Highwaymen - American remains

^AmI am a shotgun rider^F for the San Jacinto line The des^Cert is my brother, my skin is cracked^G and dry I w^Amas riding on a folk ^Fcoach, and everything was fine ^CTil we took a ^Gshorter road to save some time The bandi^Fts only fired once^C, they shot me in the chest ^CThey may have wou^Gnded me, but they'll never get the best Of better ^Ammen, cause I'll ride again.

^AmI am a river gambler, I^F make a livin'dealin cards ^CMy clothes are smooth ^Gand honest, my heart is cold and hard ^AmI was shufflin' for ^Fsome delta boys on the boat for New Orelans ^CI was the grea^Gtest shark they'd ever seen ^FBut the Captain bu^Cmped a sandbar, and an ace fell from my sleeve ^CThe threw me ove^Grboard as I swore I didn't cheat But I co^Amuld swim, and I'll ride again

^CWe are hero^Gs of the homeland, American remains ^FWe live in many^Am faces and answer many names We wil^Cl not be forgotten, w^Ge won't be left behind O^Fur memories^G live on in mortal minds And poet^Ams pens, we'll ride again

^AmI am a mid-west farmer, I m^Fake a livin' off the land I^C ride a John Deer trac^Gtor, I'am a liberated man ^AmBut the rain it hasn^F't fallen, since the middle of July ^CAnd if it don't c^Gome soon my crops will die ^FThe bank man says ^Che likes me, but there's nothin'he can do ^CHe tells me that he's comin^G', but the clounds are comin' too He ain't^Am my friend, and I'll ride again.

^AmI am an American Indian, my^F tribe is Cherokee My fore^Cfathers loves this lan^Gd they left it here for me But t^Amhe white man came wi^Fth boats and trains and dirty factories ^CAnd poisoned m^Gy existence with his deeds ^FNature is our moth^Cer, we are suckling at her breast ^CAnd he who trys to b^Geat her down will lose her to the rest They'll ne^Amver win, I'll ride again

^CWe are hero^Gs of the homeland, American remains ^FWe live in many^Am faces and answer many names We wil^Cl not be forg^Gotten, we won't be left behind Our memo^Fries live on i^Gn mortal minds And poets ^Ampens we'll ride again