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Highwayman [Live] chords by 
Phil Ochs
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Verse 1
G
The wind was a torrent
Bm
of darkness
Em
Among the gusty trees
Bm
C
The moon was a ghostly galleon
Am
D
Tossed upon cloudy seas
G
Bm
And the road was a ribbon of moonlight
Em
Over the purple moor
C
G
And the highwayman came riding,
Bm
Em
riding, riding
C
G
Em
Yes, the highwayman came riding
Am
Em
D
Up to the old inn door
G
Bm
Over the cobbles he clattered
Em
An d clashed in the darkened yard
Bm
C
And he tapped with his whip at the window
Am
Bm
D
But all was locked an d barred
G
Bm
So he whistled a tune to the window
Em
And who should be waiting there
C
G
But the landlord's black eyed daughter
B
Em
Bess the landlord's daughter
C
B
Em
Plaiting a dark red love knot
Am
Em
D
Into her long black hair
G
Bm
One kiss, my bonny sweetheart
Em
For I'm after a prize tonight
Bm
But I shall be back with
C
the yellow gold
Am
D
Before the morning light
G
Bm
Yet if they press me sharply
Em
Harry me through the day
C
G
Oh, then look for me by moonlight
B
Em
Watch for me by moonlight
C
G
Em
And I'll come to thee by moonlight
Am
D
Though Hell should bar the way
G
Bm
He did not come at the dawning
Em
No, he did not come at the noon
Bm
C
And out of the tawny sunset
Am
Bm
D
be fore the rise of the moon
G
Bm
When the road was a gypsy's ribbon
Em
Looping the purple moor
C
G
Oh a redcoat troop came marching,
Bm
Em
marching, marching
C
G
Em
King George's men came marching
Am
Em
D
Up to the old inn door
G
And they bound the land
Bm
lord's daughter
Em
with many a sniggering jest
Bm
And they bound the musket
C
beside her
Am
Bm
D
With the barrel be neath her breast
G
Now keep good watch and
Bm
they kissed her
Em
She heard the dead man say
C
G
B
"Oh look for me by moonlight
Em
Watch for me by moonlight
C
Em
And I'll come to thee by moonlight
Am
D
Though Hell should bar the way"
G
Bm
Look for me by moonlight
Em
Hoof beats ringing clear
Bm
C
Watch for me by moonlight
Am
Em
D
Were they deaf that they did not hear
G
Bm
For he rode on the gypsy highway
Em
She breathed one final breath
C
G
Then her finger moved in the moonlight
B
Em
Her musket shattered the moonlight
C
And it shattered her breast
G
in the moonlight
Em
Am
D
And warned him with her death
G
Oh he turned; he spurred
Bm
on to the west
Em
He did not know who stood
Bm
C
Out with her black hair a
flowing down
Am
Em
D
Drenched with her own red blood
G
Bm
Oh not 'til the dawn had he heard it
Em
And his face grew gray to hear
C
G
How Bess the landlord's daughter
B
Em
The landlord's black eyed daughter
C
Had watched for her love in
B
Em
the moonlight
Am
D
And died in the darkness there
G
Bm
Back he spurred like a madman
Em
Shrieking a curse to the sky
Bm
With the white road smoking
C
behind him
Am
Em
D
And his rapier brandished high
G
Blood red were his spurs
Bm
in the golden noon
Em
Wine red his velvet coat
C
When they shot him down
G
on the highway
B
Em
Down like a dog on the highway
C
And he lay in his blood on the highway
Em
Am
B
With a bunch of lace at his throat
D
G
Bm
And still on a winter's night they say
Em
When the wind is in the trees
Bm
B
C
When the moon is a ghostly galleon
Am
Em
D
Tossed upon cloudy seas
G
Bm
When the road is a ribbon of moonlight
Em
Over the purple moor
C
G
Oh the highwayman comes riding,
B
Em
riding, riding
C
G
Em
Yes the highwayman comes riding
Am
D
Up to the old inn door.
Am
Bm
D
G
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