The Highwayman

(início)

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.
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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.
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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.
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Where steel and water did collide.
Fm             Cm             Bb        G#
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 great tomb that knows no sound.
Bb
But I am still around.
Chorus 1
 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.
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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.
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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