Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Half-Step Down (D#D#
G#G#
C#C#
F#F#
A#A#
D#D#) Key:
C majorC Difficulty: Novice Poem by Alfred Noyes 1st stanza:
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E minorEm The wind was a torrent of darkness
A minorAm Among the gusty trees
E minorEm
FF The moon was a ghostly galleon
DmDm
G7G7 Tossed upon cloudy seas
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E minorEm And the road was a ribbon of moonlight
A minorAm Over the purple moor
FF
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E MajorE
A minorAm And the highwayman came riding, riding, riding
FF
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A minorAm Yes, the highwayman came riding
DmDm
G7G7 Up to the old inn door 2nd stanza:
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E minorEm Over the cobbles he clattered
A minorAm And clashed in the darkened yard
E minorEm
FF And he tapped with his whip at the window
DmDm
G7G7 But all was locked and barred
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E minorEm So he whistled a tune to the window
A minorAm And who should be waiting there
FF
C majorC But the landlord's black eyed daughter
E MajorE
A minorAm Bess the landlord's daughter
FF
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A minorAm Plaiting a dark red love knot
DmDm
G7G7 Into her long black hair 3rd stanza:
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E minorEm One kiss, my bonny sweetheart
A minorAm For I'm after a prize tonight
E minorEm
FF But I shall be back with the yellow gold
DmDm
G7G7 Before the morning light
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E minorEm Yet if they press me sharply
A minorAm Harry me through the day
FF
C majorC Oh, then look for me by moonlight
E MajorE
A minorAm Watch for me by moonlight
FF
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A minorAm And I'll come to thee by moonlight
DmDm
G7G7 Though Hell should bar the way 4th stanza:
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E minorEm He did not come at the dawning
A minorAm No, he did not come at the noon
E minorEm
FF And out of the tawny sunset
DmDm
G7G7 Before the rise of the moon
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E minorEm When the road was a gypsy's ribbon
A minorAm Looping the purple moor
FF
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E MajorE
A minorAm Oh a redcoat troop came marching, marching, marching
FF
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A minorAm King George's men came marching
DmDm
G7G7 Up to the old inn door 5th stanza:
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E minorEm And they bound the landlord's daughter
A minorAm With many a sniggering jest
E minorEm
FF And they bound the musket beside her
DmDm
G7G7 With the barrel beneath her breast
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E minorEm Now keep good watch and they kissed her
A minorAm She heard the dead man say
FF
C majorC "Oh look for me by moonlight
E MajorE
A minorAm Watch for me by moonlight
FF
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A minorAm And I'll come to thee by moonlight
DmDm
G7G7 Though Hell should bar the way" 6th stanza:
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E minorEm Look for me by moonlight
A minorAm Hoofbeats rining clear
E minorEm
FF Watch for me by moonlight
DmDm
G7G7 Were they deaf that they did not hear
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E minorEm For he rode on the gypsy highway
A minorAm She breathed one final breath
FF
C majorC Then her finger moved in the moonlight
E MajorE
A minorAm Her musket shattered the moonlight
FF
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A minorAm And it shattered her breast in the moonlight
DmDm
G7G7 And warned him with her death 7th stanza:
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E minorEm Oh he turned; he spurred on to the west
A minorAm He did not know who stood
E minorEm
FF Out with her black hair a flowing down
DmDm
G7G7 Drenched with her own red blood
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E minorEm Oh not 'til the dawn had he heard it
A minorAm And his face grew gray to hear
FF
C majorC How Bess the landlord's daughter
E MajorE
A minorAm The landlord's black eyed daughter
FF
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A minorAm Had watched for her love in the moonlight
DmDm
G7G7 And died in the darkness there 8th stanza:
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E minorEm Back he spurred like a madman
A minorAm Shrieking a curse to the sky
E minorEm
FF With the white road smoking behind him
DmDm
G+G And his rapier brandished high
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E minorEm Blood red were his spurs in the golden noon
A minorAm Wine red his velvet coat
FF
C majorC When they shot him down on the highway
E MajorE
A minorAm Down like a dog on the highway
FF
C majorC And he lay in his blood on the highway
FF
G+G With a bunch of lace at his throat Outro:
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E minorEm And still on a winter's night they say
A minorAm When the wind is in the trees
E minorEm
FF When the moon is a ghostly galleon
DmDm
G7G7 Tossed upon cloudy seas
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E minorEm When the road is a ribbon of moonlight
A minorAm Over the purple moor
FF
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E MajorE
A minorAm Oh the highwayman comes riding, riding, riding
FF
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A minorAm Yes the highwayman comes riding
DmDm
G7G7
C majorC Up to the old inn door
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'The Highwayman' by Phil Ochs, a male artist. Phil Ochs was born in 1940. He passed away in 1976