Key: G
Introduction: G
G Am G/B C9
You are my sweetest downfall
C D Em D C
I loved you first, I loved you first
C G Am G/B C9
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
D Em D C
I have to go, I have to go
C9* C C9
Your hair was long, when we first met
D Em G
Samson went back to bed
G C
Not much hair left on his head
D Em G D
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
D Em G C
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn' t mention us
G D Em C9 C
And the bible didn' t mention us, not even once
G Am G/B C9
You are my sweetest downfall
C D Em D C9
I loved you first, I loved you first
C G Am G/B C9 C
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
D Em D C
But they' re just old light, they' re just old light
C9* C C9
Your hair was long when we first met
D Em G
Samson came to my bed
G C
Told me that my hair was red
D Em G D
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
D Em G
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
G C
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
C G
And he told me that I' d done alright
G D Em C
and kissed me ' til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
G D Em C C9
and he kissed me ' til the mornin' light
D Em G
Samson went back to bed
G C
not much hair left on his head
D Em G D
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
D Em G
Oh, we couldn' t bring the columns down
G C
Yeah we couldn' t destroy a single one
C G
And history books forgot about us
G D Em C C9
And the bible didn' t mention us, not even once
G Am G/B C9
You are my sweetest downfall
C D9 D Em
I loved you first