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Highwayman tab by The Highwaymen

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  • Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: Bm

Intro:


    Bm              Bm              Bm
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------2-3-4-3-2-------2-3-4-3-2-------2-3-4-3-2-------------|
A|--2-5-----------5-2-5-----------5-2-5-----------5-2--0-1-2~-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1: Willie Nelson

Bm      A                      G                Bm     A              G      D    A
E|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

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

Em           Bm            A             G
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------7h10p7~-5-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------7-4-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade,

Em     Bm                A              G
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------12-12/15-(15)-12-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my balde,

Bm            A               G        A-D
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------7h8p7/5---|
G|------------------------------------------------7-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

The bastards hung me in the spring of '25,

    G            A               A
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------14p12-----------|
G|--------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----------14~-------|
D|----------------------9p7~----------------14~-----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------0-1-2-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

But I am still alive,

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

Bm        A                                             G             Bm
E|-----------------------------17-22b-24-22-21-19-|------------------------14h15p14-14-15-17/19-17~-|
B|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide,

A            G     D   A
E|---------------------------9--12--17--19-|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

And with the sea I did abide


Em          Bm                 A            G
E|-----------------------------21----------22----------26-----------19-|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

I sailed a schooner around the Horn to Mexico,

Em      Bm                  A                       G
E|-------------------------------21--26-24-26-24-26-19--15-|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

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

Bm           A                     G        A     D
E|-------------------------------------------------------10-14~-12p10----|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------12-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

     G          A                 A
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------14p12-----------|
G|---------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----------14~-------|
D|-----------------------9p7~----------------14~-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------0-1-2-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

But I am living still,

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------14p12-----------|
D|--------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----------14~-------|
G|----------------------9p7~----------------14~-----------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------0-1-2-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3:Waylon Jennings (back to clean)

Bm           A                   G              Bm
E|--------------------|----------------------------------7------10b12b10-|
B|--------------------|------------------------------------10p7----------|
G|--------------------|-----------------------------9b11-----------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

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

A               G     D      A
E|--------------------------------15/17-17-17-15/14----|
B|--------------------------------------------------17-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Where steel and water did collide,

Em             Bm             A     G
E|-----------------------------------------------7-10-------------------|
B|------------------------------------------7-10------7-10--------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------9h11-7h9-----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------7h9-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado,

Em            Bm            A               G
E|---------------------------------------------17/14---12h14p12/10-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below,

Bm         A                  G         A        D
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------7-8-7h8p7/5---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------7-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

    G            A
E|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----|
G|-----------------------9p7~----------------14~-|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

But I am still around,

Chorus: All
                 D          A/C#        Bm          A            G           D/F#         Em   G-A-D
E|-------------------------------------------------------------17-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------17b19----19b17-------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6-7~-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-1-2-|

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


Verse 4: Johnny Cash

Bm        A                    G        D        A           G         D     A
E|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

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

Em         Bm               A          G
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------7h10p7~/5------|
D|------------------------------------------------------7-4~-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

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


Em         Bm          A           G
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------12/15~/12-10h12------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------9h11-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Perhaps I may become a highwayman again,

Bm        A           G     A       D
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------7-8-7h8p7/5---|
D|---------------------------------------------------7-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Or I may simply be a single drop of rain,

 G          A
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------14p12------|
D|--------------------6-------9-7-6~--14p11-----------14~--|
G|----------------------9p7~----------------14~------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

But I will remain,

Chorus: All

                   D        A/C#      Bm        A           G       D/F#       Em
E|---------------------------------------------------------17----------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------17b19----19b17----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Outro:
   G       A   D
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------(2)--8-7-5---8-7-5---8-7-8-7-8/10~--|
G|-------------------7-------7----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|



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


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