The Highwayman

Intro Cm

Verse 1

Cm      Bb           Cm       
I was a highwayman, along the 
G#                 Cm
coach trails I did ride.

Bb         D#          Bb
Sword and pistol by my side.

Fm     Cm                  Bb   
Many a young maid lost her 
         G#
baubles to my trade.

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Many a soilder shed his 
        G#
lifeblood on my blade.

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The bastards hung me in the 
     D#
spring of 25,

G#                Bb
but I am still alive.

Verse 2


Cm      Bb            D#        
I was a sailor, I was born upon 
    Cm
the tide.

Bb           D#         Bb
and With the sea I did abide.

Fm         Cm                 Bb
I sailed a schooner round the 
           G#
horn of Mexico.

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Fm                          Bb   
I went aloft and furled the main 
          G#
sail in a blow.

Cm           D#                  
And when the yard broke off they 
Bb             D#
say that I got killed.

     G#          Bb
But I am living  still.

Verse 3

   Cm         Bb                   
And I was a dam builder, across the
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 river deep and wide.

Bb              D#         Bb
Where steel and water did collide.

Fm             Cm             Bb
A place called Boulder on the 
        G#
wild Colorado

Fm             Cm           Bb  
I slipped and fell into the wet 
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concrete below.

Cm          D#                    
They buried me in that great tomb 
Bb            D#
that knows no sound.

Bb
But I am still around.

Chorus 1

 D#          Bb         D#        
I guess I'll always be around and 
Bb         Cm          D#
around and around and around

          G#  Bb  D#
and around ( fading)

Verse 4

Cm         Bb                   
I'll fly a starship. Across the 
G#          Cm
universe divide.

Bb         D#              Bb
And when I reach the other side.

Fm          Cm                Bb
I'll find a place to rest my 
         G#
spirit if I can.

Fm        Cm              Bb     
Perhaps I may become a highwayman 
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again.

Cm       D#          Bb         
Or I may simply be a single drop
    D#
 of rain.

G#          Bb
But I will remain.

outro

                 D#        Bb     
And I'll be back again and again 
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and again and again