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                             A Thousand Men - Joe Pug
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Chords by: Sam McDeid
Tuning: EADGBe
Capo 5
The intro is fingerpicked, so the TAB might seem confusing, but it should give you
e|------------------------------------------------------3----2---0--------------|
B|--0h1-----3------------0h1-----3-------------0h3-----------------3-----0------|
G|----0--------0-----0-----0---------0-----0-----0--------0---0-------0---------|
D|-------0--------0-----------0---------0-----------0---------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------3----3---3--------------|
E|--3-------3------------3-------3-------------3-------------------------3------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------0------------0-----0-----------------------------------------|
G|--0-----0----0---0---0----2------------0-----0--------------------------------|
D|-----0-----------2-----2--0-----0---------0-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0---------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------3-----0------------------3-----------3-----------------------------|
GSee Thomas Jefferson
On the Ceve of Bunker HillG  
  CWriting words to die Gfor
Writing Emsentences Dto killG  
They've come to paint his portrait
So he Cgrabs a chair and Gsits
As the Emsurgeon orders cCotton
For a thousand DtourniquetsG  
For God and coCuntry
For us and tEmhem
Every good ideaC  
Kills at least a thousand menEm  
At lCeast a tDhousand mGen
See the able-bodied Christian
In a Cdark and savage GlandC  
Tellin' all those who will liGsten
That GEmod was onDce a maGn
Through needles eye so narrow
He will lCead them four by fGour
  EmHe's got nine hundred shackCles
He needs at leaCst a huDndred mGore
A thousand Cmen
A thousand Emmen
Every good ideCa
Kills at least a thousand menEm  
At leCast a thoDusand mGen
See the able-bodied student
In his lCaboratory cGoatC  
Whispering calculGations
Like pEmrayers sDtuck in his tGhroat
Soon he will discover
Some flawlesCs medicineG  
But right Emnow he needs an oCven
That holds at least a tDhousand mGen
Some are the meaCns
Some are the eEmnds
Every good idCea
Kills at least a thousand menEm  
At leCast a thDousand mGen
One thousand oDne
One thousand oEmne
Every man I kCnow
Thinks that he's one thousand oEmne
Nine hundred niDne
His day is donEme
Every man I kCnow
Thinks that he's one thousand oEmne
I know IC'm one thDousand oGne

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A Thousand Men

by Joe Pug

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

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A Thousand Men - Joe Pug

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chords by: Sam McDeid

Tuning: EADGBe

Capo 5

The intro is fingerpicked, so the TAB might seem confusing, but it should give you

e|------------------------------------------------------3----2---0--------------|

B|--0h1-----3------------0h1-----3-------------0h3-----------------3-----0------|

G|----0--------0-----0-----0---------0-----0-----0--------0---0-------0---------|

D|-------0--------0-----------0---------0-----------0---------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------------------3----3---3--------------|

E|--3-------3------------3-------3-------------3-------------------------3------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------0------------0-----0-----------------------------------------|

G|--0-----0----0---0---0----2------------0-----0--------------------------------|

D|-----0-----------2-----2--0-----0---------0-----------------------------------|

A|--------------------------0---------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------3-----0------------------3-----------3-----------------------------|

See Thomas Jefferson

C G

On the eve of Bunker Hill

C G

Writing words to die for

Em D G

Writing sentences to kill

They've come to paint his portrait

C G

So he grabs a chair and sits

Em C

As the surgeon orders cotton

D G

For a thousand tourniquets

For God and country

For us and them

Every good idea

Kills at least a thousand men

C D G

At least a thousand men

See the able-bodied Christian

C G C

In a dark and savage land

Tellin' all those who will listen

Em D G

That God was once a man

Through needles eye so narrow

C G

He will lead them four by four

Em C

He's got nine hundred shackles

C D G

He needs at least a hundred more

A thousand men

Every good idea

Kills at least a thousand men

C D G

At least a thousand men

See the able-bodied student

C G C

In his laboratory coat

Whispering calculations

Em D G

Like prayers stuck in his throat

Soon he will discover

C G

Some flawless medicine

Em C

But right now he needs an oven

D G

That holds at least a thousand men

Some are the means

Some are the ends

Every good idea

Kills at least a thousand men

C D G

At least a thousand men

One thousand one

Every man I know

Thinks that he's one thousand one

Nine hundred nine

His day is done

Every man I know

Thinks that he's one thousand one

C D G

I know I'm one thousand one

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