Capo 2nd fret
INTRO: A (let it ring)
A Bm C#m D9
You are my sweetest down-fall
D E F#m E D9
I loved you first, I loved you first
D A Bm C#m D9 D
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
E F#m E D
I have to go, I have to go
D9 D - D9
Your hair was long, when we first met
E F#m A
Sam - son went back to bed
A D
Not much hair left on his head
E F#m A A E
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
E F#m A A D
And history books for-got about us and the bible didn't mention us
A E F#m
And the bi-ble didn't mention us, not
D9 - D
even once
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A Bm C#m D9
You are my sweetest downfall
D E F#m E D9
I loved you first, I loved you first
D A Bm C#m D9 D
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
E F#m E D
But they're just old light, they're just old light
D9 D - D9
Your hair was long when we first met
E F#m A
Sam - son came to my bed
A D
Told me that my hair was red
E F#m A A E
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
E F#m A A
Oh I cut his hair my - self one night
A D
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
D A
And he told me that I'd done alright
A E F#m D
and kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
A E F#m
and he kissed me 'til the mornin' light
E F#m A
Sam - son went back to bed
A D
not much hair left on his head
E F#m A A E
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
E F#m A A
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
A D
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
D A
And history books forgot about us
A E F#m D
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once....
A Bm C#m D9
You are my sweetest downfall
D E F#m
I loved you first
*placing of the chords are not accurate...but the chords are accurate...hehehe...:)
