Bm
{b-d-e-f-f#-f-e-d} (x8) /A /Bb
Bm - |
A | | |
G | Bm
| | |
. . I was a highwayman . . . . . . along the coach roads I did ride
A - | G D
A | | |
. With sword and pistol by my side
Em - |
Bm
| A | Gmaj7
| e-f-f# a-.
. . Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Em - |
Bm |
A |
Gmaj7 e-f#-a-
. . Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
(---777) - | A |
G A
D | | |
. . The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty five
G |
A...............
But I am still alive
/A /Bb Bm........ A..... a-e
G . . . . . . . Bm f#-g-f# . f#-g-a-b-
. . . I was a sailor . . .
. I was born upon the tide
(---655)......G.... D...A....
. . With the sea I did abide
e-a-Em2....... Bm......... A.......
Gmaj7............
. . . . I sailed a schooner round the horn to Mexico
/F# Em....... Bm....... A........ Gmaj7.....
.
. I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
/F#/A Bm.......
A....... G.... A....
D..............
. . . . . And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
G......... A
c#-b-a e-d-c# a-f#-e c#-b-a . . . c#-b-a
But I am living still
(---777)........
A...............
G.......
Bm e-f# e-f#-b-a-b-a
. . I was a dam builder . . across a river deep and wide
A....... G... D.
A........ a-a (16va)
. Where steel and water did collide
Em....... Bm........
A...... Gmaj7............
. A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
/F# Em....... Bm...... A......
Gmaj7 d-b a-f# e-f#-a-b
. . . . I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
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Fubarverse:
Bm........
A.............. G....... Bm.......
. . I was The Butcher . . . micless freshies I did slay
A.......
G...
D.
A......e-f-f# a-.
And those opposed to the code of the highway
Em....... Bm........
A...... Gmaj7............
.
In preacher's robe I rode the ridge by Warren's cove
/F# Em Bm
.......
A...... Gmaj7
. . . .
Collecting skulls to place into the closet trove
/F#/A Bm.......
A....... G.... A....
D..............
. . . . .
The Stephie-wephie always builds a tidy base
G.........
A c#-b-a e-d-c#
Nearby to shoot your face . . . . . . . . . . . . .
a-f#-e/A /B /C# D....... A/C#....... Bm....... A.......
And dice you to filets . . . . . and filets and filets
and filets
G....... D/F#....... Em........................ G A D........
/A a/D
and filets and filets and filets |
777.......
A.......
G... A...
D..............
. They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sound
G.......
A c#-b-a
e-d-c#
But I am still around
a-f#-e/A /B /C
D....... A/C#....... Bm.......
A.......
I'll always be around and around and around and around
G....... D/F#....... Em........................ G A D........
and around and around and around
F#m-Bm A G Bm
e-f# a
I'll fly a starship . . . across the universe divide
A
G
D A...............
. And when I reach the other side
Em....... Bm.......
A....... Gmaj7...............
. I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
/F# Em....... Bm..........
A....... Gmaj7........ /G /A
. . Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Bm.......
A.......
G... A...
D.......
. Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
G.......
A c#-b-a e-d-c#
But I will remain
a-f#-e/A /B
/C# D....... A/C#....... Bm....... A.......
. . . . . . .
And I'll be back again and again and again and again
G....... D/F#....... Em........................ G A D........
/A a/D
and again and again and again
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Written by Jimmy Webb.
Sung by Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson,
Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.
Our version is dedicated to Fubarbundy & Friends.
Via Fubarbundy Twitch stream, and soon to be released
on YT vids hopefully, we will be meeting the illustrious
Highwaymen who Fubar has become buddies with
along with his teammates; the occasional Alan,
and the even more occasional Ben Fruit.
The Highwaymen is a clan that Fubarbundy's
avatar Stephen has allied with in an ongoing Day Z
adventure.
This is taking place on an Aussie Deer Isle server
supported by supersweet admin Funk.
The Higwaymen clan follows the Highwaymen's code
which provides a semi-chivalric ideal by which they
manage their domain. Freshies are generally helped.
Hostiles and the mic-less are treated more summarily.
No mic no life . . .
Max, is the leader of this clan, and he's apparently
an American in Aussieland IRL. He inspires his clan
and their allies during road missions playing various
great tunes. The main one is, of course, this song
which I suppose is their clan theme song.
This one goes out to the butcher and his boyz.
May they forever haunt the hills of deer isle!
Cheers from The Grendelcat the ultimate lurker :-)
JC&Timmy
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