B C#m B/D# E9
You are my sweetest down-fall
E F#9 G#m F# E
I loved you first, I loved you first
B C#m B/D# E
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
F# G#m F# E
I have to go, I have to go
E9/B E/B
Your hair was long, when we first met
E9
F# G#m B
Sam - son went back to bed
B E
Not much hair left on his head
F# G#m B B F#
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
F# G#m B B E
And history books for-got about us and the bible didn't mention us
B A/F# G#m E
And the bi-ble didn't mention us, not even once
B C#m B/D# E9
You are my sweetest downfall
E F#9 G#m F# E
I loved you first, I loved you first
B C#m B/D# E
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
E F# G#m F# E
But they're just old light, they're just old light
E9/B E/B
Your hair was long when we first met
F# G#m B
Sam - son came to my bed
B E
Told me that my hair was red
F# G#m B B F#
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
F# G#m 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 F#/A# G#m E
and kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
B F#/A# G#m
and he kissed me 'til the mornin' light
B F#/A# G#m
F# G#m B
Sam - son went back to bed
B E
not much hair left on his head
F# G#m B B F#
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
F# G#m 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 F#/A# G#m E
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once....
B C#m B/D# E9 E
You are my sweetest downfall
F#9 F# G#m
I loved you first
