If I Had My Way chords by Patty Griffin

intro:
A7  Em x8

chorus:
A7          Em
If I had my way
A7          Em
If I had my way
A7          Em
If I had my way
        D         Em   A7
I would tear this building down
D         Em   A7
Tear this building down

interlude:
A7  Em x2

verse 1:
     A7                    Em
You read about Sampson from his birth
     A7                    Em
Strongest man that ever lived on earth
     A7                    Em
One day Sampson was walking alone
     A7                    Em
Looked down on the ground and saw an old jawbone
     A7                    Em
Stretched out his hand, swung it over his head
     A7                    Em
When he starts moving ten thousand was dead

chorus:
A7          Em
If I had my way
A7          Em
If I had my way
A7          Em
If I had my way
        D         Em   A7
I would tear this building down
D         Em   A7
Tear this building down

interlude:
A7  Em x2

verse 2:
     A7                    Em
Sampson and the lion, they got in attack
     A7                    Em
Sampson jumped on that lion's back
     A7                    Em
You read about him, he killed a man with his paw
     A7                    Em
Sampson got his hands around the lion's jaw
     A7                    Em
Broke that beast till the lion was dead
     A7                    Em
Bees made honey in the lion's head

chorus:
A7          Em
If I had my way
A7          Em
If I had my way
A7          Em
If I had my way
        D         Em   A7
I would tear this building down
D         Em   A7
Tear this building down

interlude:
A7  Em x2
D  Em  A7 x4
A7  Em x2

verse 3:
     A7                    Em
Delilah was a woman so fine and fair
     A7                    Em
She had lovely good looks and a cold black hair
     A7                    Em
Delilah gained on Sampson's mind
     A7                    Em
First saw the woman just to fill his time

verse 4:
     A7                    Em
Sit down on Sampson’s knees
     A7                    Em
Tell me where your strength lies if you please
     A7                    Em
She spoke so kind, talked so fair
     A7                    Em
Sampson told Delilah, cut off my hair

verse 5:
     A7                    Em
Shave my head, clean as your hand
     A7                    Em
And my strength will be like a natural man
     A7                    Em
Caught old Sampson by surprise
     A7                    Em
Picked up a stick and poked him eye to eye

verse 6:
     A7                    Em
Dragged him down to the judgment hall
     A7                    Em
Chained him to the stone cold wall
     A7                    Em
Left him there till his head turned brown
     A7                    Em
Sampson tore that building down

chorus:
A7          Em
If I had my way
A7          Em
If I had my way
A7          Em
If I had my way
        D         Em   A7
I would tear this building down
D         Em   A7
Tear this building down
D         Em   A7
Tear this building down
D         Em   A7
Tear this building down
D         Em   A7
Tear this building down
        D         Em   A7
I would tear this building down
D         Em   A7
Tear this building down
        D         Em   A7