Chords for Peter Paul & Mary - If I Had My Way

_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ Oh, [G] you [F#m] read about [G] Samson, read about his birth.
He was the strongest man ever to live [A] on [D] earth.
[Em] One day old Samson, he was walking [D] alone.
[E] He looked down on the ground and saw an old [A] chore bone.
[Em] [A] He lifted up the chore bone, swung it over his head.
When he got to moving [E] Lord, [A] [E] housing was dead.
He ran [A] _ [E] away, [C#m] _
_ [E] _ [Em] he ran [A] _ _ [E]
away.
He _ ran [C#m] _ away, [F#] all the care [B] and [E] building died. _ _
_ _ _ _ Samson lied down, got a tack.
_ [A] Samson he crawled up on the line.
He was back, and you could find him about a line.
He ran down the floor.
[B] [G] And he [E] ran around the line, told every bad [Em] beast.
The lion was [A] dead, and the man was _ lying.
He [E] lied, he _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] lied.
[E] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
All the care and [B] building [E] died. _ _ _
_ [A] He had a _ woman, fine and fair.
She had a lovely look.
She had gold like hair.
_ _ [G] _ She [A] _
_ _ said, tell me baby, where [G] you been?
[A] I asked her please.
She talked so [E] fine, and [D] she [Em] talked so fair.
[Bm] And she said, [E] Lord, [A] I hope _ _ _ _ _ _ you had a happy _ day.
If _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [E] _ [Em] I had [A] my way [E] in this wicked world.
If I [G#m] had my [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] way [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] in this wicked world.
If I [G#m] had _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ my [A] _
way _ _ [E] _ in this [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ wicked _ _ _