Johnny Cash – Highwayman chords
Chords:
Capo 2nd fret (Willie)Am G F AmI was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did rideG F GWith sword and pistol by my sideDm Am G FMany a young maid lost her baubles to my tradeDm Am G FMany a soldier shed his lifeblood on my bladeAm G F CThe bastards hung me, in the spring of twenty-fiveF GBut I am still alive.------------------------------------------------------- (Kris)Am G F AmI was a sailor. I was born upon the tideG F GAnd with the sea I did abide.Dm Am G FI sailed a schooner round the Horn to MexicoDm Am G FI went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blowAm G F CAnd when the yards broke off, they said that I got killedF GBut I am living still.----------------------------------------------------------- (Waylon)Am G F AmI was a dam builder. Across the river deep and wide.G F GWhere steel and water did collide.Dm Am G FA place called Boulder on the wild ColoradoDm Am G FI slipped and fell into the wet concrete belowAm G F Am They buried me, in that great tomb that knows no soundF GBut I am still around..G C Am G F Em Dm I'll always be around and around............------------------------------------------------------------- (Johnny)Am G F AmI fly a starship across the Universe divideG F GAnd when I reach the other sideDm Am G FI'll find a place to rest my spirit if I canDm Am G FPerhaps I may become a highwayman againAm G F Am Or I may simply be a single drop of rainG F GBut I, will remainG C Am G F Em DmAnd I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again..