Highwayman [Live] Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The wind was a torrent
[Bm]of darkness
[Em]Among the gusty trees
[Bm]The moon was a gho[C]stly galleon
[Am]Tossed upon cloudy [D]seas
And the [G]road was a ribbon of [Bm]moonlight
[Em]Over the purple moor
And [C]the highwayman [G]came riding,
[Bm]riding, [Em]riding
[C]Yes, the highwayman [G]came rid[Em]ing
[Am]Up to the [Em]old inn [D]door
[G]Over the cobbles he [Bm]clattered
[Em]An d clashed in the darkened yard
And he [Bm]tapped with his whip at [C]the window
But [Am]all [Bm]was locked a[D]n d barred
So he [G]whistled a tune to [Bm]the window
An[Em]d who should be waiting there
But [C]the landlord's black [G]eyed daughter
[B]Bess the landlor[Em]d's daughter
[C]Plaiting a dark [B]red love [Em]knot
[Am]Into her [Em]long black [D]hair
[G]One kiss, [Bm]my bonny sweetheart
For [Em]I'm after a prize tonight
But [Bm]I shall be back with
[C]the yellow gold
[Am]Before the morn[D]ing light
Yet [G]if they press me [Bm]sharply
[Em]Harry me through the day
Oh, then [C]look for me [G]by moonlight
[B]Watch for me by [Em]moonlight
And [C]I'll come to thee [G]by moon[Em]light
[Am]Though Hell should bar [D]the way
[G]He did not come at the[Bm] dawning
[Em]No, he did not come at the noon
[Bm]And out of t[C]he tawny sunset
[Am]be fore the ri[Bm]se of th[D]e moon
When the [G]road was a gypsy's [Bm]ribbon
[Em]Looping the purple moor
Oh a [C]redcoat troop came [G]marching,
[Bm]marching, [Em]marching
[C]King George's men [G]came [Em]marching
[Am]Up to the [Em]old inn [D]door
And they [G]bound the land
[Bm]lord's daughter
[Em]with many a sniggering jest
[Bm]And they bound the musket
[C]beside her
With the [Am]barrel [Bm]be neath her b[D]reast
Now [G]keep good watch and
[Bm]they kissed her
[Em]She heard the dead man say
"O[C]h look for me [G]by moon[B]light
Watch for me [Em]by moonlight
And [C]I'll come to thee by moon[Em]light
[Am]Though Hell should bar [D]the way"
[G]Look for me by [Bm]moonlight
[Em]Hoof beats ringing clear
[Bm]Watch for me by mo[C]onlight
Were they [Am]deaf that [Em]they did not [D]hear
For he [G]rode on the gypsy [Bm]highway
[Em]She breathed one final breath
Then her [C]finger moved in [G]the moonlight
[B]Her musket shattered [Em]the moonlight
And it [C]shattered her breast
in [G]the moonlight
[Em]And warn[Am]ed him with her [D]death
Oh [G]he turned; he spurred
on [Bm]to the west
[Em]He did not know who stood
[Bm]Out with her black hair [C]a
flowing down
[Am]Drenched with her [Em]own red [D]blood
Oh [G]not 'til the dawn had [Bm]he heard it
An[Em]d his face grew gray to hear
How [C]Bess the land[G]lord's daughter
[B]The landlord's black eye[Em]d daughter
Had [C]watched for her love in
[B]the moon[Em]light
[Am]And died in the dark[D]ness there
[G]Back he spurred like a m[Bm]adman
[Em]Shrieking a curse to the sky
[Bm]With the white road smoking
[C]behind him
And his [Am]rapier [Em]brandished [D]high
Blood [G]red were his spurs
in [Bm]the golden noon
[Em]Wine red his velvet coat
When they [C]shot him down
on [G]the highway
[B]Down like a dog on [Em]the highway
And he [C]lay in his blood on the highway
[Em]With a bunch[Am] of lace[B] at his throat
[D]And s[G]till on a winter's nig[Bm]ht they say
[Em]When the wind is in the trees
When [Bm]the moon [B]is a g[C]hostly galleon
[Am]Tossed [Em]upon cloudy [D]seas
When the [G]road is a ribbon of [Bm]moonlight
[Em]Over the purple moor
Oh [C]the highwayman comes rid[G]ing,
[B]rid[Em]ing, riding
[C]Yes the highwayman [G]comes rid[Em]ing
[Am]Up to the old inn [D]door.
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