40000 Headmen

40,000 Headmen

Traffic (Winwood/Capaldi)

(Em) Forty thousand headmen couldn't (Am) make me change my mind

If I (Bm) had to take the choice between the (Am) deaf man and the blind

I (Bm) know just where my feet should go and (Am) that's enough for me

I (Bm) turned around and knocked them down

And (Am) walked a(G)cross the (Em) sea.

(same chord pattern as 1st verse)

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

(E7) Filling up my pockets even (A7)stuffed it up my nose

I (E7) must have weighed a hundred tons bet(A7)ween my head and toes

I (E7)ventured forth before the dawn had (A7) time to change it's mind

And (E7) soaring high above the clouds I (A) found a (G) golden (Em)

shrine.

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"

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.

inst. break on Em

Heading down the road,

Forty thousand headmen on my trail

end on C D Em

I take credit for all errors contained herein.

jk13@aol.com (John Kearney)