{"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":87098,"song":"40000 Headmen","artist":"Traffic","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11550369-40000-headmen-chords-by-traffic/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/87098?type=chord","rating":4.43412,"votes":49,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\n40,000 Headmen\r\nTraffic (Winwood/Capaldi)\r\n\r\n\r\n(Em) Forty thousand headmen couldn't (Am) make me change my mind\r\nIf I (Bm) had to take the choice between the (Am) deaf man and the blind\r\nI (Bm) know just where my feet should go and (Am) that's enough for me\r\nI (Bm) turned around and knocked them down\r\nAnd ([ch]Am[/ch]) walked [ch]A[/ch]([ch]G[/ch])cross the ([ch]Em[/ch]) sea.\r\n\r\n\r\n(same chord pattern as 1st verse)\r\n\r\nHadn't travelled very far when suddenly I saw\r\nThree small ships a sailin' towards a distant shore\r\nSo lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit\r\nAnd found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot\r\n\r\nchorus:\r\n(E7) Filling up my pockets even (A7)stuffed it up my nose\r\nI (E7) must have weighed a hundred tons bet(A7)ween my head and toes\r\nI (E7)ventured forth before the dawn had (A7) time to change it's mind\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd (E7) soaring high above the clouds I (A) found a (G) golden (Em)[/tab]\r\nshrine.\r\n\r\n\r\nverse:\r\nLaying down my treasure before the iron gate\r\nQuickly rang the bell, hoped I hadn't come too late\r\nBut someone came along and told me not to waste my time\r\nAnd when I asked him who he was he said \"Just look behind\"\r\n\r\nchorus:\r\nSo I turned around and 40,000 headmen bit the dirt\r\nFiring twenty shotguns each and man it really hurt\r\nBut luckily for me they had to stop and then reload\r\nAnd by the time they'd done I was heading down the road.\r\n\r\ninst. break on Em\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHeading down the road,[/tab]\r\nForty thousand headmen on my trail\r\n\r\nend on  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n40,000 Headmen\nTraffic (Winwood/Capaldi)\n\n\n(Em) Forty thousand headmen couldn't (Am) make me change my mind\nIf I (Bm) had to take the choice between the (Am) deaf man and the blind\nI (Bm) know just where my feet should go and (Am) that's enough for me\nI (Bm) turned around and knocked them down\nAnd (Am) walked A(G)cross the (Em) sea.\n\n\n(same chord pattern as 1st verse)\n\nHadn't travelled very far when suddenly I saw\nThree small ships a sailin' towards a distant shore\nSo lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit\nAnd found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot\n\nchorus:\n(E7) Filling up my pockets even (A7)stuffed it up my nose\nI (E7) must have weighed a hundred tons bet(A7)ween my head and toes\nI (E7)ventured forth before the dawn had (A7) time to change it's mind\n\nshrine.\n\n\nverse:\nLaying down my treasure before the iron gate\nQuickly rang the bell, hoped I hadn't come too late\nBut someone came along and told me not to waste my time\nAnd when I asked him who he was he said \"Just look behind\"\n\nchorus:\nSo I turned around and 40,000 headmen bit the dirt\nFiring twenty shotguns each and man it really hurt\nBut luckily for me they had to stop and then reload\nAnd by the time they'd done I was heading down the road.\n\ninst. break on Em\n\n\nForty thousand headmen on my trail\n\nend on  C D Em","chords":["Em","Am","Bm","A","G","E7","A7","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}