on his head
      Gb    Abm      B                     B           Gb
  He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
         Gb    Abm       B                    B              E         
  And history books for-got about us and the bible didn't mention us
            B     Gb     Abm                         
  And the bi-ble didn't mention us, not
E  - E
 even once

Verse:
B      Dbm     Ebm      E 
  You are my sweetest downfall
E    Gb         Abm        Gb           E 
  I loved you first, I loved you first
E                B        Dbm     Ebm       E   E
  Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
    Gb      Abm     Gb          E
  But they're just old light, they're just old light
                      E               E -  E 
  Your hair was long when we first met

Chorus: 
Gb        Abm         B
  Sam - son came to my bed
  B                  E
  Told me that my hair was red
  Gb    Abm      B                     B           Gb
  Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
  Gb    Abm      B                     B           
  Oh I cut his hair my - self one night
     B                             E
  A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
          E                B
  And he told me that I'd done alright
          B      Gb       Abm                E
  and kissed me 'til   the mornin' light, the mornin' light
            B      Gb       Abm
  and he kissed me 'til   the mornin' light

Outro:
  Gb        Abm         B
  Sam - son went back to bed
  B                  E
  not much hair left on his head
  Gb    Abm      B                     B           Gb
  Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
  Gb    Abm      B                     B           
  Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
     B                             E
  Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
          E                B
  And history books forgot about us
          B      Gb       Abm                E
  And the bible  didn't  mention us, not even once....

Chorus: 
B      Dbm     Ebm      E 
  You are  my sweetest downfall
E    Gb         Abm                  
I   loved  you    first