Tone: [B]
Verse:
[B] You a[Dbm]re my s[Ebm]weetest d[E]own-fall
[E] I l[Gb]oved you fi[Abm]rst, I[Gb] loved you fi[E]rst
[E] Beneath the she[B]ets of pa[Dbm]per lies[Ebm] my truth [E] [E]
I [Gb]have to [Abm]go, I ha[Gb]have to go [E]
Your hair was long, [E] when we first m[E]met [E]
Chorus:
[Gb]Sam - son [Abm] went back t[B]to bed
[B]Not much hair left [E]on his head
He a[Gb]te a s[Abm]lice of w[B]onder bread and went r[B]ight back to[Gb] bed
And his[Gb]tory b[Abm]ooks for-g[B]ot about us and the b[B]ible didn't men[E]tion us
And the bi[B]-ble d[Gb]idn't m[Abm]ention us, not
[E] even[E]even once
Verse:
[B] You a[Dbm]re my sw[Ebm]eetest do[E]wnfall
[E] I l[Gb]oved you fi[Abm]rst, I love[Gb]d you first [E]
[E] Beneath the sta[B]rs came f[Dbm]allin' o[Ebm]n our head[E]s [E]
Bu[Gb]t they'r[Abm]e just o[Gb]ld light, th[E]ey're just old light
Your hair was long w[E]when we first met[E]met [E]
Chorus:
[Gb] Sam - so[Abm]son came to my[B]my bed
[B]Told me that my hai[E]hair was red
[Gb]Told m[Abm]e I was b[B]eautiful and came into[B] my bed [Gb]
[Gb]Oh I c[Abm]ut his ha[B]ir my - self one night[B]
A p[B]pair of dull scissors in the ye[E]yellow light
And he t[E]told me that I'd d[B]done alright
and kiss[B]ed me '[Gb]til the[Abm] mornin' light, the[E] mornin' light
and he kis[B]kissed me [Gb]'til th[Abm]the mornin' light
Outro:
[Gb]Sam - son [Abm]went back to[B]to bed
[B]not much hair left [E]on his head
[Gb]Ate a [Abm]slice of [B]wonderbread and went r[B]right back to[Gb]to bed
[Gb]Oh, we[Abm] couldn't[B] bring the columns dow[B]n
Yea[B]Yeah we couldn't destroy a single[E]single one
And hist[E]history books forgot [B]about us
And the [B]bible [Gb]didn't m[Abm]mention us, not even[E]even once....
Chorus:
[B] You a[Dbm]re my s[Ebm]weetest d[E]ownfall
[E]I l[Gb]loved you [Abm] first
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