Highwayman

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Intro: Bm

Verse 1

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I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride,
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Sword and pistol by my side,
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Em     Bm                    A            G
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade,
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Em     Bm               A               G
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade,
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Bm           A              G         A D
The bastards hung me in the spring of 25,
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Bm       G        A
But I am still alive.

Verse 2

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Bm      A             G     A       Bm
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide,
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A        G          A
With the sea I did abide,
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Em         Bm                 A           G
I sailed a schooner round the horn of Mexico,
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I went aloft and furled the main sail in a blow,
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Bm           A                    G        A     D
And when the yards broke off they say that I got killed,
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Bm       G      A
But I am living still.

Verse 3

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I was a dam builder, across a river deep and wide,
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Where steel and water did collide,
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A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado,
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I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below,
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They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sounds,
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Bm       G      A
But I am still around.


Bridge          C           C/D         Am          G           F    Em   Dm F G C
                D           D/C#        Bm          A           G    D/F# Em G A D
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around.

Verse 4

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Bm         A                   G          Bm
I'll fly a starship across the universe divide,
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A          G               A
And when I reach the other side,
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Em          Bm               A           G
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can,
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Em        Bm           A           G
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again,
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Bm       A           G      A       D
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain,
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Bm    G      A
But I will remain,


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                  D          D/C#       Bm         A          G    D/F# Em  G A D
And I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again, and again.