The Great Pixley Train Robbery - Cass Mccombs Chords
Chords: G, D, F, C, About, Bm, Am, A
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Genre: indie folk, blues, singer-songwriter
[Intro]
G D F C C G G x3
[Verse 1]
G D
To your hands I give you
F C
Aboard from Hawaii
C G
The ship they call Northern Lights
G D F C
A fugitive, one of three highway man
C G
Who stopped the Pixley train at night
G D F C
About 8 PM, 22 February
C G
We force seven thousand in gold
G D
Two were killed in the melee
F C
A fireman of the train
C G
And a passenger from Modesto
G Bm Bm F F Am A
The leader was an insurance agent, this I know
A Bm Bm F F Am A
The third man set for remote islands near the equator
[Verse 2]
G D
When he found the ship
F C
Would not put in there
C G
There's a reason to believe he set her on fire
G D
When our bomb exploded
F C
Buckshot unloaded
C G
We three made off in dire
G D
To the Right Honorable
F C
American council
C G
To the Hawaiian king
G D
I swear before notary
F C
To make a clean breast
C G
Of the whole thing
G Bm
In hope of salvation
Bm F F Am A
For surely I'll be found before port
A Bm Bm F
Before postal authorities can act
F Am A
I surrender myself unto the reward
G D F C C G G x4
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