Highwayman [Live] chords by
Phil Ochs

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Key: B major
Verse 1
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The wind was a torrent
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of  darkness
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Among the gusty trees
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C C 
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The moon was a ghostly galleon
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Tossed upon cloudy seas
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And the road was a ribbon of moonlight
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Over the purple moor
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G G 
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And the highwayman came riding,
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riding, riding
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Em Em 
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Yes, the highwayman came riding
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Up to the old inn door
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Bm Bm 2
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Over the cobbles he clattered
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An  d clashed in the darkened yard
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C C 
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And he tapped with his whip at the window
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But all was locked an d barred
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So he whistled a tune to the window
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And who should be waiting there
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G G 
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But the landlord's black eyed daughter
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Em Em 
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Bess the landlord's daughter
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Plaiting a dark red love knot
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D D 
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Into her long black hair
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One kiss, my  bonny sweetheart
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For I'm after a prize tonight
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But I   shall be back with
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the yellow gold
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D D 
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Before the morning light
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Yet if they press me sharply
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Harry me through the day
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G G 
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Oh, then look for me by moonlight
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Watch for me by  moonlight
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Em Em 
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And I'll come to thee by moonlight
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Though Hell should bar the way
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Bm Bm 2
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He did not come at the dawning
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No, he did not come at the noon
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C C 
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And out of the tawny sunset
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Bm Bm 2
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be  fore the rise of the moon
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When the road was a gypsy's ribbon
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Looping the purple moor
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G G 
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Oh a redcoat troop came marching,
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marching, marching
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King George's men came marching
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Up to the old inn door
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And they bound the land
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lord's daughter
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with many a sniggering jest
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And they bound the musket
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beside her
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D D 
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With the barrel be  neath her breast
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Now keep good watch and
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they kissed her
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She heard the dead man say
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G G 
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B B 2
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"Oh look for me by moonlight
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Watch for me by  moonlight
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Em Em 
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And I'll come to thee by moonlight
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D D 
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Though Hell should bar the way"
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Bm Bm 2
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Look for me by  moonlight
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Hoof beats ringing clear
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C C 
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Watch for me by moonlight
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Were they deaf that they did not hear
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Bm Bm 2
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For he rode on the gypsy highway
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She breathed one final breath
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G G 
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Then her finger moved in the moonlight
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Her musket shattered the moonlight
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And it shattered her breast
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in the moonlight
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Am Am 
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D D 
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And warned him with her death
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Oh he turned; he spurred
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on to  the west
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He  did not know who stood
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C C 
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Out with her black hair a
flowing down
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Drenched with her own red blood
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Oh not 'til the dawn had he heard it
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And his face grew gray to hear
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G G 
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How Bess the landlord's daughter
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Em Em 
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The landlord's black eyed daughter
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Had watched for her love in
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Em Em 
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the moonlight
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D D 
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And died in the darkness there
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Bm Bm 2
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Back he spurred like a madman
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Shrieking a curse to the sky
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With the white road smoking
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behind him
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Em Em 
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D D 
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And his rapier brandished high
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Blood red were his spurs
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in the golden noon
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Wine red his velvet coat
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When they shot him down
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on the highway
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Em Em 
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Down like a dog on the highway
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And he lay in his blood on the highway
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B B 2
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With a bunch of lace at his throat
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Bm Bm 2
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And still on a winter's night they say
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When the wind is in the trees
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B B 2
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C C 
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When the moon is a ghostly galleon
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Tossed upon cloudy seas
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When the road is a ribbon of moonlight
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Over the purple moor
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G G 
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Oh the highwayman comes riding,
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Em Em 
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riding, riding
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G G 
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Em Em 
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Yes the highwayman comes riding
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Up to the old inn door.
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