Highwayman The Highwaymen
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Bm
I was a A
highwayman, along the G
coach roads I didBm
rideA
Sword and pG
istol bD
y my sA
ideEm
Many a yBm
oung maid lost her bA
aubles to my trG
adeEm
Many a Bm
soldier shed his lA
ifeblood on my blG
adeBm
The bastards hA
ung me in the sprG
ing of twA
enty fD
iveBm
But I am stG
ill alA
iveBm
I was a A
sailor, I was born upoG
n the tide Bm
A
With the sG
ea I dD
id abA
ideEm
I sailedBm
a schooner round thA
e horn to MexicG
oEm
I went aBm
loft and furled the A
main sail in a G
blowBm
And when the yA
ards broke off thG
ey say thA
at I gD
ot killedBm
But I am lG
iving stA
illBm
I was a A
dam builder, across a G
river deep and wiBm
deA
Where steel and wG
ater dD
id collA
ideEm
A place called BBm
oulder on the wA
ild ColorG
adoEm
I slipped and Bm
fell into the wA
et concrete belG
owBm
They buried A
me in that gray G
tomb that kA
nows no D
soundBm
But I am sG
till aA
roundI'll always be ar
D
ound, and arD/C#
ound, and arBm
ound, and aA
round, and aG
round..D/F#
. Em
G
A
D
Bm
I'll fly a stA
arship across the G
universe diBm
videA
And when I rG
each the D
other sA
ideEm
I'll find a pBm
lace to rest my spA
irit if I cG
anEm
Perhaps I mBm
ay become Am
hA
ighwayman agG
ainBm
Or I may sA
imply be a sG
ingle drA
op of rD
ainBm
But I wG
ill remA
ainI'll always be ar
D
ound, and arD/C#
ound, and arBm
ound, and aA
round, and aG
round..D/F#
. Em
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A
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