Intro / Highwayman (Live) chords by The Highwaymen
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was a highwayman
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Along the coach roads, I did ride
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With sword and pistol by my side
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Many a young maid lost her
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baubles to my trade
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Many a soldier shed
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his lifeblood on my blade
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The 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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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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I was a sailor
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I was borne upon the tide
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And with the sea, I did abide
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I sailed a schooner 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 blow
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And when the yards broke
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off they said that I got killed
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But I am living still
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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I was a dam builder
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Across the river deep and wide
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Where steel and wa ter
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did collide
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A place called Boulder on
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the wild Colorado
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I slipped and fell into
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the wet concrete below
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They buried me in that great
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tomb 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 and
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around and around and around
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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I fly a starship
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Across the Universe divide
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And when I reach the other side
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I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
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Perhaps I may become
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a highwayman again
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Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
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But I will remain
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I'll be back again and again and again and
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again and again and again
Outro 1
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Intro / Highwayman (Live)
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