{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2421103,"song":"Thirty Thousand Men","artist":"Steve Forbert","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11497989-thirty-thousand-men-chords-by-steve-forbert/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2421103?type=chord","rating":0.01381,"votes":0,"content":"From the album \"Young guitar days\" (released 2001).\r\nOriginally recorded sometime between 1979 and 1981.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men on the Bowery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men on the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCan't help but roam when you ain't got no home[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBeggin' handouts for something to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBeggin' handouts for something to eat[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men on the sidewalk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men in the town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNowhere to go when the wind starts to blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLookin' 'round for some place to lay down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLookin' 'round for some place to lay down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men tired and dirty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men to be fed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBussed out to Queens for a chance to get clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a shot at some sleep in a bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a shot at some sleep in a bed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men in the arm'ries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men down the block[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNeighbors all shout \"We don't want 'em about\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Bus 'em back in the morning and stop\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Bus 'em back in the morning and stop\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men of depression[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men 'neath a cloud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJobs getting scarce and they're cutting welfares[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd we might find ourselves in the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we might find ourselves in the crowd[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men in the city[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Thirty thousand men killin' time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHelpless and cold, some are young, some are old[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShabby clothes and some bottles of wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShabby clothes and some bottles of wine[/tab]","plain_text":"From the album \"Young guitar days\" (released 2001).\nOriginally recorded sometime between 1979 and 1981.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["C","G","C/B","Am","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}