As Strong As Samson chords by Procol Harum

Chords with lyrics

Intro

| D MajorD | A augmentedA | E minorEm | G+G | x3

verse 1

B minorBm    G+G       D MajorD   D/C#
  Psychiatrists and lawyers
B minorBm    G+G     D MajorD   D/C#
  destroying mankind?
B minorBm  G+G       D MajorD   D/C#
  Driving them crazy
B minorBm    G+G       D MajorD
  and stealing them blind
E minorEm        B minorBm   C majorC     E minorEm
  Bankers and brokers ruling the world
B minorBm      D/AD/A    E/G#    A augmentedA
Storing the silver and hoarding the gold

G+G          A augmentedA
  Ain't no use in preachers preaching?
F#F#            B minorBm      A augmentedA    D/F#D/F#
  When they don't know what they're teaching?
G+G          A augmentedA
  Weakest man be strong as Samson
D MajorD      E minorEm  D/AD/A   A augmentedA  D MajorD
When you're being held to ran- som

Interlude

| D MajorD | A augmentedA | E minorEm | G+G | x2

verse 2

B minorBm  G+G     D MajorD    D/C#
  Famine and hardship
B minorBm   G+G      D MajorD   D/C#
  in true living colour?
B minorBm  G+G     D MajorD   D/C#
  Constant reminders
B minorBm    G+G       D MajorD
  The plight of our brother
E minorEm    B minorBm     C majorC   E minorEm
Daily starvation our diet of news
B minorBm     D/AD/A     E/G#    A augmentedA
Fed to the teeth with a barrage of views

G+G          A augmentedA
  Ain't no use in preachers preaching?
F#F#            B minorBm      A augmentedA    D/F#D/F#
  When they don't know what they're teaching?
G+G          A augmentedA
  Weakest man be strong as Samson
D MajorD      E minorEm  D/AD/A   A augmentedA  D MajorD
When you're being held to ran- som

Instrumental

A augmentedA E minorEm

| D MajorD | A augmentedA | E minorEm | G+G | x 3


verse 3

B minorBm  G+G       D MajorD    D/C#
  Black men and white men,
B minorBm   G+G     D MajorD    D/C#
  and Arabs and Jews?
B minorBm  G+G     D MajorD    D/C#
  Causing congestion
B minorBm    G+G      D MajorD
  and filling the queues
E minorEm      B minorBm      C majorC   E minorEm
Fighting for freedom, the truth and the word
B minorBm      D/AD/A     E/G#    A augmentedA
Fighting the war for the end of the world


G+G          A augmentedA
  Ain't no use in preachers preaching
F#F#            B minorBm      A augmentedA    D/F#D/F#
  When they don't know what they're teaching
G+G          A augmentedA
  Weakest man be strong as Samson
D MajorD      E minorEm  D/AD/A   A augmentedA  D MajorD
When you're being held to ran- som

G+G          A augmentedA
  Ain't no use in preachers preaching
F#F#            B minorBm      A augmentedA    D/F#D/F#
  When they don't know what they're teaching
G+G          A augmentedA
  Weakest man be strong as Samson
D MajorD      E minorEm  D/AD/A   A augmentedA
When you're being held to ran- /direct to outro

Outro

 D MajorD  A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
-som      It ain?t no
D MajorD   A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
use
D MajorD  A augmentedA    E minorEm  G+G
O - o -   o
  Ain?t no use
D MajorD   A augmentedA   E minorEm G+G
O - o -   o
  Ain?t no use
D MajorD  A augmentedA     E minorEm  G+G
O - o  -   o
  Strong as Samson
D MajorD  A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
O - o - o
D MajorD  A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
O - o - o

Fade

Note:
Do the E MajorE minor on line 5 of the verse with an upstroke.