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The Highwayman

Friday, March 4th, 2011

By Alfred Noyes
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Part One
I
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor,
And the highwayman...

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The Highwayman

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

By Alfred Noyes
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Part One
I
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight, over the purple moor,
And the highwayman...

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One Way Ticket Home

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Em A D G
I’d like a one-way ticket home, ticket home
Em A D D
Where I can watch television, talk on the telephone
Em A D
But every town I wander there’s a billboard on a throne
A7
Ticket home

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The Scorpion Departs but Never Returns

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Capo IV
Finger pick the verses, strum chorus

Am
Sailors climb the tree, up the terrible tree
G
Where are my shipmates have they sunk beneath the sea?
Am
I do not know much, but I know this cannot be
G F
It isn’t really, it isn’t really,
E
Tell me it isn’t...

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Is There Anybody Here

Monday, June 28th, 2010

D Bm
Is there anybody here who’d like to change his clothes into a uniform,
G B7 G Em A7
Is there anybody here who thinks they’re only serving in a raging storm.
D F#m
Is there anybody here...

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Crucifixion

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Em D
And the night comes again to the circle studded sky
G Bm
The stars settle slowly, in lonliness they lie
Am D G Em
‘Till the universe expodes as a falling star is raised
Am D G ...

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