Chords for Paddy McAloon & Jimmy Webb - The Highwayman

_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [Eb] was a [Bb] highwayman, [Ab] along the coast road I did [Cm] ride, _ _ _ [Bb] with [Ab] sword and [Eb] pistol [Bb] by my side.
_ _ _ [Fm] Many [Cm] a young maid lost [Dm] her baubles to [Ab] my trade, _ _ _ [Fm] _
[A] many a soldier [Bb] left his lifeblood on [Ab] my blade. _ _
_ [Cm] _ He finally [Gm] hung me in [Ab] the spring [Bb] of twenty [Eb]-five, _ [Ab] but I am [Bb] still alive.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
I was [Bb] a sailor, and [Ab] I was born upon the [Cm] tide, _ _ [Bb] and with [Ab] the [Eb] sea I did [Bb] abide.
_ _ _ [Fm] I [Ab] sailed schooner [Dm] around the [Bb] Horn of [Ab] Mexico, _ _
_ [Fm] I went and [Cm] lofted a [Bb] mermaid sail [Cm] in a boat.
[Ab] And _ [Cm] when the odds broke [Ab] up, they [Bb] say that I could [Eb] kill, _ _ [Ab] but I am [Bb] living still. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] I was [Bb] a dam builder, _ [Cm] across the [Ab] river deep [C] and [Cm] wide, _
_ [Bb] where steel [Ab] and water [Eb] did [Bb] collide.
_ _ [Fm] _ This [Eb] cold border [Bb] on the wild [Ab] Colorado, _ _ _ _ [Fm] I [Eb] slipped and fell to [Bb] the wet concrete [Ab] below. _ _
_ _ [Cm] He buried [Gm] me [Eb] in that [Ab] great [Bb] tomb that [Eb] knows no sound, _ _ [Ab] but I am still [Bb]
around.
_ _ _ _ It all goes [Eb] round and round and round and round [Ab] and round and round and [Eb] round and round and round.
[Ab] _ _ Mexico, [Eb] [Fm] here we [Eb] go, _ _ I'm [Bb] bound to be [Eb] home.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] I'll [Bb] fly a starship _ across [Ab] the [C] university wide, _
_ [Bb] and when I [Ab] reach [Eb] the other [Bb] side,
_ _ _ [Fm] I'll find [Eb] a place to rest [Bb] my spirit, [C] if [Ab] I can.
_ _ _ [Fm] Perhaps [Cm] I may [Dm] become a highwayman [Ab] again, _
_ [Cm] _ [Bb] or I may [Eb] simply [Ab] be a [Bb] single [Eb] drop of rain,
_ _ [Ab] but something [Bb] will remain.
_ _ _ [Fm] [Bb] And I'll be back [Eb] again, [Gm] I'll be back [Ab] again, _ [Bb] _ [Ab] yes I will.
Here [Eb] we go, _ _ _ but [Ab] we'll all be [Bb] back [Eb] again, _ [Gm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] yes [Ab] we will.
[Gm] _ [Eb] Here we go, _ _ _ but [Ab] we'll all be [Bb] back _ _ [Eb]
again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _