Highwayman Chords & Tabs

by The Highwaymen

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 101
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 202, 1, 101]

[Intro]
| Bm   | Bm   | Bm   | Bm   |
[Verse 1] (Willie Nelson)
Bm      A                     G                 Bm  
I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride
A              G      D     A   
With sword and pistol by my side
Em           Bm            A             G    
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Em     Bm                A              G    
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
Bm           A              G         A      D   
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty five
    G           A   A
But I am still alive
[Verse 2] (Kris Kristofferson)
Bm      A             G             Bm  
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide
A        G      D    A   
With the sea, I did abide
Em         Bm                 A           G 
I sailed a schooner round the horn to Mexico
Em      Bm                  A             G   
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
Bm           A                     G         A     D     
And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed
    G           A    A
But I am living still
[Verse 3] (Waylon Jennings)
Bm        A                   G              Bm  
I was a dam builder, across a river deep and wide
A               G     D      A   
Where steel and water did collide
Em             Bm             A        G   
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
Em            Bm             A               G
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
Bm          A               G         A       D     
They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sound
    G           A    
But I am still around
[Bridge] (All)
                D           A/C#        Bm          A     
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around,
     G           D/F#     Em G A D
and around, and around ...
[Verse 4] (Johnny Cash)
Bm         A                   G          Bm  
I'll fly a starship 'cross the universe divide
A          G         D     A   
And when I reach the other side
Em          Bm               A           G  
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Em        Bm               A       G   
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Bm       A           G      A       D   
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
G            A   
But I will remain
[Outro] (All)
                  D          A/C#       Bm         A    
And I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again,
     G          D/F#    Em G A D
and again, and again ...