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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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                        "Forty Thousand Headmen"
                       (S. Winwood - J. Capaldi)
Intro:
	acoustic guitar (w/flute):
	     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	---|-0-7-6-5-3-0-----|-0-7-6-5-353-0---|---|---|
	-0-|-------------3-0-|--------------(0)|---|---|
	---|-----------------|-----------------|-%-|-%-|
	---|-----------------|-----------------|---|---|
	---|-----------------|-----------------|---|---|
	---|-----------------|-----------------|---|---|
	                                     ^ omit last time
	     Em  Em6/9      Em  Em6/9       [Em6/9: slide 022000 to 044000]
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
Verse 1:
	FEmorty thousand headmen couldn't mAm7ake me change my mind
	If I Bm7had to take the choice between the dAm7eafman and the blind
	I kBm7now just where my feet should go and tAm7hat's enough for me
	                                        Bm7      Am7/       G(Em)
	I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea
	[1:]      Em  Em6/9      Em  Em6/9
	     /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
Verse 2:
	Hadn't travelled very far when suddenly I saw
	Three small ships a sailin' towards a distant shore
	So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit
	And found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot
Chorus 1:
	FE7illing up my pockets even sA7tuffed it up my nose
	I E7must have weighed a hundreA7d tons between my head and toes
	I E7ventured forth before the A7dawn had time to change it's mind
	                                   E7        A7/     G  Em  
	And soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine
Verse 3:
	Laying down my treasure before the iron gate
	Quickly rang the bell, hoped I hadn't come too late
	But someone came along and told me not to waste my time
	And when I asked him who he was he said "just look behind"
Chorus 2:
	So I turned around and 40,000 headmen bit the dirt
	Firing twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt
	But luckily for me they had to stop and then reload
	And by the time they'd done I was heading down the road
Coda:
	                 (Em)
	Heading down the road
	Forty thousand headmen on my trail
	Rambling and rambling
	Rambling and rambling...
	With forty thousand headmen on my trail
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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Forty Thousand Headmen

by Traffic

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Em6

Am7

Bm7

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

"Forty Thousand Headmen"

(S. Winwood - J. Capaldi)

Intro:

acoustic guitar (w/flute):

v v v v v v v v

---|-0-7-6-5-3-0-----|-0-7-6-5-353-0---|---|---|

-0-|-------------3-0-|--------------(0)|---|---|

---|-----------------|-----------------|-%-|-%-|

---|-----------------|-----------------|---|---|

^ omit last time

Em Em6 Em Em6 Em6

/9 /9 [/9: slide 022000 to 044000]

/ / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

Em Am7

Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind

Bm7 Am7

If I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind

Bm7 Am7

I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me

Bm7 Am7 G Em

/ ()

I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea

Em Em6 Em Em6

[1:] /9 /9

/ / / / / / / /

Verse 2:

Hadn't travelled very far when suddenly I saw

Three small ships a sailin' towards a distant shore

So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit

And found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot

Chorus 1:

E7 A7

Filling up my pockets even stuffed it up my nose

E7 A7

I must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes

E7 A7

I ventured forth before the dawn had time to change it's mind

E7 A7 G Em

And soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine

Verse 3:

Laying down my treasure before the iron gate

Quickly rang the bell, hoped I hadn't come too late

But someone came along and told me not to waste my time

And when I asked him who he was he said "just look behind"

Chorus 2:

So I turned around and 40,000 headmen bit the dirt

Firing twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt

But luckily for me they had to stop and then reload

And by the time they'd done I was heading down the road

Coda:

()

Heading down the road

Forty thousand headmen on my trail

Rambling and rambling

Rambling and rambling...

With forty thousand headmen on my trail

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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