The Naked Highwayman chords

[INTRO]
[C] [G] [C] [G]

[VERSE]
As [C]I rode out one summer's day, for profit and for pleasure
I planned to rob the London coach and take it at my [G]leisure
A [C]brace of pistols duly primed, a sabre fit to shave on
I waited underneath the trees that lined the banks of [G]Avon

[VERSE]
I [C]didn't hear her dainty step, as she appeared before me
A face to charm a singing bird, with words that did im[G]plore me
"[C]Can you help me sir?" she said, "I fear the time is near run
For me to cross before the tide swells the banks of [G]Avon"

[CHORUS]
[C]All you roving fellows, listen while you [F]can
[C]Of the time that I became a naked highway[F]man
Come [C]all you roving fellows, listen while you [F]can
[C]Of the time that I became a naked highway[F]man

[VERSE]
So [C]gallantly I did dismount and walked into the water
As she told me that she was a wealthy merchant's [G]daughter
[C]So I thought I'd try my luck and do my best to charm her
Said I was the only son of a country [G]farmer

[VERSE]
"Your [C]hands they are as smooth as silk, they never touched a plough, sir
I suppose those pistols help you milking of your [G]cows"
She [C]looked at me with mocking eyes, as coal-black as a raven
And then she fell into my arms beside the banks of [G]Avon

[CHORUS]
[C]All you roving fellows, listen while you [F]can
[C]Of the time that I became a naked highway[F]man
Come [C]all you roving fellows, listen while you [F]can
[C]Of the time that I became a naked highway[F]man

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[F] [Am] [D] [Am] [G]

[VERSE]
Her [C]honeyed lips, I was beguiled, a lamb led to the slaughter
Eventually I fell asleep in the arms of the merchant's [G]daughter
When [C]I awoke I was alone, my clothes and pistols taken
With just the leaves to hide my shame beside the banks of [G]Avon

[VERSE]
In [C]vain I tried to catch a glimpse of the city spires
Running like a rabbit through the bushes and the [G]briars
[C]Then I heard the London coach and I was all a-shiver
A lady's voice was calling out, "Stand-to and de[G]liver!"

[CHORUS]
[C]All you roving fellows, listen while you [F]can
[C]Of the time that I became a naked highway[F]man
Come [C]all you roving fellows, listen while you [F]can
[C]Of the time that I became a naked highway[F]man

[VERSE]
"Your [C]money or your life I'll have, it's all the same to me
It's hanged for a sheep or murder in the first de[G]gree"
She [C]stood there in my overcoat, brandishing my pistol
And relieved the London coach of the gold of [G]Bristol

[VERSE]
And she's [C]up and mounted on my horse and rode into the distance
And I went naked to the coach begging for as[G]sistance
No [C]more I'll play the highwaymen, nor more I'll put the mask on
I'll leave it to the bright-eyed girl who roams the banks of [G]Avon

[CHORUS]
[C]All you roving fellows, listen while you [F]can
[C]Of the time that I became a naked highway[F]man
Come [C]all you roving fellows, listen while you [F]can
[C]Of the time that I became a naked highway[F]man

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[F] [Am] [D] [Am] [G]

[VERSE]
As [C]I rode out one summer's day, for profit and for pleasure
I planned to rob the London coach and take it at my [G]leisure
A [C]brace of pistols duly primed, a sabre fit to shave on
I waited underneath the trees that lined the banks of [G]Avon

[OUTRO]
[G]