Intro: Am Am C G AmAm C G/B Am The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty treesAm C G/B Am The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seasDm G C G/B Am G The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moorDm G C G/B And the highwayman came riding,Am G Riding, riding,Am G/B Dm Am The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.Am C G/B Am He'd a French cocked hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,Am C G/B Am A coat of claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin;Dm G C G/B Am G/B They fitted with nary a wrinkle; his boots were up to the thighDm G C G/B And he rode with a jeweled twinkle,Am G His pistol butts a-twinkle,Am G/B Dm Am His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jeweled sky.Am C G/B Am Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn yard,Am C G/B Am And he tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred;Dm G C G/B Am G/B He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there?Dm G C G/B But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,Am G Bess, the landlord's daughter,Am G/B Dm Am Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.Am C G/B Am "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize tonight,Am C G Am But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;Dm G C G\B Am G Yet if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,Dm G C G/B Then look for me by the moonlight,Am Am Watch for me by the moonlight,Am G Dm Am I'll come to thee by the moonlight, though hell should bar the way.Am C G Am He rose upright in the stirrups; he scarce could reach her handAm C G/B Am But she loosened her hair i' the casement! His face burnt like a brandDm G C G/B Am G/B As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;Dm G C G/B And he kissed its waves in the moonlight,Am G (Oh, sweet waves in the moonlight!)Am G/B Dm Am Then he tugged at his rein in the moonlight, and galloped away to the west.Am C G/B Am He did not come at the dawning; he did not come at noon,Am C G/B Am And out of the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon,Dm G C G/B Am G/B When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor,Dm G C G/B A red-coat troop came marching,Am G Marching, marchingAm G/B Dm Am King George's men came marching, up to the old inn-door.Am C G They said no word to the landlord, they drank his ale instead,Am C G/B Am But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bedDm G C G/B Am G/B Two of them knelt at the casement, with muskets at their side!Dm G C G/B There was death at every windowAm G And hell at one dark window;Am G/B Dm For Bess could see, through the casement,Am The road that he would ride.Am C G Am They had tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest;Am C G/B Am They had bound a musket beside her, with the barrel beneath her breast!Dm G C G/B "now keep good watch!" And they kissed her.Am G/B She heard the dead man sayDm G C G/B "Look for me by the moonlightAm G Watch for me by the moonlightAm G/B Dm Am I'll come to thee by the moonlight, though hell should bar the way!"Am C G Am She twisted her hands behind her, but all the knots held good!Am C G/B Am She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!Dm G C G/B Am G/B They stretched and strained in the darkness and the hours crawled by like years!Dm G C G/B Till, now, on the stroke of midnight,Am G Cold, on the stroke of midnight,Am G/B Dm The tip of one finger touched it!Am The trigger at least was hers!Am C G/B Am Totelot-totelot! Had they heard it? The horse's hooves rang clearAm C G/B Am Totelot-totelot, in the distance! Were they deaf that they did not hear?Dm G C G/B Am G/B Down the ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill,Dm G C G The highwayman came riding,Am G Riding, riding!Am G/B Dm The red-coats looked to their priming!Am She stood up straight and still!Am C G Am Totelot in the frosty silence! Totelot, in the echoing night!Am C G/B Am Nearer he came and nearer! Her face was like a light!Dm G C G/B Am G/B Her eyes grew wide for a moment! She drew one last deep breath,Dm G C G/B Then her finger moved in the moonlight,Am G Her musket shattered the moonlight,Am G/B Dm Am Shattered her breast in the moonlight and warned him with her death.Am C G Am He turned; he spurred to the west; he did not know she stoodAm C G Am Bowed, with her head o'er the musket, drenched with her own red blood!Dm G C G/B Am G/B Not till the dawn he heard it; his face grew grey to hearDm G C G/B How Bess, the landlord's daughter,Am G The landlord's black-eyed daughter,Am G/B Dm Am Had watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.Am C G/B Am Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the skyAm C G/B Am With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high!Dm G C G Am G Blood-red were the spurs in the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat,Dm G C G When they shot him down on the highway,Am G Down like a dog on the highway,Am G/B Dm Am And he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat.Am C G/B Am Still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,Am C G/B Am When the moon is a ghostly galleon, tossed upon the cloudy seas,Dm G C G Am G/B When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,Dm G C G A highwayman comes riding,Am G Riding, riding,Am G/B Dm Am A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.
The Highwayman
Loreena McKennitt
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