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
