Samson And The Warden chords by
Loudon Wainwright Iii
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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Once I got locked up in a dirty old jail
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And the coffee was cold
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G

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& the cornbread was stale
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G
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And I didn't cry. I tried to be brave
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Till the warden tried to give me
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G

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a haircut & a shave
Verse 2
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Warden you can hold me for
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a year in your jail
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But don't shave off my beard.
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Don't cut my ponytail.
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Verse 3
All you really found was some
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G

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stems & some seeds
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I'll give you my earring
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& I'll give you my beads
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I don't mind wearing one
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o your prison suits
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I'll give you my bell- bottoms
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& my cowboy boots
Verse 4
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C
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Don't shave off my beard.
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G

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Don't cut off my hair.
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It took me two years to grow it,
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C
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& it just isn't fair
Interlude 1
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C
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C
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Verse 5
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Listen to me warden,
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won't you listen to me beg
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G

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Chop off a toe, a foot, or take a whole leg
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I'm down on my knees man,
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you're robbing my strength
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Take it easy warden,
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won't you leave me some length
Verse 6
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I want a lawyer warden, I want a priest
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Oh take it easy warden,
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C
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leave the moustache at least
Verse 7
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The warden didn't hear a single
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word that I said
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He took off all the hair on my
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face & on my head
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But one day someone's gonna come
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And gonna put up my bail
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And I'm gonna walk out
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G

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of this dirty old jail
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And the warden who's the reason
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I'm sheddin my tears
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I'm gonna mail him in a snapshot
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in two or three years
Outro 1
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