Chords for Red Simpson - Highway man

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Well, I drove this Jimmie Diesel [F] from Mojave up [G] _ to the summit [C] of Tahoe. _
Then I headed down the hill to [F] San Bernardino. _
[G] I was pushed by twenty tons of [C] rock and stone. _
Well, the [G] warning buzzer sounded.
[C] I was low on air.
[D] I checked the pressure gauges.
No pressure there.
[C] I looked at the deep and [F] rocky canyon down below.
[G] I said, man, what a [C] way to go. _
[C] I saw a red light in my [F] side view mirror. _
[G] I knew there was a highwayman [C] behind. _ _
Well, I tried to shift her down one [F] time but missed it. _
_ [G] And she really started to [C] unwind. _
[G] Well, that patrolman passed me [C] like I was sitting still.
[D] His siren started screaming.
As he went on down that hill, [C] that highwayman, he had a [F] crazy notion I could see.
[G] He was gonna try to clear the road [C] for me. _
I read a sign, trucks twenty [F] miles an hour. _ _
[G] I watched the hand go round and hit [C] the peg. _ _
That patrol car was a-burning up [F] the highway. _
[G] And I was right there on his [C] license tag. _
[G] Well, I started to want to ditch, [C] but then I lost my nerve.
[D] I side-swiped the bobtail as I straightened [G] up the curve.
[C] I opened up my eyes and I [F] was back on level ground.
[G] But it took five more miles to shut [C] her down. _
That highwayman walked up and put [F] his hand out. _
[G] And I reached out and shook it [Am] like a man. _
[C] Well, he shook me loose and said, let's see [F] your license. _
[G] Yeah, don't get wise with me, I'll [C] run you in. _
[G] Now, where's your registration?
[C] Who owns that machine?
[D] He wrote me up a ticket, [G] longer than a witch's dream.
[C] Well, there's a lot of things in this old [F] world that I don't understand.
And [G] one of them's a doggone [C] highwayman. _
And [G] one of them's a doggone [C] highwayman. _
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