The Great Pixley Train Robbery Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][F][C][G]
[D][Dm][F][C][G]
[D][F][C]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[D]To your [Dm]hands I give [F]you
[C]Aboard from Haw[G]aii
A ship they call Northern [D]Light
A fugit[F]ive,
[C]one of three highway men[G]
Who stopped the Pixley train that night
[D]Abo[F]ut 8pm[C], 2[G]2 February
We forced 7 thousand in [D]gold
Two were killed in the mel[F]ee[C]
A fireman of the [G]train
And a passenger [Bm]from Modesto
The [G]leader was [F]an insurance agent,
this I [Am]know[A]
[Bm]The third man set for [F]remote
islands near the equator
[Am][A][G]

[Verse 2]
[D]When they fou[Dm]nd the[F] ship
[C]Would not put in [G]there
There's reason to believe he set her on fire
[D]When our bomb explo[F]ded
[C]Buck shot unl[G]oaded
We three made off in dire
[D]To the Right Honorabl[F]e
[C]American cou[G]ncil
To the Hawaiian king
[D]I swear before notary[F][C]
To make a clean breast
[G]of the whole thing
[Bm]In hope of salvation,
[F]for surely I'll be found bef[Am]ore por[A]t
[Bm]Before postal authorities can act[F]
I surrender myself unto [Am]the reward
[A][G]

[Interlude 1]
[D][Dm][F][C][G]
[D][F][C][G]
[Dm][D][F][C]
[G][Dm][D][F]
[C][G]

[Verse 3]
[D]Since [Dm]I wa[F]s taken
[C]From the Napa Asy[G]lum
And put on a whaler for my own good
[D]I told the captai[F]n not[C] to
let me [G]ashore
Except under guard
[D]If no faith is [F]placed[C]
In [G]this letter
You're letting a brigand free
[D]The passenger coa[F]ches
[C]Were not molested[C], violence I c[G]an't see