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Samson And The Warden easy guitar chords by 
Loudon Wainwright Iii
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Verse 1
C
G
Once I got locked up in a dirty old jail
C
And the coffee was cold
G
& the cornbread was stale
F
G
And I didn't cry. I tried to be brave
F
Till the warden tried to give me
G
a haircut & a shave
Verse 2
C
Warden you can hold me for
G
a year in your jail
F
But don't shave off my beard.
G
Don't cut my ponytail.
C
Verse 3
All you really found was some
G
stems & some seeds
C
I'll give you my earring
G
& I'll give you my beads
F
I don't mind wearing one
G
o your prison suits
F
I'll give you my bell- bottoms
G
& my cowboy boots
Verse 4
G
C
Don't shave off my beard.
G
Don't cut off my hair.
F
It took me two years to grow it,
G
C
& it just isn't fair
Interlude 1
C
G
C
G
F
G
F
G
C
G
F
G
C
Verse 5
C
Listen to me warden,
G
won't you listen to me beg
C
G
Chop off a toe, a foot, or take a whole leg
F
I'm down on my knees man,
G
you're robbing my strength
F
Take it easy warden,
G
won't you leave me some length
Verse 6
C
G
I want a lawyer warden, I want a priest
F
Oh take it easy warden,
G
C
leave the moustache at least
Verse 7
C
The warden didn't hear a single
G
word that I said
C
He took off all the hair on my
G
face & on my head
F
But one day someone's gonna come
G
And gonna put up my bail
F
And I'm gonna walk out
G
of this dirty old jail
C
And the warden who's the reason
G
I'm sheddin my tears
F
I'm gonna mail him in a snapshot
G
in two or three years
Outro 1
C
G
F
G
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