{"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":87102,"song":"Forty Thousand Headmen","artist":"Traffic","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11550372-forty-thousand-headmen-chords-by-traffic/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/87102?type=chord","rating":4.5916,"votes":56,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\r\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n                        \"Forty Thousand Headmen\"\r\n                       (S. Winwood - J. Capaldi)\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n\tacoustic guitar (w/flute):\r\n\r\n[tab]\t     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v\r\n\t---|-0-7-6-5-3-0-----|-0-7-6-5-353-0---|---|---|\r\n\t-0-|-------------3-0-|--------------(0)|---|---|\r\n\t---|-----------------|-----------------|-%-|-%-|\r\n\t---|-----------------|-----------------|---|---|\r\n\t---|-----------------|-----------------|---|---|\r\n\t---|-----------------|-----------------|---|---|\r\n\t                                     ^ omit last time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em6[/ch]/9 [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em6[/ch]/9       [[ch]Em6[/ch]/9: slide 022000 to 044000]\r\n\t/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n\tForty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t     [ch]Bm7[/ch]                                 [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n\tIf I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t   [ch]Bm7[/ch]                                   [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n\tI know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t   [ch]Bm7[/ch]                                     [ch]Am7[/ch]    /[ch]G[/ch]       ([ch]Em[/ch])\r\n\tI turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]\t[1:] [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em6[/ch]/9 [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em6[/ch]/9\r\n\t     /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n\tHadn't travelled very far when suddenly I saw\r\n\tThree small ships a sailin' towards a distant shore\r\n\tSo lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit\r\n\tAnd found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot\r\n\r\nChorus 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t [ch]E7[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\tFilling up my pockets even stuffed it up my nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t [ch]E7[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\tI must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t [ch]E7[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\tI ventured forth before the dawn had time to change it's mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t     [ch]E7[/ch]                              [ch]A7[/ch]      /[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\tAnd soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n\tLaying down my treasure before the iron gate\r\n\tQuickly rang the bell, hoped I hadn't come too late\r\n\tBut someone came along and told me not to waste my time\r\n\tAnd when I asked him who he was he said \"just look behind\"\r\n\r\nChorus 2:\r\n\r\n\tSo I turned around and 40,000 headmen bit the dirt\r\n\tFiring twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt\r\n\tBut luckily for me they had to stop and then reload\r\n\tAnd by the time they'd done I was heading down the road\r\n\r\nCoda:\r\n\r\n[tab]\t                 ([ch]Em[/ch])\r\n\tHeading down the road[/tab]\r\n\tForty thousand headmen on my trail\r\n\tRambling and rambling\r\n\tRambling and rambling...\r\n\tWith forty thousand headmen on my trail\r\n\r\n\r\n-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n                        \"Forty Thousand Headmen\"\n                       (S. Winwood - J. Capaldi)\n\nIntro:\n\n\tacoustic guitar (w/flute):\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\tHadn't travelled very far when suddenly I saw\n\tThree small ships a sailin' towards a distant shore\n\tSo lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit\n\tAnd found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot\n\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\tLaying down my treasure before the iron gate\n\tQuickly rang the bell, hoped I hadn't come too late\n\tBut someone came along and told me not to waste my time\n\tAnd when I asked him who he was he said \"just look behind\"\n\nChorus 2:\n\n\tSo I turned around and 40,000 headmen bit the dirt\n\tFiring twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt\n\tBut luckily for me they had to stop and then reload\n\tAnd by the time they'd done I was heading down the road\n\nCoda:\n\n\n\tForty thousand headmen on my trail\n\tRambling and rambling\n\tRambling and rambling...\n\tWith forty thousand headmen on my trail\n\n\n-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers","chords":["Em","Em6","Am7","Bm7","G","E7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"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]}}}