The Highwayman

	  		Intro: Cm 

verse 1 

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

Bb         D#          Bb   
Sword and pistol by my side. 

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

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

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

G#                Bb 
but I am still alive. 

verse 2 


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

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

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

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

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

     G#          Bb 
But I am living  still. 

verse 3 

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

Bb              D#         Bb 
Where steel and water did collide. 

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

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

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

Bb 
But I am still around. 
 

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

          G#  Bb  D# 
and around ( fading) 


verse 4 

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

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

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

Fm        Cm              Bb      G# 
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again. 

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

G#          Bb 
But I will remain. 

outro 

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