The Great Pixley Train Robbery

G D
   To your hands I give you
F C
   Aboard from Hawaii
C G
   The ship they call Northern 
Lights
G D           F C
   A fugitive,   one of three 
highway man
C G
   Who stopped the Pixley train at 
night
G D           F C
   About 8 PM,   22 February
C G
   We force seven thousand in gold
G D
   Two were killed in the melee
F C
   A fireman of the train
C G
   And a passenger from Modesto
G Bm                 Bm F      
    The leader was an    
            F Am      A
insurance agent, this I know
A Bm                     Bm F  
    The third man set for     
             F Am             A
remote islands near the equator


[Verse 2]
G D
   When he found the ship
Continúa después del anuncio
F C
   Would not put in there
C G
   There's a reason to believe he 
set her on fire
G D
   When our bomb exploded
F C
   Buckshot unloaded
C G
   We three made off in dire
G D
   To the Right Honorable
F C
   American council
C G
   To the Hawaiian king
G D
   I swear before notary
F C
   To make a clean breast
C G
   Of the whole thing
G Bm
    In hope of salvation
Bm F                         F 
    For surely I'll be found 
Am       A
before port
A Bm                    Bm F
    Before postal authorities can 
act
F Am                         
    I surrender myself unto the 
      A
reward

G D  F C  C G  G x4

[Verse 3]
G D
   Since I was taken
F C
   From the Napa asylum
C G
   And put on a whaler for my own 
good
G D
   I told the captain
F C
   Not to let me ashore
C G
   Except under guard
G D
   If no faith is placed
F C
   In this letter
C G
   You're letting a brigand free
G D
   The passenger coaches
F C
   Were not molested
C G
   Violence, I can't see