Highwayman [Live] accords par 
Phil Ochs 
N/A24 vues
Key: B major•
Verse 1
B
The wind was a torrent
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of darkness
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Among the gusty trees
D#m
E
The moon was a ghostly galleon
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F#
Tossed upon cloudy seas
B
D#m
And the road was a ribbon of moonlight
G#m
Over the purple moor
E
B
And the highwayman came riding,
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G#m
riding, riding
E
B
G#m
Yes, the highwayman came rid ing
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G#m
F#
Up to the old inn door
B
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Over the cobbles he clattered
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An d clashed in the darkened yard
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E
And he tapped with his whip at the window
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D#m
F#
But all was locked an d barred
B
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So he whistled a tune to the window
G#m
An d who should be waiting there
E
B
But the landlord's black eyed daughter
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G#m
Bess the land lord's daughter
E
D#
G#m
Plaiting a dark red love knot
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G#m
F#
Into her long black hair
B
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One kiss, my bonny sweetheart
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For I'm after a prize tonight
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But I shall be back with
E
the yellow gold
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F#
Before the morn ing light
B
D#m
Yet if they press me sharply
G#m
Harry me through the day
E
B
Oh, then look for me by moonlight
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G#m
Watch for me by moonlight
E
B
G#m
And I'll come to thee by moon light
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F#
Though Hell should bar the way
B
D#m
He did not come at the dawning
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No, he did not come at the noon
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E
And out of the tawny sunset
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D#m
F#
be fore the rise of the moon
B
D#m
When the road was a gypsy's ribbon
G#m
Looping the purple moor
E
B
Oh a redcoat troop came marching,
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G#m
marching, marching
E
B
G#m
King George's men came marching
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G#m
F#
Up to the old inn door
B
And they bound the land
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lord's daughter
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with many a sniggering jest
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And they bound the musket
E
beside her
C#m
D#m
F#
With the barrel be neath her breast
B
Now keep good watch and
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they kissed her
G#m
She heard the dead man say
E
B
D#
"O h look for me by moon light
G#m
Watch for me by moonlight
E
G#m
And I'll come to thee by moon light
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F#
Though Hell should bar the way"
B
D#m
Look for me by moonlight
G#m
Hoof beats ringing clear
D#m
E
Watch for me by moonlight
C#m
G#m
F#
Were they deaf that they did not hear
B
D#m
For he rode on the gypsy highway
G#m
She breathed one final breath
E
B
Then her finger moved in the moonlight
D#
G#m
Her musket shattered the moonlight
E
And it shattered her breast
B
in the moonlight
G#m
C#m
F#
And warned him with her death
B
Oh he turned; he spurred
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on to the west
G#m
He did not know who stood
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E
Out with her black hair a
flowing down
C#m
G#m
F#
Drenched with her own red blood
B
D#m
Oh not 'til the dawn had he heard it
G#m
An d his face grew gray to hear
E
B
How Bess the land lord's daughter
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G#m
The landlord's black eyed daughter
E
Had watched for her love in
D#
G#m
the moon light
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F#
And died in the dark ness there
B
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Back he spurred like a madman
G#m
Shrieking a curse to the sky
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With the white road smoking
E
behind him
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G#m
F#
And his rapier brandished high
B
Blood red were his spurs
D#m
in the golden noon
G#m
Wine red his velvet coat
E
When they shot him down
B
on the highway
D#
G#m
Down like a dog on the highway
E
And he lay in his blood on the highway
G#m
C#m
D#
With a bunch of lace at his throat
F#
B
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An d still on a winter's night they say
G#m
When the wind is in the trees
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D#
E
When the moon is a ghostly galleon
C#m
G#m
F#
Tossed upon cloudy seas
B
D#m
When the road is a ribbon of moonlight
G#m
Over the purple moor
E
B
Oh the highwayman comes rid ing,
D#
G#m
rid ing, riding
E
B
G#m
Yes the highwayman comes rid ing
C#m
F#
Up to the old inn door.
C#m
D#m
F#
B
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