Highwayman chords by Lars Bygdén

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Verse 1
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I was a highwayman,
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along the coast roads I did ride
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He swore to pistol by my side
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Many young men lost
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to bubbles to my trade
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Many soldiers shed his life,
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blood on my blade
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Bastards hung me in
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the spring of twenty -five
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But I  am still alive
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I was a sailor
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I was born upon the tide
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And with the sea I  did abide
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I sailed the scooter round
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the horn to Mexico
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I went aloft and furled
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the mainsail in a boat
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And when the yards broke off,
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they say that I got killed
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But I  am livin' still
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I   was a dam builder,
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on the river deep and wide
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Where steel and wa ter did collide
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A place called Bowler on the Wile,
Colorado
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I slipped and fell into
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the wet concrete willow
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They buried me in that old tomb
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that knows no sound
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But I  am still around
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I'll always be around and around and around
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Em 
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and around and around
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I fly a starship
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across the universe's divide
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And when I reach the other side
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I find a place to rest
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my spirit if I can
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Maybe I'll become a highwayman again
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I may simply be a single drop of rain
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But I will remain, I'll come back again
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And I will, and I will,
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and will
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