Intro: C, Em
Verse1:
C Em
Hey there Delilah this is your ex-boyfriend Samson
C Em
And I know you thought that lifting weights made me so buff and handsome
Am F G Am G*
You were wrong it's 'cuz I let my hair grow long that makes me strong
C Em
Hey there Delilah you came in while I was sleeping
C Em
And I couldn't feel you cutting and I didn't hear you creeping
Am F G Am G*
out the door You left my hair piled on the floor while I just snored
Chorus:
C Am C Am
Oh what you did to me Oh while I was asleep
C Am C Am
Oh I'm a Nazarene Oh but you shaved me clean
C
Delilah you're so mean
Bridge:
F G
I killed a lion big and mean and slaughtered many Philistines
C Am
All with a donkey's jaw bone that's no lie
F G
But now I'm chained up to a wall and I can't cry no tears at all
C Am
Because they came and gouged out both my eyes
F G
Why'd you grab your clipping shears and shave my head like Britney Spears
C Am C
And now I'm standing hear in total shame and you're to blame
Verse 3:
C Em
Hey there Delilah why did you have to deceive me
C Em Am
and it's hard for me to think not long ago I wanted you to be my bride
F G Am =
But you took too much off the sides
F G Am
hey there Delilah when you die
F G Am
Just tell the devil I said hi
G*
He'll know why
Chorus 2:
C Am C Am
Oh it's what you did to me Oh Now I feel so weak
C Am C Am
Oh I look like a freak you know Delilah you're a geek
C
Oh you're such a geek
Chorus keeps playing:
C, Am, C, Am, etc.