Easy Version
| Intro: |
| Bm Bm Bm Bm |
| Bm A |
| I was a highwayman |
| A G Bm A |
| Along the coach roads I did ride |
| G D A Em |
| With sword and pistol by my side |
| Em Bm |
| Many a young girl lost her |
| A G Em |
| Baubles to my trade |
| Bm A |
| Many a soldier shed his lifeblood |
| G Bm |
| On my blade |
| A |
| They finally hung me in the |
| G A D |
| Spring of twenty-five |
| G A Bm |
| But I am still alive |
| Bm A |
| I was a sailor |
| G Bm A |
| I was born upon the tide |
| G D A Em |
| And with the sea I did abide |
| Bm |
| I sailed a schooner round |
| A G Em |
| The horn to Mexico |
| Bm |
| I went aloft and furled the |
| A G Bm |
| Mainsail in a blow |
| Bm A |
| And when the yards broke off |
| G A D |
| They said that I got killed |
| G A Bm |
| But I am living still |
| Bm A |
| I was a dam builder across |
| G Bm A |
| The river deep and wide |
| G |
| Where steel and water |
| D A Em |
| Did collide |
| Em Bm |
| A place called Boulder on |
| A G Em |
| The wild Colorado |
| Bm |
| I slipped and fell into the |
| A G Bm |
| Wet concrete below |
| A |
| They buried me in that great |
| G A D |
| Tomb that knows no sound |
| G A |
| But I am still around |
| A D |
| Yes I'll always be around |
| A/C# Bm |
| And around and around and |
| A G |
| Around and around |
| D/F# Em G A D Bm |
| Around |
| Bridge: |
| A G Bm Bm x2 |
| Bm A |
| I fly a starship across the |
| G Bm A |
| Universe divide |
| G D A Em |
| And when I reach the other side |
| Bm |
| I'll find a place to rest |
| A G Em |
| My spirit if I can |
| Bm A |
| Perhaps I may become a highwayman |
| G Bm |
| Again |
| Bm A G |
| Or I may simply be a single |
| A D |
| Drop of rain |
| G A |
| But I will remain and I'll |
| D |
| Be back again |
| A/C# Bm A |
| And again and again and again |
| G D/F# Em |
| And again and again |
| Bridge: |
| A G Bm Bm x2 |
| Ending: |
| G A D |
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