{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2254403,"song":"Samson","artist":"The Statler Brothers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11474655-samson-chords-by-the-statler-brothers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2254403?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Oh, Samson, it's been said you were a mighty man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've heard it said you killed a lion with your hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd when the people of Philistia raised your Ire[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAin't you the man who set their fields on fire?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou faced an army of Philistines all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd didn't you tear at their flesh with just a bone?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSo tell me, Samson, if these things I hear are true[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHow could you let a woman get the best of you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've heard it said you were the best of many men[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat you could tear a city gate right off it's hinge[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd that the strongest rope just could not hold you bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you completely tore one temple down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHow could you let yourself get caught in such disgrace?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n You got the best of every man you ever faced[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd after all the mighty enemies you slew[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow could you let a women get the best of you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou've battled many a man till he has turned and fled[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen turned around and let a woman turn your head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYou loved the best, of man, but you were bound to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy the very thing that you loved best of all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, Samson, it's been said you were a mighty man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd women were your weakness, this I understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut after all the mighty armies you went through[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHow could you let a woman get the best of you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, Samson, it's been said you were a mighty man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd women were your weakness, this I understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut after all the mighty armies you went through[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHow could you let a woman get the best of you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHow could you let Delilah get the best of you?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nF       Gm7\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nF      F      F     F     Gm7\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["F","Gm7","C","A7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}