Chords
The Highwayman

Key: C

Introduction:  Cm  

difficulty
very easy |||||
 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