Chords for Loreena McKennitt The Highwayman (Lyrics)

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[D] Wind was a torrent of darkness Among the ghastly trees
The moon was a ghostly galleon Tossed upon the cloudy seas
[Gm] The road was a [C] ribbon of moonlight [Dm] [Bb] Over the [C] purple moon
[G] And the highwayman [C] came riding [Dm]
[C] Riding, riding
[D] The [C] highwayman [F] came riding [Dm] Up to [Bb] the old [G] inn door
He [D] had a French cocktail on his forehead [Bb] A bunch [C] of lace [D] on his chin
A coat of claret [Dm] velvet And breeches [C] that browned [D] his skin
[G] He [C] fitted with leather a wrinkle [D] His boots [Bb] were up [C] to the thigh
And he rode with a jeweled twinkle [Bb] His pistol [C] buds a twinkle
[D] His [Am] rapier a [F] hilted twinkle [Dm] Under the [Gm] jeweled spine _
[Dm] And all the cobbles he clattered And clashed [C] in the [D] darkened yard
And he tapped with his whip on the shivers [Dm] But all was locked [D] and barred
[G] He whizzed [C] and looked into the window [Bb] Who should be waiting [C] there?
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter [Gm]
Passed the [C] landlord's daughter
[D] Bleeding [Am] the dark [F] with love-knot [Dm] Into her long [G] black hair
And [D] kiss my bum, you sweetheart [Bb] I'm [C] after a [Dm] prize tonight
But I shall be back with the yellow gold [Bb] Before [C] the [D] morning light
[G] If you [C] could press me sharply [Bb] Hurry me through [C] the day
[G] Then look [C] for me by the moonlight [Bb] Watch for me [C] by the moonlight
I'll come [F] to thee by the moonlight [Dm] No hail should bar [Gm] the way
[Dm] He rose up bright in stirrups [Bb] His scarf [C] could reach [Dm] a hand
She loosened her hair in the casement [Bb] His face [C] brimmed like [Dm] a brand
[Gm] As a black [C] cascade of perfume [D] Came [Bb] tumbling over [C] his breast
[Gm] And he kissed [C] its waves in the moonlight [Bb] Oh, sweet waves [C] of moonlight
[Dm] And tugged [C] at his rein [F] in the moonlight [Dm] And galloped [Bb] away [G] to the land _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] He did not come at the dawning [Gm] He did not come [D] at noon
And out of the dawn he sunset [Bb] Before [C] the rise [D] of the moon
[Gm] When the road was in sheep's [C]-he's [Dm] ribbons Looping the [Cm] purple moon
[Gm] A rancor troop [C] came marching Marching, marching
[F] King George's men came marching [Dm] But to [Bb] the [Gm] eulogy
They [Dm] said no word to the [Gm] landlord They drank [C] his ale [D]
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But they gagged his daughter and bound her To the foot [C] of her narrow [D] bed
[Gm] Toothed the [C] nail to the casement [Gm] With muskets at [C] the side
They were stabbed at every bingo [Dm] [Bb] Hallowed one, [C] darkly and yo
[Dm] The best [Am] could see [F] through the casement [Dm] The road he [G] would ride
_ [D] They tied her up [Dm] to a tension With many [C] a [D] snickering jest
They had bound a musket beside her [Bb] With a bow [C] beneath [D] the breast
[Gm] Not he [C] could watch when they kissed her [Gm] She heard the dead [C] man say
Look for me by the moonlight [Dm] Watch [Gm] for me [C] by the moonlight
[Dm] I'll come [Am] to thee [F] by the moonlight [Dm] Though hell should bar the [G] way
She [Dm] twisted her hands behind her [Bb] With all [C] the knots [Dm] he could
She writhed through her hands till her fingers [Bb] Were webbed [C] with sweat [Dm] of delight
[Gm] They stretched [C] and strained in the darkness [D] And the hours [Bb] crawled [C] but like years
[Gm] Till now [C] the stroke of midnight [Dm] Called on [Bb] the [C] stroke of midnight
[Dm] The tip [Am] of the finger [F] touched it [Dm] The trickle [Bb] at least [Gm] was hers
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[D] Not a thought had they heard it The horses who'd been here
Toddle-a, toddle-a in the distance Were they deaf, they'd see and not hear
[C] But down the reef beneath the moonlight [Bb] Over the brow [C] of the hill
The [Gm] [F] highwayman [C] came riding, riding, riding
[Dm] The [C] redcoats locked to [F] the priming She [Dm] stood up straight [Gm] and still _
[D] Toddle-a to the frosty signs [Gm] Toddle-a [D] to me, you go now
[Dm] Nearer, came he, nearer The [Bb] face was [D] like a light
[Gm] Her eyes [D] grew wide [C] for a moment She [Dm] drew [Gm] one last deep breath
Then her finger [C] moved in the moonlight [Gm] The musket shot at the moonlight
[C] [Dm] Shattered [F] the breast in the moonlight [Dm] And bound him with [Gm] a dare _
[G] [Dm] He turned his spur to the west He [Bb] did [C] not know [Dm] she skied
But with her head of a musket [Bb] Drenched with [C] her own [Dm] red blood
[Gm] Not till [C] the dawn he'd been there [Dm] His face could [Bb] play to [C] hear
[Gm] Ah, there's [C] the landlord's daughter [Dm] The [Bb] landlord's black [C]-eyed daughter
She had [Dm] watched for [E] him love in [F] the moonlight And [Dm] died [Bb] in the darkness [Gm] there
And [Dm] back he stood like a madman [Bb] Shrieking [C] a curse [Dm] to the sky
With a white-robed slogan behind him And [Bb] his rapier [C] [Dm] brandished high
The [Gm] red was [C] the spur to [F] the golden [C] [D] When [Bb] redness fell [C] the coat
When [Gm] they shot [C] him down on the highway [Dm] Down like [Bb] a dog on [C] the highway
And [D] he laid [Am] his blood on [F] the highway [Dm] With a bunch [Bb] of lace [G] on his throat
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a winter's night they sing [Bb] When the wind [C] is in the [Dm]
trees
When the moon is a ghostly gallery [Bb] Tossed upon the [F] cloudy [D] seas
[Gm] When the road is a [F] raven of moonlight [Dm] Over the berg [C] of old
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[F] comes [Cm] riding, riding, riding [D] [F] Highwayman comes riding [Dm] up to the old [G] window
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