Intro: BmVerse 1: (Willie Nelson)
BmAGBm
I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride,
AGDA
Sword and pistol by my side,
EmBmAG
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade,
EmBmAG
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade,
BmAGAD
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five,
GA
But I am still alive
Verse 2: (Kris Kristofferson)
BmAGBm
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide,
AGDA
With the sea I did abide,
EmBmAG
I sailed a schooner round the horn of Mexico,
EmBmAG
I went aloft and furled the main sail in a blow,
BmAGAD
And when the yard broke off they say that I got killed,
GA
But I am living still
Verse 3: (Waylon Jennings)
BmAGBm
I was a dam builder, across a river long and wide,
AGDA
Where steel and water did collide,
EmBmAGA place called boulder on the wild Colorado,
EmBmAG
I slipped and fell on the wet concrete below,
BmAGAD
They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sounds,
GA
But I am still around,
Chorus: (All)
DDBmGDEm
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around
GADVerse 4: (Johnny Cash)
BmAGBm
I'll fly a starship across the universe divide,
AGDA
And when I reach the other side,
EmBmAG
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can,
EmBmAG
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again,
BmAGAD
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain,
GA
But I will remain,
Outro: (All) (same chords as Bridge)
DDBmAGDEm
And I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again, and again
GADAD (let D ring)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.