"Forty Thousand Headmen"
(S. Winwood - J. Capaldi)

Intro:

acoustic guitar (w/flute):

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^ omit last time

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

Verse 1:

EmEm Piano Chord 
                              Am7Am7 Piano Chord 

Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind
Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
                                 Am7Am7 Piano Chord 

If I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind
Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
                                   Am7Am7 Piano Chord 

I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me
Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
                                     Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
    /G       (Em)
I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea

[1:] EmEm Piano Chord 
     Em6/9Em6/9 Piano Chord 
 EmEm Piano Chord 
     Em6/9Em6/9 Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

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:

E7E7 Piano Chord 
                         A7A7 Piano Chord 

Filling up my pockets even stuffed it up my nose
E7E7 Piano Chord 
                         A7A7 Piano Chord 

I must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes
E7E7 Piano Chord 
                         A7A7 Piano Chord 

I ventured forth before the dawn had time to change it's mind
E7E7 Piano Chord 
                              A7A7 Piano Chord 
      /G     EmEm Piano Chord 

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