{"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":1791264,"song":"The Highwayman","artist":"Glen Campbell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11394282-the-highwayman-chords-by-glen-campbell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1791264?type=chord","rating":4.97029,"votes":24,"content":"The Highwayman\r\nGlen Campbell\r\nwritten by Jimmy Webb\r\n\r\nIntro [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]G#[/ch]                 [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI was a highwayman, along the coach trails I did ride.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]  \r\nSword and pistol by my side.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nMany a young maid lost her baubles to my trade.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nMany a soilder shed his lifeblood on my blade.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nThe bastards hung me in the spring of 25,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nbut I am still alive.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]D#[/ch]            [ch]Cm[/ch]           \r\nI was a sailor, I was born upon the tide.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]D#[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nand With the sea I did abide.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI sailed a schooner round the horn of Mexico.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI went aloft and furled the main sail in a blow.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]D#[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAnd when the yard broke off they say that I got killed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut I am living  still.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]G#[/ch]             [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd I was a dam builder, across the river deep and wide.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]D#[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhere steel and water did collide.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]             [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nA place called Boulder on the wild Colorado[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]             [ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI slipped and fell into the wet concrete below.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]D#[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nThey buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut I am still around.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 1\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D#[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]D#[/ch]                       \r\nI guess I'll always be around and around and around and around [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nand around ( fading)[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 4\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]G#[/ch]          [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI'll fly a starship. Across the universe divide.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd when I reach the other side.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]          [ch]Cm[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]Cm[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nPerhaps I may become a highwayman again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]       [ch]D#[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nOr I may simply be a single drop of rain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut I will remain.[/tab]\r\n\r\noutro\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D#[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]D#[/ch]   [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]D#[/ch]                \r\nAnd I'll be back again and again and again and again[/tab]\r\n\r\nflyinglibra51\r\nGod Bless Glen Travis Campbell","plain_text":"The Highwayman\nGlen Campbell\nwritten by Jimmy Webb\n\nIntro Cm\n\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 1\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\noutro\n\n\n\nflyinglibra51\nGod Bless Glen Travis Campbell","chords":["Cm","Bb","G#","D#","Fm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]}}}