Highwayman by the Highwaymen Intro Lick: This is played with palm muting e-------------------------------- B-------------------------------- G-------------------------------- D-----2-3-4-3-2------------------ A-2-5-----------5-2-------------- E-------------------------------- B5 A5 G5 B5 I was a highwayman along the coach roads I did ride A5 G5 D5 A5 with sword and pistol by my side E5 B5 A5 G5 Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade. E5 B5 A5 G5 Many a soldier lost his lifeblood on my blade. B5 A5 G5 A5 D5 The bastards hung me in the spring of '25 G5 A5 But I am still alive. B5 A5 G5 B5 I was a sailor; I was born upon the tide A5 G5 D5 A5 with the sea I did abide E5 B5 A5 G5 I sailed a schooner round the horn of Mexico E5 B5 A5 G5 I went aloft to 'furl the mainsail in a 'blow B5 A5 G5 A5 D5 and when the yards broke off they said that I got killed G5 A5 But I am living still. B5 A5 G5 B5 I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide A5 G5 D5 A5 where steel and water did collide E5 B5 A5 G5 A place called Boulder on the wide Colorado E5 B5 A5 G5 I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below B5 A5 G5 A5 D5 They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound G5 A5 But I am still around D5 D5 B5 A5 G5 D5 E5 I'll always be around and around and around and around and around G5 A5 D5 B5 A5 G5 B5 I fly a starship across the universe divide A5 G5 D5 A5 and when I reach the other side E5 B5 A5 G5 I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can E5 B5 A5 G5 Perhaps I may become a highwayman again B5 A5 G5 A5 D5 or I may simply be a single drop of rain G5 A5 But I will remain D5 D5 B5 A5 G5 D5 E5 and I'll be back again and again and again and again and again G5 A5 D5 Fin
