Highwayman, compuesta por Jimmy Webb, cuenta las vidas de cuatro almas a lo largo del tiempo, cada una muere de manera dramática. Webb se inspiró en la continuidad y la idea de reencarnación.
Tono: Bm
Introducción:
Bm
Bm
Bm
Bm
Bm
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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
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G
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Em
Bm
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G
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
Bm
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G
A
D
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty five
G
A
But I am still alive
Bm
A
G
Bm
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide
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G
D
A
With the sea, I did abide
Em
Bm
A
G
I sailed a schooner round the horn to Mexico
Em
Bm
A
G
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
Bm
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G
A
D
And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed
G
A
But I am living still
Bm
A
G
Bm
I was a dam builder, across a river deep and wide
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G
D
A
Where steel and water did collide
Em
Bm
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G
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
Em
Bm
A
G
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
Bm
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G
A
D
They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sound
G
A
But I am still around
D
A/C#
Bm
A
I'll always be around, and around, and around, and around,
G
D/F#
Em
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A
D
and around, and around ...
Bm
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G
Bm
I'll fly a starship 'cross the universe divide
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G
D
A
And when I reach the other side
Em
Bm
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G
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Em
Bm
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G
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Bm
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G
A
D
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
G
A
But I will remain
D
A/C#
Bm
A
And I'll be back again, and again, and again, and again,