Intro
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[Verse]
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As I rode out one summer's day, for profit and for pleasure
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I planned to rob the London coach and take it at my leisure
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B brace of pistols duly primed, a sabre fit to shave on
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I waited underneath the trees that lined the banks of Avon
[Verse]
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I didn't hear her dainty step, as she appeared before me
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B face to charm a singing bird, with words that did implore me
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"Can you help me sir?" she said, "I fear the time is near run
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For me to cross before the tide swells the banks of Avon"
[Chorus]
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All you roving fellows, listen while you can
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Of the time that I became a naked highwayman
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Come all you roving fellows, listen while you can
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Of the time that I became a naked highwayman
[Verse]
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So gallantly I did dismount and walked into the water
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As she told me that she was a wealthy merchant's daughter
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So I thought I'd try my luck and do my best to charm her
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Said I was the only son of a country farmer
[Verse]
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"Your hands they are as smooth as silk, they never touched a plough, sir
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I suppose those pistols help you milking of your cows"
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She looked at me with mocking eyes, as coal-black as a raven
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And then she fell into my arms beside the banks of Avon
[Chorus]
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All you roving fellows, listen while you can
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Of the time that I became a naked highwayman
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Come all you roving fellows, listen while you can
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Of the time that I became a naked highwayman
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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Her honeyed lips, I was beguiled, a lamb led to the slaughter
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Eventually I fell asleep in the arms of the merchant's daughter
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When I awoke I was alone, my clothes and pistols taken
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With just the leaves to hide my shame beside the banks of Avon
[Verse]
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In vain I tried to catch a glimpse of the city spires
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Running like a rabbit through the bushes and the briars
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Then I heard the London coach and I was all a-shiver
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B lady's voice was calling out, "Stand-to and deliver!"
[Chorus]
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All you roving fellows, listen while you can
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Of the time that I became a naked highwayman
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Come all you roving fellows, listen while you can
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Of the time that I became a naked highwayman
[Verse]
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"Your money or your life I'll have, it's all the same to me
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It's hanged for a sheep or murder in the first degree"
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She stood there in my overcoat, brandishing my pistol
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And relieved the London coach of the gold of Bristol
[Verse]
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And she's up and mounted on my horse and rode into the distance
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And I went naked to the coach begging for assistance
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No more I'll play the highwaymen, nor more I'll put the mask on
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I'll leave it to the bright-eyed girl who roams the banks of Avon
[Chorus]
D G
All you roving fellows, listen while you can
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Of the time that I became a naked highwayman
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Come all you roving fellows, listen while you can
D G
Of the time that I became a naked highwayman
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
D
As I rode out one summer's day, for profit and for pleasure
A
I planned to rob the London coach and take it at my leisure
D
B brace of pistols duly primed, a sabre fit to shave on
A
I waited underneath the trees that lined the banks of Avon
[Outro]
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- 1. Chord Gitar Fairport Convention - The Naked Highwayman Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Fairport Convention - The Naked Highwayman Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan