[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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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.
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/procol_harum/as_strong_as_samson_chords_2213711