Standard (EADGBE)

 In from the coast, riding like the wind and racing the moon.

 Shadows on the road, dancing and weaving like a crazy fool.

 A horseman is coming, death in his heart for a rendezvous.

 And where the traveller goes, nobody knows.

 Where the traveller goes, nobody knows.

A candle in the night, fear on every face when he goes inside.

(Maybe he's on the run)

Get back from the bar, a stranger in town is a dangerous sight

(maybe he's got a gun)

bring a bottle of whiskey landlord, I want to talk for a while

And where the traveller goes, a cold wind blows.

Where the traveller goes, a cold wind blows.

  There is something in his eyes, something in his hands,

  you can almost smell his revenge.

  And whoever he is after, it will be a disaster,

  this man is gonna take him to the very end.

Well, the landlord he trembled staring at a face he'd seen somewhere before.

(you laid him in the ground)

Suddenly remembered a killing, yes, a murder many years before.

(t'was you that shot him down)

He said to a boy, saddle me the black, I'll meet you down below,

with this man I must talk, with this traveller I go,

with this man I must talk, yes with him I must go.

(Chorus)

  and they were never seen again.