Highwayman chords

capo 1 to play in Bm but Glen capoed 3 and played in Am
I include both as either can be played along with original.

Intro: [Am]Bm

Verse 1

[Am] [G] [F] [Am]
[Bm]I was a highway[A]man, along the [G]coach roads I did [Bm]ride,
[G] [F] [G]
[A]Sword and [G]pistol by my [A]side,
[Dm] [Am] [G] [F]
[Em]Many a [Bm]young maid lost her ba[A]ubles to my t[G]rade,
[Dm] [Am] [G] [F]
[Em]Many a [Bm]soldier shed his [A]lifeblood on my [G]blade,
[Am] [G] [F] [G] [C]
[Bm]The bastards [A]hung me in the [G]spring of [A]25[D] ,
[Am] [F] [G]
[Bm]But I am [G]still ali[A]ve.

[VERSE 2]

[Am] [G] [F] [G] [Am]
[Bm]I was a [A]sailor, I was [G]born u[A]pon the [Bm]tide,
[G] [F] [G]
[A]With the [G]sea I did a[A]bide,
[Dm] [Am] [G] [F]
[Em]I sailed a [Bm]schooner round the [A]horn of Mexi[G]co,
[Dm] [Am] [G] [F]
[Em]I went a[Bm]loft and furled the [A]main sail in a [G]blow,
[Am] [G] [F] [G] [C]
[Bm]And when the [A]yards broke off they [G]say that [A]I got [D]killed,
[Am] [F] [G]
[Bm]But I am [G]living [A]still.

[VERSE 3]

[Am] [G] [F] [Am]
[Bm]I was a [A]dam builder, across a [G]river deep and [Bm]wide,
[G] [F] [G]
[A]Where steel and [G]water did col[A]lide,
[Dm] [Am] [G] [F]
[Em]A place called [Bm]Boulder on the [A]wild Colo[G]rado,
[Dm] [Am] [G] [F]
[Em]I slipped and [Bm]fell into the [A]wet concrete be[G]low,
[Am] [G] [F] [G] [C]
[Bm]They buried [A]me in that gray [G]tomb that [A]knows no [D]sounds,
[Am] [F] [G]
[Bm]But I am [G]still a[A]round.

Bridge [C] [C/D] [Am] [G] [F] [Em] [Dm] [F] [G] [C]
I'll always be a[D]round, and a[D/C#]round, and a[Bm]round, and a[A]round, and a[G]round[D/F#] . [Em] [G] [A] [D]

Verse 4

[Am] [G] [F] [Am]
[Bm]I'll fly a [A]starship across the [G]universe di[Bm]vide,
[G] [F] [G]
[A]And when I [G]reach the other [A]side,
[Dm] [Am] [G] [F]
[Em]I'll find a [Bm]place to rest my [A]spirit if I [G]can,
[Dm] [Am] [G] [F]
[Em]Perhaps I [Bm]may become a [A]highwayman a[G]gain,
[Am] [G] [F] [G] [C]
[Bm]Or I may [A]simply be a [G]single [A]drop of [D]rain,
[Am] [F] [G]
[Bm]But I [G]will re[A]main,

Outro: [C] [C/D] [Am] [G] [F] [Em] [Dm] [F] [G] [C]
And I'll be back a[D]gain, and a[D/C#]gain, and a[Bm]gain, and a[A]gain, and a[G]gain.[D/F#] [Em] [G] [A] [D]

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God Bless Glen Travis Campbell