The Great Pixley Train Robbery
Cass McCombs
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(início)
G D To your hands I give you F C Aboard from Hawaii C G The ship they call Northern Lights G D F C A fugitive, one of three highway man C G Who stopped the Pixley train at night G D F C About 8 PM, 22 February C G We force seven thousand in gold G D Two were killed in the melee F C A fireman of the train C G And a passenger from Modesto G Bm Bm F F Am A The leader was an insurance agent, this I know A Bm Bm F F Am A The third man set for remote islands near the equator
Verse 2
G D When he found the ship F C Would not put in there C G There's a reason to believe he set her on fire G D When our bomb exploded F C Buckshot unloaded C G We three made off in dire G D To the Right Honorable F C American council C G To the Hawaiian king G D I swear before notary F C To make a clean breast C G Of the whole thing G Bm In hope of salvation Bm F F Am A For surely I'll be found before port A Bm Bm F Before postal authorities can act F Am A I surrender myself unto the reward G D F C C G G x4
Verse 3
G D Since I was taken F C From the Napa asylum C G And put on a whaler for my own good G D I told the captain F C Not to let me ashore C G Except under guard G D If no faith is placed F C In this letter C G You're letting a brigand free G D The passenger coaches F C Were not molested C G Violence, I can't see
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