Highwayman chords by Jim Stanard

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Verse 1
Am 
G 
I   was a highwayman,
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Am 
along the coach road I did ride
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F 
G 
With sword and pistol by my side
Dm 
Am 
Many a young maid lost her
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F 
baubles to my trade
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Am 
Many a sol dier shed his
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F 
lifeblood on my blade
Am 
G 
The bastards hung me in
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the spring of twenty -five,
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F 
G 
but I'm still alive.
Am 
G 
I   was a sailor,
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Am 
I was born upon the tide,
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F 
G 
and with the sea I did abide.
Dm 
Am 
I   sailed a schooner
G 
around the Horn of Mexico
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Dm 
Am 
I  went aloft and furled
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F 
the mainsail in a blow
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G 
And when the yards broke off
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C 
they said that I got killed
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G 
But I'm living still
Am 
G 
I   was a dam builder,
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Am 
crossed the river deep and wide,
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F 
G 
where steel and wa ter did collide.
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Am 
A   place called Boulder on
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F 
the wild Colorado,
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Am 
I slipped and fell into the
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F 
wet concrete below.
Am 
G 
They buried me in that great
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tomb
Am 
F 
G 
C 
that knows no sound, but I'm still around, I'll always be around,
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F 
Em 
Dm 
and around, and around, and around, and around.
Am 
G 
I   fly a starship
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Am 
across the universe divide
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F 
G 
And when I reach the other side
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Am 
I'll find a place to rest
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F 
my spirit if I  can
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Am 
Perhaps I may become
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F 
a highwayman again
Am 
G 
F 
Am 
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain,
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G 
C 
But I  will remain and I'll be back again,
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F 
And again, and again,
Em 
Dm 
Am 
and again, and again. you