{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1682403,"song":"The Highwayman","artist":"Loreena McKennitt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11352269-the-highwayman-chords-by-loreena-mckennitt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1682403?type=chord","rating":4.78203,"votes":50,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd the highwayman came riding,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRiding, riding,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe'd a French cocked hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA coat of claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThey fitted with nary a wrinkle; his boots were up to the thigh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd he rode with a jeweled twinkle,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis pistol butts a-twinkle,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHis rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jeweled sky.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOver the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn yard,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nHe whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nBut the landlord's black-eyed daughter,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBess, the landlord's daughter,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPlaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize tonight,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYet if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThen look for me by the moonlight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWatch for me by the moonlight,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll come to thee by the moonlight, though hell should bar the way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe rose upright in the stirrups; he scarce could reach her hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut she loosened her hair i' the casement! His face burnt like a brand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAs the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAnd he kissed its waves in the moonlight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(Oh, sweet waves in the moonlight!)[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen he tugged at his rein in the moonlight, and galloped away to the west.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe did not come at the dawning; he did not come at noon,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd out of the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nWhen the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nA red-coat troop came marching,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMarching, marching[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing George's men came marching, up to the old inn-door.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey said no word to the landlord, they drank his ale instead,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nTwo of them knelt at the casement, with muskets at their side![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThere was death at every window[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd hell at one dark window;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor Bess could see, through the casement,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe road that he would ride.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey had tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey had bound a musket beside her, with the barrel beneath her breast![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n\"now keep good watch!\" And they kissed her.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nShe heard the dead man say[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\n\"Look for me by the moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWatch for me by the moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll come to thee by the moonlight, though hell should bar the way!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe twisted her hands behind her, but all the knots held good![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThey stretched and strained in the darkness and the hours crawled by like years![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nTill, now, on the stroke of midnight,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCold, on the stroke of midnight,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe tip of one finger touched it![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe trigger at least was hers![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTotelot-totelot! Had they heard it? The horse's hooves rang clear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTotelot-totelot, in the distance! Were they deaf that they did not hear?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nDown the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe highwayman came riding,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRiding, riding![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe red-coats looked to their priming![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe stood up straight and still![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTotelot in the frosty silence! Totelot, in the echoing night![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNearer he came and nearer! Her face was like a light![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nHer eyes grew wide for a moment! She drew one last deep breath,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nThen her finger moved in the moonlight,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer musket shattered the moonlight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him with her death.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe turned; he spurred to the west; he did not know she stood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBowed, with her head o'er the musket, drenched with her own red blood![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nNot till the dawn he heard it; his face grew grey to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nHow Bess, the landlord's daughter,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe landlord's black-eyed daughter,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHad watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBack, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlood-red were the spurs in the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they shot him down on the highway,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown like a dog on the highway,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the moon is a ghostly galleon, tossed upon the cloudy seas,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nWhen the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA highwayman comes riding,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRiding, riding,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm Am C G Am","chords":["Am","C","G","G/B","Dm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}