The Highwaymen Song Lyrics and Chords by Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings
The Highwaymen
Recorded by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings,
Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash
Written by Jimmy Webb
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highwayman along the
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coach roads I did
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by my
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young maid lost her
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baubles to my
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soldier shed his
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lifeblood on my
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blade
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hung me in the
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spring of
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twenty-
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five
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sailor I was
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born upon the
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tide
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sea I
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bide
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schooner round the
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horn of Mexi
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blow
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yard broke off they
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killed
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dam builder
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across a river deep and
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wide
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llide
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boulder on the
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fell on the
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wet concrete be
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me in that gray
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tomb that
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knows no
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sounds
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I am still
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around
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around and
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around
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around and
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around and
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around
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I'll fly a
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starship across the
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universe
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divide
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reach the
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other
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side
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I'll find a
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place to rest my
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spirit if I
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can
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Perhaps I
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may become a
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highwayman
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again
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simply be a
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single
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drop of
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rain
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remain
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again and
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FAQ
Who sang the the song The Highwaymen?
- The song The Highwaymen was sang by Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings.
Who is Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings?
- Waylon & Willie is a duet album by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, released by RCA Records in 1978. In the US, it stayed at #1 album on the country album charts for ten weeks and would spend a total of 126 weeks on the country charts.
