Cass McCombs - The great pixley train robbery

^{G D} To your hands I give you ^{F C} Aboard from Hawaii ^{C G} The ship they call Northern Lights ^{G D} A fugitive,^{F C} one of three highway man ^{C G} Who stopped the Pixley train at night ^{G D} About 8 PM,^{F C} 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} The leader was an^{Bm F} insurance agent, t^Fhi^Ams I know^{A A Bm} The third man set for^{Bm F} remote islands^F n^Amear the equator^A

^{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} For surely I'll be found ^Fbe^Amfore port^{A A Bm} Before postal author^Bmiti^Fes can act ^{F Am} I surrender myself unto the rew^Aard

^{G D} Since I was taken ^{F C} From the Napa asylum ^{C G} And put on a whaler for my own good ^{G D} I told the captain ^{F C} Not to let me ashore ^{C G} Except under guard ^{G D} If no faith is placed ^{F C} In this letter ^{C G} You're letting a brigand free ^{G D} The passenger coaches ^{F C} Were not molested ^{C G} Violence, I can't see