JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Samson" adalah lagu pop ballad dari penyanyi Regina Spektor.
Lagu ini dirilis pada Desember 2001 untuk albumnya yang bertajuk Songs.
Pada 2006, ia merilis kembali lagu ini dengan tempo sedikit lebih cepat dari versi sebelumnya untuk dimuat dalam album Begin to Hope.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Call - Regina Spektor
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Samson" oleh Regina Spektor.
[Verse]
G Am G/B Cadd9
You are my sweetest downfall
C D Em D C
I loved you first, I loved you first
C G Am G/B Cadd9
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
D Em D C
I have to go, I have to go
Csus2 C Csus2
Your hair was long, when we first met
[Chorus]
D Em G
Samson went back to bed
G C
Not much hair left on his head
D Em G G D
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
D Em G G C
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us
G D/F# Em Cadd9 C
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once
[Verse]
G Am G/B Cadd9
You are my sweetest downfall
C D Em D Cadd9
I loved you first, I loved you first
C G Am G/B Cadd9 C
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
D Em D C
But they're just old light, they're just old light
Csus2 C Csus2
Your hair was long when we first met
[Chorus]
D Em G
Samson came to my bed
G C
Told me that my hair was red
D Em G 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/F# Em C
and kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
G D/F# Em C Cadd9
and he kissed me 'til the mornin' light
G D/F# Em
[Chorus]
D Em G
Samson went back to bed
G C
not much hair left on his head
D Em G 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/F# Em C Cadd9
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once
[Outro]
G Am G/B Cadd9
You are my sweetest downfall
C Dsus2 D Em
I loved you first