This is an instructional video on how to play The Highwayman by Jimmy Webb based on my YouTube performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1SXABFbjvQ
I hope this is helpful to those who are interested in learning this. My YouTube friend from Australia, Mach Buffet, recently asked me for this tutorial and so here it is. Thanks so much for watching!!
- Glenn
Here are the chords and lyrics:
THE HIGHWAYMAN (Jimmy Webb)
Intro: Asus2
Am G F Am C
I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride
G F Am G
With sword and pistol by my side
Dm Am G Fmaj7
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Dm Am G Fmaj7
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
Am G F
They finally hung me in the spring of
G C C/B F G
twenty-five, But I am still alive.
Am G F Am C
I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide
G F Am G
And with the sea I did abide.
Dm Am G Fmaj7
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
Dm Am G Fmaj7
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
Am G F
And when the yards broke off they said
G C C/B F G
that I got killed But I am living still.
Am G F Am C
I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide
G F Am G
Where steel and water did collide
Dm Am G Fmaj7
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
Dm Am G Fmaj7
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
Am G F
They buried me in that great tomb that
G C C/B F G
knows no sound But I am still around
C C/B
..I'll always be around..
Am Am/G F F/E Dm F G Asus2
Am G F Am C
I fly a starship across the Universe divide
G F Am G
And when I reach the other side
Dm Am G Fmaj7
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Dm Am G Fmaj7
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Am G F G Am
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
F G C C/B Am
But I will still remain And I'll be back again
Am/G F F/E Dm F G Asus2