Chords for Highwayman

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_ _ _ _ [Bm] I [A] was a highwayman.
Along [G] the coach roads I [Bm] did ride,
_ _ [A] With sword [G] and pistol by [A] my side. _
[Em] Many [Bm] a young maid [A] lost her baubles to [G] my trade,
_ _ [Em] Many [Bm] a soldier shed [A] his lifeblood on [G] my blade.
_ _ [Bm] The [A] bastards hung me in [G] the spring of [D] twenty-five, _
[G] But I am [A] still alive. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] I [A] was a sailor.
I [G] was born [Bm] upon the tide,
_ [A] With [G] the sea I [A] did abide. _ _
[Em] I [Bm] sailed a schooner [A] around the Horn of [G] Mexico,
_ _ _ [Em] I [Bm] went aloft to [A] furl the mainsail [G] in a blow.
_ _ [B] And [A] when the yards broke [G] off they said that [D] I got killed, _
[G] But I am [A] living still. _ _
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[A] I was a dam builder.
I [G] crossed a river [Bm] deep and wide,
_ _ [A] Where [G] steel and water [A] did collide. _ _
[Em] _ [Bm] A place called Boulder [A] on the wild [G] Colorado,
_ _ _ [Em] I [Bm] slipped and fell [A] into the wet [G] concrete below. _
_ _ [Bm] They [A] buried me in [G] that great tomb that [D] knows no sound,
[G] But I am [A] still around. _
I'll always [D] be around [A] and around [Bm] and around [A] and around.
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[Bm] I'll [A] fly a starship _ [G] across the [Bm] universe divine, _ _
[A] And when [G] I reach the [A] other side,
_ [Em] I'll [Bm] find a place to rest [A] my spirit [G] if I can. _ _
[E] Perhaps [Bm] I may become [A] a highwayman [G] again,
_ _ _ [Bm] Or I [A] may simply be a single drop [D] of rain,
_ [G] But I will [A] remain. _
_ And I'll be [D] back again [A] and again [Bm] and again [A] and again [G] and again.
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