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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: The Highwayman
By:   Jimmy Webb
 
{capo fret III}
 
[intro:]   Am

 [verse: 1]
Am          G                  F                 Am 
I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride
G                F     C      G
 With sword and pistol by my side
Dm     Am                    G            F
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Dm     Am               G               F
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
Am           G              F           G     C
They finally hung me in the spring of twenty five
     F           G
But I am still alive
 
[verse: 2]
Am      G             F     G       Am
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide
G         F    C    G
With the sea I did abide
Dm         Am                 G           F
I sailed a schooner round the horn of Mexico
Dm      Am                  G              F
I went aloft and furled the main sail in a blow
Am           G                    F        G     C
And when the yards broke off they say that I got killed
    F            G
But I am living still
 
[verse: 3]
Am      G                     F              Am
I was a dam builder, across a river deep and wide
G                F     C     G
Where steel and water did collide
Dm             Am             G        F
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
Dm            Am            G              F
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
Am          G               F         G        C
They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sounds
     F           G
But I am still around

[bridge:]  {bass walk down C B A G F E D}   {turn around F G C} 
                 C/C         C/B        Am/A       Am/G           F/F   F/E   Dm/D   | F  G | C | C |
  I'll always be around and around and around and around (pah pah pah .....   )

           
[verse: 4]
Am         G                   F          Am
I'll fly a starship across the universe divide
G           F         C     G            
And when I reach the other side
Dm          Am               G           F
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Dm        Am           G           F
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Am       G           F      G       C
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
    F        G
But I will remain
 
[coda:]  {bass walk down C B A G F E D}   {turn around F G C} 

                C/C         C/B        Am/A       Am/G           F/F   F/E   Dm/D   | F  G |
  I'll be back again                                    (pah pah pah .....   )
                C/C         C/B        Am/A       Am/G           F/F   F/E   Dm/D   | F  G |
                                                        (pah pah pah .....   )
                C/C         C/B        Am/A       Am/G           F/F   F/E   Dm/D   | F  G |
                C/C         C/B        Am/A       Am/G           F/F   F/E   Dm/D   | F  G | C {let ring}



chords:

Am      002210
Am/A    x02010 
Am/G    3x2210
C       032010
C/C     x32010
C/B     x22010 
Dm      000231
Dm/D    xx0231
F       133211
F/F     133211
F/E     033211
G       320003