Chords for The Highwayman - Phil Ochs

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