Highwayman [Live]
Highwayman [Live]

Highwayman [Live] easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • C

  • Am

  • D

  • B

    2
  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • C

  • Am

  • D

  • B

    2
  • Verse 1
    The 
    wind 
    was 
    a torrent 

    of 
    darkness 

    Among 
    the gusty 
    trees 

    The moon 
    was 
    a ghostly 
    galleon 

    Tossed 
    upon 
    cloudy 
    seas 

    And the 
    road 
    was 
    a ribbon 
    of 
    moonlight 

    Over 
    the 
    purple 
    moor 

    And 
    the 
    highwayman 
    came 
    riding, 

    riding, 
    riding 

    Yes, 
    the 
    highwayman 
    came 
    rid
    ing 

    Up to 
    the 
    old 
    inn 
    door 

    Over the 
    cobbles 
    he clattered 

    An
    d clashed 
    in the darkened 
    yard 

    And 
    he 
    tapped 
    with 
    his whip 
    at 
    the 
    window 

    But 
    all 
    was 
    locked 
    an
    d barred 

    So he 
    whistled 
    a tune 
    to 
    the window 

    An
    d who 
    should 
    be waiting 
    there 

    But 
    the 
    landlord's 
    black 
    eyed 
    daughter 

    Bess 
    the 
    land
    lord's 
    daughter 

    Plaiting 
    a dark 
    red 
    love 
    knot 

    Into 
    her 
    long 
    black 
    hair 

    One 
    kiss, 
    my 
    bonny 
    sweetheart 

    For 
    I'm 
    after 
    a prize 
    tonight 

    But 
    shall 
    be back 
    with 

    the 
    yellow 
    gold 

    Before 
    the 
    morn
    ing 
    light 

    Yet 
    if 
    they press 
    me 
    sharply 

    Harry 
    me 
    through 
    the 
    day 

    Oh, then 
    look 
    for 
    me 
    by 
    moonlight 

    Watch 
    for 
    me 
    by 
    moonlight 

    And 
    I'll come 
    to 
    thee 
    by 
    moon
    light 

    Though 
    Hell 
    should 
    bar 
    the 
    way 

    He did 
    not 
    come at 
    the 
    dawning 

    No, he 
    did 
    not 
    come at 
    the 
    noon 

    And 
    out 
    of 
    the tawny 
    sunset 

    be
    fore 
    the 
    rise 
    of 
    the 
    moon 

    When the 
    road 
    was 
    a gypsy's 
    ribbon 

    Looping 
    the purple 
    moor 

    Oh a 
    redcoat 
    troop 
    came 
    marching, 

    marching, 
    marching 

    King 
    George's 
    men 
    came 
    marching 

    Up to 
    the 
    old 
    inn 
    door 

    And they 
    bound 
    the land

    lord's 
    daughter 

    with 
    many a 
    sniggering 
    jest 

    And 
    they bound 
    the musket 

    beside 
    her 

    With the 
    barrel 
    be
    neath 
    her 
    breast 

    Now 
    keep 
    good 
    watch 
    and 

    they 
    kissed 
    her 

    She 
    heard the 
    dead man 
    say 

    "O
    h look 
    for 
    me 
    by 
    moon
    light 

    Watch 
    for 
    me 
    by 
    moonlight 

    And 
    I'll 
    come 
    to 
    thee 
    by 
    moon
    light 

    Though 
    Hell 
    should 
    bar 
    the 
    way" 

    Look 
    for 
    me 
    by 
    moonlight 

    Hoof 
    beats 
    ringing 
    clear 

    Watch 
    for 
    me 
    by 
    moonlight 

    Were they 
    deaf 
    that 
    they did 
    not 
    hear 

    For he 
    rode 
    on 
    the gypsy 
    highway 

    She 
    breathed 
    one 
    final 
    breath 

    Then her 
    finger 
    moved 
    in 
    the 
    moonlight 

    Her 
    musket 
    shattered 
    the 
    moonlight 

    And it 
    shattered 
    her 
    breast 

    in 
    the moonlight 

    And 
    warned 
    him 
    with 
    her death 

    Oh 
    he 
    turned; he 
    spurred 

    on 
    to 
    the west 

    He 
    did not 
    know 
    who 
    stood 

    Out 
    with 
    her black 
    hair 

    flowing 
    down 

    Drenched 
    with her 
    own 
    red 
    blood 

    Oh 
    not 
    'til 
    the dawn 
    had 
    he heard 
    it 

    An
    d his 
    face 
    grew 
    gray to 
    hear 

    How 
    Bess 
    the land
    lord's 
    daughter 

    The landlord's 
    black 
    eyed 
    daughter 

    Had 
    watched 
    for her 
    love 
    in 

    the 
    moon
    light 

    And died 
    in the 
    dark
    ness 
    there 

    Back he 
    spurred 
    like 
    a madman 

    Shrieking 
    a curse 
    to the 
    sky 

    With the white 
    road 
    smoking 

    behind 
    him 

    And his 
    rapier 
    brandished 
    high 

    Blood 
    red 
    were his 
    spurs 

    in 
    the golden 
    noon 

    Wine 
    red 
    his 
    velvet 
    coat 

    When they 
    shot 
    him 
    down 

    on 
    the highway 

    Down 
    like 
    a dog 
    on 
    the highway 

    And 
    he 
    lay 
    in his 
    blood 
    on 
    the highway 

    With 
    bunch 
    of 
    lace 
    at 
    his 
    throat 

    An
    d still 
    on 
    a winter's 
    night 
    they say 

    When 
    the wind 
    is in 
    the 
    trees 

    When 
    the 
    moon 
    is a 
    ghostly 
    galleon 

    Tossed 
    upon 
    cloudy 
    seas 

    When the 
    road 
    is 
    a ribbon 
    of 
    moonlight 

    Over 
    the 
    purple 
    moor 

    Oh 
    the highwayman 
    comes 
    rid
    ing, 

    rid
    ing, 
    riding 

    Yes 
    the 
    highwayman 
    comes 
    rid
    ing 

    Up to 
    the 
    old 
    inn 
    door. 


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