Highwaymen ukulele

Highwaymen

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Verse: 
Bm      A  
I was a highwayman 
          G                 Bm 
Along the coach roads I did ride 
A         G            A 
Sword and pistol by my side 
Em     Bm                  A              G 
Many a young maid lost her bottles to my trade 
Em     Bm                A               G 
Many a soldier shed his life blood on my blade 
Bm           A              G         A      D 
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty five 
    G            A 
But I am still alive 
 
Verse: 
 
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide, 
With the sea I did abide, 
I sailed a schooner round the horn of Mexico, 
I went aloft and furled the main sail in a blow, 
And when the yard broke off they say that I got killed, 
But I am living still 
 
 
Verse: 
 
I was a damnbuilder 
across the river deep and wide  
where steel and water did collide 
a place called Boulder on the wild Colorado 
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below 
they buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound  
but I'm still around 
 
                D           D/C#        Bm7         A           G    D/F# Em 
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around 
 
 
Verse: 
 
I'll fly a starship 
'cross the universe divine 
and when I reach the other side 
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can 
perhaps I may become a highwayman again 
or I may simply be a single drop of rain 
but I will remain 
and I'll be back again, (and again - repeat and fade) 
 
 
 

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