Forty Thousand Headmen Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

acoustic guitar (w/flute):

^ omit last time

  Em Em6/9 Em Em6/9 [Em6/9: slide 022000 to 044000]

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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

  I tBm7urned around and knocked them down and wAm7alked acGross the Emsea

  [1:] Em Em6/9 Em Em6/9

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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

  IE7 must have weighed a hundreA7d tons between my head and toes

  IE7 ventured forth before the A7dawn had time to change it's mind

  And sE7oaring high above the clouds I fA7ound a goGlden sEmhrine

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 rEmoad

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