Chords for Highwayman

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