As Strong As Samson chords by Procol Harum

Intro

| D | A | Em | G | x3

verse 1

Bm       G             D      D/C#
    Psychiatrists and lawyers
Bm       G         D      D/C#
    destroying mankind?
Bm   G             D      D/C#
    Driving them crazy
Bm        G             D
    and stealing them blind
Em               Bm      C          Em
    Bankers and brokers ruling the world
Bm           D/A        E/G#        A
Storing the silver and hoarding the gold

G                    A
   Ain't no use in preachers preaching?
F#                       Bm           A        D/F#
   When they don't know what they're teaching?
G                    A
   Weakest man be strong as Samson
D            Em   D/A      A    D
When you're being held to ran- som

Interlude

| D | A | Em | G | x2

verse 2

Bm   G          D        D/C#
    Famine and hardship
Bm      G           D      D/C#
    in true living colour?
Bm   G          D      D/C#
    Constant reminders
Bm        G             D
    The plight of our brother
Em        Bm          C      Em
Daily starvation our diet of news
Bm         D/A          E/G#        A
Fed to the teeth with a barrage of views

G                    A
   Ain't no use in preachers preaching?
F#                       Bm           A        D/F#
   When they don't know what they're teaching?
G                    A
   Weakest man be strong as Samson
D            Em   D/A      A    D
When you're being held to ran- som


Instrumental

A  Em

| D | A | Em | G | x 3


verse 3

Bm   G              D        D/C#
    Black men and white men,
Bm      G          D        D/C#
    and Arabs and Jews?
Bm   G          D        D/C#
    Causing congestion
Bm       G           D
    and filling the queues
Em            Bm           C      Em
Fighting for freedom, the truth and the word
Bm           D/A         E/G#        A
Fighting the war for the end of the world


G                    A
   Ain't no use in preachers preaching
F#                       Bm           A        D/F#
   When they don't know what they're teaching
G                    A
   Weakest man be strong as Samson
D            Em   D/A      A    D
When you're being held to ran- som

G                    A
   Ain't no use in preachers preaching
F#                       Bm           A        D/F#
   When they don't know what they're teaching
G                    A
   Weakest man be strong as Samson
D            Em   D/A      A
When you're being held to ran- /direct to outro

Outro

  D   A  Em  G
-som           It ain't no
D     A  Em  G
use
D   A       Em   G
O - o -      o
   Ain't no use
D     A     Em  G
O - o -      o
   Ain't no use
D   A         Em    G
O - o   -     o
   Strong as Samson
D   A  Em  G
O - o - o
D   A  Em  G
O - o - o

Fade

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