If I Had My Way Cifra

Rapid alternating chords throughout except for chorus. Second verse sometimes omitted.
 
Note: Album and live versions are in the key of E. It's played with the capo on the second fret
and they chord the song in D.  As such the chord sequence would be D G D G D G D G for the Intro
and Verses adding Bm for Am and F#m for Em to the chorus.
 
YouTub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8MtVjSGRmY&list=RDa8MtVjSGRmY&start_radio=1
 
[Intro]
 
C F C F C F C F
 
[Verse 1]
 
    C      F    C    F        C      F        C    F
You read a-bout Samp-son, you read a-bout his birth
C  F       C         F        C    F        C    F
He was the strongest man that ever lived on Earth
C   F       C    F       C        F   C    F
One day old Samp-son was walking’ all a-lone
           C   F      C          F      C   F   C  F
He looked down on the ground and saw an ol' jaw-bone
   C      F       C   F           C        F        C   F
He lifted up that jaw-bone and he swung it over his head
    C       F      C   F       C    F        C
And when he got to mov-in’ ten thou-sand was dead
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C    F      C   Am C
If I had my way
     C      F           C
If I had my way in this wicked world
C        Em Am
If I had my way
        D7        G7       C
I would tear this building down
 
F C F C F C F
 
[Verse 2]
 
C       F       C  F      C  F  C    F
Sampson and the li-on got in a--ttack
C    F      C       F  C      F      C    F
Samp-son he crawled up on the lion's back
    C      F         C  F              C   F        C  F
You read a-bout this li—on he killed a man with his paw
C       F       C   F      C         F      C  F
Sampson got his ha--ands a-round the lion's jaw
       C      F    C      F        C   F      C   F
And he ripped that beast ‘till the li--on was dead
        C    F    C     F C      F      C
And the bees made hon--ey in the lion's head
 
[Chorus]
 
C    F      C   Am C
If I had my way
     C      F           C
If I had my way in this wicked world
C        Em Am
If I had my way
        D7        G7       C
I would tear this building down
 
F C F C F C F
 
[Verse 3]
 
C       F     C  F            C    F   C   F
Delilah was a wo-man, she was fine and fair
        C    F         C   F          C    F     C   F
She had love-ly looks, God knows, and coal black hair
   C  F       C    F      C  F         C   F
De-li-lah she clim-bed up on Sampson's knee
          C       F          C        F     C  F   C   F
And said "Tell me where your strength lies, if you ple-ase"
    C      F  C    F     C      F  C   F
She talked so fine,  she talked so fair
C       F     C  F      C       F  C   F
Sampson said "De-lilah, cut off my hair
C     F  C          F      C    F       C   F
Shave my head clean as the back of your hand
    C  F             C  F      C  F     C
And my strength will be like a na-tural man.
 
[Chorus]
 
C    F      C   Am C
If I had my way
     C      F           C
If I had my way in this wicked world
C        Em Am
If I had my way
        D7        G7       C
I would tear this building down
 
F C F C F C F
 
[Chorus]
 
C    F      C   Am C
If I had my way
     C      F           C
If I had my way in this wicked world
 
C          Em   Am
If I-- had—my--way
         D7        G7        C
I would--tear this—building--down
 
F C F C F C
 
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