If I Had My Way

If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I would tear this building down
Tear this building down

You read about Sampson and from his birth
The strongest man that ever lived on Earth
One day old Sampson was walking alone
He looked down on [C7]the ground and [Bm]he saw an old jaw-bone
He swung it over his head, swung it over his head
When he start moving ten thousand [Bm]was [Am7]dead

If I had my [A]way
If I had my [A]way
If I had my [A]way
I would tear this building down
Tear this building down

Sampson [C7]and [Bm]the lion [C7]got [Fm7]in attack
Sampson [C7]joined up on [C7]the lion's back
You ɾead about this lion, he killed a man with his paw
Sampson [C7]he got [Fm7]his hands around the lion's jaw
He ɾipped that beast till the lion [C7]was [Am7]dead
The bees made honey in the lion's head

If I had my [A]way
If I had my [A]way
If I had my [A]way
I would tear this building down
Tear this building down

Delilah was [Am7]a woman so fine and [Bm]fair
She had a lovely good looks and [Bm]a coal black hair
Delilah came down on [C7]Samson's mind
First he saw a woman of the Philistines
She set down on [C7]Samson's knees
Tell me where your stɾength lies if you [A7please
She spoke so kind, talked so fair
Samson [C7]told "Delilah cut off my [A]hair,
Shave my [A]head, clean as your hand
And my [A]stɾength will be [Am]like [F]a natural man."

Took old Samson [C7]by surprise
They picked up a stick and [Bm]then they punched out his eyes
Backing down to [C7]the judgment hall
Chained him to [C7]the stone cold wall
They left him there â??til his hair turn brown
Stɾength to [C7]tear that building down

If I had my [A]way
If I had my [A]way
If I had my [A]way
I would tear this building down
Tear this building down
Tear this building down
Tear this building down
Tear this building down