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

[Verse 3]
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