Samson And The Warden
Samson And The Warden

Samson And The Warden easy guitar chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

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    • Verse 1
    Once 
    I 
    got 
    locked 
    up 
    in 
    a 
    dirty 
    old 
    jail 

    And 
    the coffee 
    was 
    cold 

    & the corn
    bread 
    was stale 

    And 
    I didn't 
    cry. 
    I tried 
    to be 
    brave 

    Till 
    the 
    warden 
    tried 
    to 
    give 
    me 

    a 
    haircut 
    & a shave 

    Verse 2
    Warden 
    you 
    can 
    hold 
    me 
    for 

    a year 
    in 
    your 
    jail 

    But don't 
    shave 
    off 
    my 
    beard. 

    Don't 
    cut 
    my 
    ponytail. 

    Verse 3
    All 
    you really 
    found 
    was 
    some 

    stems 
    & some 
    seeds 

    I'll 
    give 
    you 
    my 
    earring 

    & I'll 
    give 
    you my 
    beads 

    I 
    don't 
    mind 
    wearing 
    one 

    o 
    your 
    prison 
    suits 

    I'll 
    give 
    you 
    my 
    bell- 
    bottoms 

    & my 
    cowboy 
    boots 

    Verse 4

    Don't 
    shave 
    off 
    my 
    beard. 

    Don't 
    cut 
    off 
    my 
    hair. 

    It took 
    me 
    two 
    years 
    to 
    grow 
    it, 

    & it 
    just 
    isn't 
    fair 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 5
    Listen 
    to 
    me 
    warden, 

    won't 
    you 
    listen 
    to 
    me 
    beg 

    Chop 
    off 
    a toe, 
    a foot, 
    or take 
    a 
    whole 
    leg 

    I'm 
    down 
    on 
    my 
    knees 
    man, 

    you're 
    robbing 
    my 
    strength 

    Take 
    it 
    easy 
    warden, 

    won't 
    you 
    leave 
    me 
    some 
    length 

    Verse 6
    I 
    want 
    a lawyer 
    warden, 
    I 
    want 
    a priest 

    Oh 
    take 
    it easy 
    warden, 

    leave 
    the moustache 
    at 
    least 

    Verse 7

    The 
    warden 
    didn't 
    hear 
    a single 

    word 
    that I 
    said 

    He took 
    off 
    all 
    the 
    hair 
    on 
    my 

    face 
    & on my 
    head 

    But one 
    day 
    someone's 
    gonna 
    come 

    And 
    gonna 
    put up 
    my 
    bail 

    And 
    I'm gonna 
    walk 
    out 

    of 
    this 
    dirty 
    old 
    jail 

    And 
    the 
    warden 
    who's 
    the reason 

    I'm 
    sheddin 
    my 
    tears 

    I'm gonna 
    mail him 
    in a snapshot 

    in 
    two 
    or 
    three 
    years 

    Outro 1

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