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The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen

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Intro 1
Am
C
Dm
Dsus4

Dm
Am
G
F
Dm
Dsus4
Dm


G
I've been ob
Verse 1
Dm

noxious,
Dsus4

I've been unconscious,
Dm

I've been all kinds of things

that are hard to spell.
F
G

I've been unruly, speaking truly,
Dm

I've been so cool I could barely
Dsus4
D

even stand myself.
Dm
D

I've been a monster,
Dsus4

without a sponsor,
Dm
Dsus4

I've been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Dm
F
Gsus4

I've been a goner, I've been a loner,
G
Dm
Dsus4

And when my mixture was right,
Dm

And I'm a nice bunch of guys.
G
I
Verse 2
Am

am what I am cause I ain't
G
Dm

what I used to be.
Am

Cause it is what it is but it ain't
G

what it used to be.
Dm
Dsus4
Dm
Verse 3

Dsus4

I've been a mover, I was a shaker,
Dm

He had a girlfriend,
Dsus4
Dm

I tried to snake her.
F
G

I been mysterious, I've been delirious,
Dm

I been so weird of would've

killed a normal man.
Dsus4
Am
Dm

I wanted money,
Dsus4
Dm

I wanted power,
Dsus4

I want monument kinda
Dm

like the Eiffel Tower.
F
Gsus4
G

I been lost at sea, I been lost in space,
Dm

And when I fall in love I fall all over the place.
G
I
Verse 4
Am

am what I am cause I ain't what
G
Dm
Dsus4
Dm

I used to be.
Am

Cause it is what it is but it
G

ain't what it used to be.
Dm
Verse 5

G

And you can go on forever and

make the same mistakes,
Dm

Or stand up on your hind legs
Dsus4
C
Dsus4

and change your face.
G

Go on and do it till you finally see,
A
Am
A

What it is that it was that you don't

want to be.
Verse 6
F
Gsus4
G

Spoken: Walking tall
F
Interlude 1
Gsus4
G
F
Gsus4
G

Am

Dm
I was an
Verse 7
Dsus4
Dm

outlaw, I was an in- law,

I was a scapegoat, that was the last straw.
F
G

I hit the highway, singin' my way,
Dm

But it wound up sounding like

you'll never walk alone.

I got a story, reflected glory,

Is the way I been seeing for most of my life.
F
Gsus4
G

I heard the laughter, up in the rafter s,
Dm

But I never ever thought

that the joke was on me.
Verse 8
Am

I am what I am cause I ain't
G
Dm

what I used to be.
Am

Cause it is what it is but it
C
Dm

ain't what it used to be.
Verse 9
Dm

G
A
Am

I am what I am cause I ain't what
Dm
Dsus4
Am

I used to be.
Dm
Am

Cause it is what it is but it ain't what it
C
G
Dm
Am

used to
G
Dm

be.
Outro 1
Dm
Dsus4
Dm

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Chords
  • Am

  • C

  • Dm

  • Dsus4

  • G

  • F

  • D

  • Gsus4

  • A

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