Intro: Bm7
Verse 1: (Willie Nelson)
Bm7AGBm7
I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride,
AGDA
Sword and pistol by my side,
EmBm7AG
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade,
EmBm7AG
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade,
Bm7AGAD
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five,
GA
But I am still alive
Verse 2: (Kris Kristofferson)
Bm7AGBm7
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide,
AGDA
With the sea I did abide,
EmBm7AG
I sailed a schooner round the horn of Mexico,
EmBm7AG
I went aloft and furled the main sail in a blow,
Bm7AGAD
And when the yard broke off they say that I got killed,
GA
But I am living still
Verse 3: (Waylon Jennings)
Bm7AGBm7
I was a dam builder, across a river long and wide,
AGDA
Where steel and water did collide,
EmBm7AG
A place called boulder on the wild Colorado,
EmBm7AG
I slipped and fell on the wet concrete below,
Bm7AGAD
They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sounds,
GA
But I am still around,
Chorus: (All)
DD/C#Bm7GD/F#Em
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around, and around
GAD
Verse 4: (Johnny Cash)
Bm7AGBm7
I'll fly a starship across the universe divide,
AGDA
And when I reach the other side,
EmBm7AG
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can,
EmBm7AG
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again,
Bm7AGAD
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain,
GA
But I will remain,
Outro: (All) (same chords as bridge)
DD/C#Bm7AGD/F#Em
And I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again, and again