Fairport Convention – The Naked Highwayman chords
Chords:
[Intro] C G C G [Verse]CAs I rode out one summer's day, for profit and for pleasureGI planned to rob the London coach and take it at my leisureCA brace of pistols duly primed, a sabre fit to shave onGI waited underneath the trees that lined the banks of Avon[Verse]CI didn't hear her dainty step, as she appeared before meGA face to charm a singing bird, with words that did implore meC"Can you help me sir?" she said, "I fear the time is near runGFor me to cross before the tide swells the banks of Avon"[Chorus]C FAll you roving fellows, listen while you canC FOf the time that I became a naked highwaymanC FCome all you roving fellows, listen while you canC FOf the time that I became a naked highwayman[Verse]CSo gallantly I did dismount and walked into the waterGAs she told me that she was a wealthy merchant's daughterCSo I thought I'd try my luck and do my best to charm herGSaid I was the only son of a country farmer[Verse]C"Your hands they are as smooth as silk, they never touched a plough, sirGI suppose those pistols help you milking of your cows"CShe looked at me with mocking eyes, as coal-black as a ravenGAnd then she fell into my arms beside the banks of Avon[Chorus]C FAll you roving fellows, listen while you canC FOf the time that I became a naked highwaymanC FCome all you roving fellows, listen while you canC FOf the time that I became a naked highwayman[Instrumental] F Am D Am G [Verse]CHer honeyed lips, I was beguiled, a lamb led to the slaughterGEventually I fell asleep in the arms of the merchant's daughterCWhen I awoke I was alone, my clothes and pistols takenGWith just the leaves to hide my shame beside the banks of Avon[Verse]CIn vain I tried to catch a glimpse of the city spiresGRunning like a rabbit through the bushes and the briarsCThen I heard the London coach and I was all a-shiverGA lady's voice was calling out, "Stand-to and deliver!"[Chorus]C FAll you roving fellows, listen while you canC FOf the time that I became a naked highwaymanC FCome all you roving fellows, listen while you canC FOf the time that I became a naked highwayman[Verse]C"Your money or your life I'll have, it's all the same to meGIt's hanged for a sheep or murder in the first degree"CShe stood there in my overcoat, brandishing my pistolGAnd relieved the London coach of the gold of Bristol[Verse]CAnd she's up and mounted on my horse and rode into the distanceGAnd I went naked to the coach begging for assistanceCNo more I'll play the highwaymen, nor more I'll put the mask onGI'll leave it to the bright-eyed girl who roams the banks of Avon[Chorus]C FAll you roving fellows, listen while you canC FOf the time that I became a naked highwaymanC FCome all you roving fellows, listen while you canC FOf the time that I became a naked highwayman[Instrumental] F Am D Am G [Verse]CAs I rode out one summer's day, for profit and for pleasureGI planned to rob the London coach and take it at my leisureCA brace of pistols duly primed, a sabre fit to shave onGI waited underneath the trees that lined the banks of Avon[Outro] G