Highwayman tab by The Highwaymen

Tabs

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: B minorBm

Intro:


  B minorBm       B minorBm       B minorBm
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------2-3-4-3-2-------2-3-4-3-2-------2-3-4-3-2-------------|
A augmentedA|--2-5-----------5-2-5-----------5-2-5-----------5-2--0-1-2~-|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1: Willie Nelson

B minorBm   A augmentedA           G+G        B minorBm   A augmentedA       G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

I was a highwayman, Along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side,

E minorEm      B minorBm      A augmentedA       G+G
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------7h10p7~-5-----|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------7-4-|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|

Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade,

E minorEm   B minorBm        A augmentedA       G+G
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------12-12/15-(15)-12-|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my balde,

B minorBm      A augmentedA        G+G    A-D
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------7h8p7/5---|
G+G|------------------------------------------------7-|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|

The bastards hung me in the spring of '25,

  G+G      A augmentedA        A augmentedA
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------14p12-----------|
G+G|--------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----------14~-------|
D MajorD|----------------------9p7~----------------14~-----------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------0-1-2-|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------|

But I am still alive,

Verse 2: Kris Kristofferson (add distortion for the pinch harmonics)

B minorBm    A augmentedA                       G+G       B minorBm
E MajorE|-----------------------------17-22b-24-22-21-19-|------------------------14h15p14-14-15-17/19-17~-|
BB|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide,

A augmentedA      G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------------------------9--12--17--19-|
BB|-----------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------|

And with the sea I did abide

E minorEm     B minorBm         A augmentedA      G+G
E MajorE|-----------------------------21----------22----------26-----------19-|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

I sailed a schooner around the Horn to Mexico,

E minorEm   B minorBm         A augmentedA            G+G
E MajorE|-------------------------------21--26-24-26-24-26-19--15-|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|

I went aloft and furled the mainsall in a -    blow,

B minorBm      A augmentedA           G+G    A augmentedA   D MajorD
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------10-14~-12p10----|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed,

   G+G     A augmentedA         A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------14p12-----------|
G+G|---------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----------14~-------|
D MajorD|-----------------------9p7~----------------14~-----------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------0-1-2-|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

But I am living still,

E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------14p12-----------|
D MajorD|--------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----------14~-------|
G+G|----------------------9p7~----------------14~-----------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------0-1-2-|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3:Waylon Jennings (back to clean)

B minorBm      A augmentedA          G+G       B minorBm
E MajorE|--------------------|----------------------------------7------10b12b10-|
BB|--------------------|------------------------------------10p7----------|
G+G|--------------------|-----------------------------9b11-----------------|
D MajorD|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

I was a dam builder
Across a river deep and wide,

A augmentedA        G+G   D MajorD   A augmentedA
E MajorE|--------------------------------15/17-17-17-15/14----|
BB|--------------------------------------------------17-|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|

Where steel and water did collide,

E minorEm       B minorBm       A augmentedA   G+G
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------7-10-------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------7-10------7-10--------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------9h11-7h9-----|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------7h9-|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

A augmentedA place called Boulder on the wild Colorado,

E minorEm      B minorBm      A augmentedA        G+G
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------17/14---12h14p12/10-|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below,

B minorBm     A augmentedA         G+G     A augmentedA    D MajorD
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------7-8-7h8p7/5---|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------7-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

They buried me in that great tomb which has no sound,

  G+G      A augmentedA
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----|
G+G|-----------------------9p7~----------------14~-|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

But I am still around,

Chorus: All
         D MajorD     A/C#A/C#    B minorBm     A augmentedA      G+G      D/F#D/F#     E minorEm  G-A-D
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------17-------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------17b19----19b17-------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6-7~-------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-1-2-|

I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around, and around, and around,


Verse 4: Johnny Cash

B minorBm    A augmentedA          G+G    D MajorD    A augmentedA      G+G     D MajorD   A augmentedA
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

I fly a starship
Across the universe divide
And when I reach the other side,

E minorEm     B minorBm        A augmentedA     G+G
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------7h10p7~/5------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------7-4~-|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|

I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can


E minorEm     B minorBm     A augmentedA      G+G
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------12/15~/12-10h12------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------9h11-|
G+G|------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|

Perhaps I may become a highwayman again,

B minorBm    A augmentedA      G+G   A augmentedA    D MajorD
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------7-8-7h8p7/5---|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------7-|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|

Or I may simply be a single drop of rain,

 G+G     A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------14p12------|
D MajorD|--------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----------14~--|
G+G|----------------------9p7~----------------14~------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|

But I will remain,

Chorus: All

          D MajorD    A/C#A/C#   B minorBm    A augmentedA      G+G    D/F#D/F#    E minorEm
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------17----------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------17b19----19b17----------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

And I'll be back again,and again,and again,and again,and again,and again,and again,

Outro:
  G+G    A augmentedA  D MajorD
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------(2)--8-7-5---8-7-5---8-7-8-7-8/10~--|
G+G|-------------------7-------7----------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|


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| ~  Vibrato
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| (n) Ghost note
| /  Slide up
| b  Bend


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