The Highwayman Chords by Phil Ochs

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The wind was [Dm] a torrent of darkness, [Gm] _ among a gusty tree.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ Moon [Eb] was a ghostly [Dm] [F] galleon tossed [Bb] upon [F] cloudy seas.
_ [Bb] And the road was [A] a ribbon [Dm] of moonlight _ [Gm] over the purple moor.
_ _ [Dm] And [Eb] the _ highwayman [Bb] came [F] riding, [D] _ [Gm] riding, _ riding.
[Eb] Yes, the [Bb] highwayman came [Gm] riding _ [C] up to the [F] old inn door.
_ _ [Bb] Over the [Dm] cobbles he clattered _ [Gm] and clashed in the darkened yard.
[Dm] _ _ _ Tapped with his whip [Eb] on the window, [Dm] [Cm] but all was [D] locked [F] and _ barred.
[Bbm] So he whistled a [Dm] tune to the window, _ [Gm] and who should be waiting there?
_ [Eb] But the _ [Bb] landlord's black-eyed daughter.
[Dm] _ [D] _ Vest [Gm] the landlord's [Bb] daughter, [Eb] _ plaiting a [Bb] dark red [Gm] love knot [C] into [F] her long black hair.
_ [Bb] One kiss, [Dm] my Bonnie, sweetheart.
_ [Gm] _ I'm after prize tonight.
_ [Dm] _ _ But I shall be [Eb] back with the yellow [Dm] gold [Cm] before [Bm] the [F] morning light.
_ [Bb] Yet if they press [Dm] me sharply, _ _ [Gm] _ _
carry me through the day.
[Cm] Oh, [Eb] then look [Bb] for me by moonlight.
[F] _ [D] _
Watch [F] for [Eb] me, I'll come to thee, I'll come to [Bb] thee by [Gm] moonlight.
_ [C] Though hell [Eb] [F] should mar the way, _ [Bb]
he did not [Dm] come at the dawning.
_ [Gm]
No, he did not come at the noon.
[Dm] _ _
Out [Eb] of the tawny [Dm] sunset [Cm] before [Ebm] [D] the [F] rise of the moon.
[Bb] When the road was a [Dm] gypsy's ribbon, _ [Gm] _
looping the purple moor.
_ [F] [Eb] A red coat [Bb] troop came [F] marching, [D] _ [Gm] marching, marching.
_ [Eb] King George's [Bb] men [Gm] came marching [F] up to the old inn door.
_ [Bb] And they bound the [Dm] landlord's daughter _ [Gm] with many a _ sniggering jest.
[Dm] And they bound the musket [Eb] _ beside [Dm] her [F] with a barrel [D] beneath her [F] breast.
[Bb] Now, keep good watch, and [D] they kissed her.
_ [Gm] She heard the dead man say,
[Eb] Oh, look for [Bb] me by _
[F] _ [D] moonlight.
Watch for [Gm] me, I'll _ _ [Eb] come to [Gm] thee by moonlight.
_ [C] Though [Eb] hell should [Am] mar the [F] way.
_ [Bb] _ Look [Dm] for me by moonlight.
[Gm] _ The beat's ringing clear.
_ [Dm] _ Watch for [Eb] me by [F] moonlight.
Were [Cm] they deaf that [D] they [F] did not hear?
[Bb] For he rode on [Dm] the gypsy highway.
_ [Gm] She breathed one final breath.
[Eb] Then her finger moved [Bb] in the moonlight.
[F] _ [D] Her musket [Gm] shattered the moonlight.
[Eb] And it shattered her [Bb] breast in the [Gm] moonlight.
[Cm] And warned him [Bb] with [C] her [F] death.
_ [Bb] He turned, he spurred [Dm] on to the west.
[Gm] He did not know who stood.
_ [Dm] _ Proud with her [Eb] black hair flowing [Dm] down,
[F] Drenched with [G] her own [F] red blood.
No, [Bb] not till the dawn [Dm] had he heard it.
[Gm] And his face grew gray to hear.
_ [Eb] How best the [Bb] _
landlord's daughter.
[Dm] _ [D] _ _ [Gm] Landlord's black-eyed daughter [Eb] had watched for her love in [Bb] the moonlight.
[Gm] _ [C] And died in [Bb] the darkness [F]
there.
_ _ [Bb] _ Back he [Dm] spurred like a madman.
[Gm] _ Shrieking a curse to the sky.
_ [Dm] With a white road [Eb] smoking behind [Cm] him.
And his rapier [F] brandished high.
[Bb] Blood red were his [Dm] spurs in the golden moon.
[Gm] Wine red his velvet coat.
[Dm] When [Eb] they shot him down [Bb] on the highway.
[G] _ [D] Down like a [Gm] dog on the highway.
[Dm] And [Eb] he lay in his blood [Bb] on the [Gm] highway.
[Cm] With a bunch of lace [Gm] at [F] his throat.
_ _ [Bb] And still of a [Gm] winter's [Dm] night they say.
[Gm] When the wind is in the trees.
_ _ [Dm] When the moon is a [Eb]
ghostly [F] galleon.
_ Tossed [Ebm] upon [D]
[F] cloudy seas.
_ When [Bb] the road is a ribbon [Dm] of moonlight.
[Gm] _ Over the purple moor.
[Eb] Oh, the _ [Bb] highwayman comes [Dm] riding.
_ [D] [Bb] Riding, [Gm] _
riding.
[Eb] Yes, the _ [Gm] highwayman comes riding.
[Cm] Up to the [D] old [F] inn door.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _