The Highwayman
Loreena McKennitt
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Intro: Am Am C G AmAm The wind was a torrent of darknessC G/B Am among the gusty treesAm The moon was a ghostly galleonC G/B Am tossed upon the cloudy seasDm G C G/B The road was a ribbon ofAm G moonlight over the purple moorDm G C G/B And the highwayman came riding,Am G Riding, riding,Am G/B Dm Am The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.Am He'd a French cocked hat on hisC G/B forehead, a bunch of lace at hisAm chin,Am A coat of claret velvet, andC G/B Am breeches of brown doe-skin;Dm G C G/B They fitted with nary a wrinkle;Am G/B his boots were up to the thighDm G C G/B And he rode with a jeweled twinkle,Am G His pistol butts a-twinkle,Am G/B Dm Am His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jeweled sky.Am Over the cobbles he clattered andC G/B Am clashed in the dark inn yard,Am And he tapped with his whip on theC G/B shutters, but all was locked andAm barred;Dm G C G/B He whistled a tune to theAm G/B window, and who should be waiting there?Dm G But the landlord's black-eyedC G/B daughter,Am G Bess, the landlord's daughter,Am G/B Dm Plaiting a dark red love-knot intoAm her long black hair.Am "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'mC G/B Am after a prize tonight,Am But I shall be back with the yellowC G Am gold before the morning light;Dm G C G\B Yet if they press me sharply,Am G and harry me through the day,Dm G C G/B Then look for me by the moonlight,Am Am Watch for me by the moonlight,Am G Dm I'll come to thee by theAm moonlight, though hell should bar the way.Am He rose upright in the stirrups; heC G Am scarce could reach her handAm But she loosened her hair i' theC G/B casement! His face burnt like aAm brandDm G C G/B As the black cascade of perfumeAm G/B came tumbling over his breast;Dm G And he kissed its waves in theC G/B moonlight,Am G (Oh, sweet waves in the moonlight!)Am G/B Then he tugged at his rein in theDm Am moonlight, and galloped away to the west.Continúa después del anuncioAm He did not come at the dawning; heC G/B Am did not come at noon,Am C And out of the tawny sunset,G/B Am before the rise o' the moon,Dm G C When the road was a gypsy'sG/B Am G/B ribbon, looping the purple moor,Dm G C G/B A red-coat troop came marching,Am G Marching, marchingAm G/B Dm King George's men came marching,Am up to the old inn-door.Am They said no word to the landlord,C G they drank his ale instead,Am But they gagged his daughter andC G/B bound her to the foot of herAm narrow bedDm G C G/B Two of them knelt at theAm G/B casement, with muskets at their side!Dm G C G/B There was death at every windowAm G And hell at one dark window;Am G/B For Bess could see, through theDm casement,Am The road that he would ride.Am They had tied her up to attention,C G Am with many a sniggering jest;Am They had bound a musket beside her,C G/B Am with the barrel beneath her breast!Dm G "now keep good watch!" And theyC G/B kissed her.Am G/B She heard the dead man sayDm G C G/B "Look for me by the moonlightAm G Watch for me by the moonlightAm G/B Dm I'll come to thee by theAm moonlight, though hell should bar the way!"Am She twisted her hands behind her,C G Am but all the knots held good!Am She writhed her hands till herC G/B fingers were wet with sweat orAm blood!Dm G They stretched and strained in theC G/B Am darkness and the hours crawledG/B by like years!Dm G Till, now, on the stroke ofC G/B midnight,Am G Cold, on the stroke of midnight,Am G/B Dm The tip of one finger touched it!Am The trigger at least was hers!Am Totelot-totelot! Had they heard it?C G/B Am The horse's hooves rang clearAm Totelot-totelot, in the distance!C G/B Were they deaf that they did notAm hear?Dm G C G/B Down the ribbon of moonlight,Am G/B over the brow of the hill,Dm G C G The highwayman came riding,Am G Riding, riding!Am G/B The red-coats looked to theirDm priming!Am She stood up straight and still!Am Totelot in the frosty silence!C G Am Totelot, in the echoing night!Am C Nearer he came and nearer! HerG/B Am face was like a light!Dm G C G/B Her eyes grew wide for a moment!Am G/B She drew one last deep breath,Dm G Then her finger moved in theC G/B moonlight,Am G Her musket shattered the moonlight,Am G/B Shattered her breast in theDm Am moonlight and warned him with her death.Am He turned; he spurred to the west;C G Am he did not know she stoodAm Bowed, with her head o'er theC G musket, drenched with her own redAm blood!Dm G C G/B Not till the dawn he heard it;Am G/B his face grew grey to hearDm G C G/B How Bess, the landlord's daughter,Am G The landlord's black-eyed daughter,Am G/B Had watched for her love in theDm Am moonlight, and died in the darkness there.Am Back, he spurred like a madman,C G/B Am shrieking a curse to the skyAm With the white road smoking behindC G/B Am him and his rapier brandished high!Dm G Blood-red were the spurs in theC G Am golden noon; wine-red was hisG velvet coat,Dm G When they shot him down on theC G highway,Am G Down like a dog on the highway,Am G/B And he lay in his blood on theDm Am highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.Am Still of a winter's night, theyC G/B Am say, when the wind is in the trees,Am When the moon is a ghostly galleon,C G/B Am tossed upon the cloudy seas,Dm G When the road is a ribbon ofC G Am G/B moonlight over the purple moor,Dm G C G A highwayman comes riding,Am G Riding, riding,Am G/B Dm Am A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.