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Highwayman by Johnny Cash - Guitar Chords

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            [Intro]
| Am | Am | Am | Am |

[Verse 1] (Willie Nelson)
 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
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
    F           G       G
But I am still alive

[Verse 2] (Kris Kristofferson)
Am       G             F             Am
 I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide
G         F           G
 With the sea, I did abide
Dm         Am                 G           F
I sailed a schooner round the horn to Mexico
Dm      Am                  G             F
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
Am           G                     F         G     C
And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed
    F          G         G
But I'm living still

[Verse 3] (Waylon Jennings)
Am           G                 F              Am
 I was a dam builder, across a river deep and wide
G               F            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 sound
    F           G
But I am still around

[Bridge] (All)
                C           G           Am          G           F           C     Dm   F F C
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around, and around...

[Verse 4] (Johnny Cash)
Am      G                   F          Am
I fly a starship 'cross the universe divide
G          F               G
And when I reach the other side
Dm       Am               G           F
I find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Dm        Am               G       F
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Am       G           F              C
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
F            G
But I will remain

[Outro] (All)
               C          G          Am         G          F          C    Dm  F F C
And I be back again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again...
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