40,000 Headmen Chords by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Tempo:
97.6 bpm
Chords used:

E

Am

A

Em

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Blood, Sweat & Tears "40,000 Headmen" chords
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[C] [D]
[Fm] [F#]
[Am]
[E] [D]
[F] [F#] [Am]
[E]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [Em]
[Am] [C] [E]
40,000 head men [Am] couldn't make me [C] change my mind.
[E] If I had to make a choice between the deaf man and the [Am] blind, [Em] I'd know just [C] where my
feet should [Am] go and that's enough for me.
[Bm] I turned around [D] and knocked him down, [A] and walked [Em] across the sea.
He hadn't traveled very [Am] far when suddenly I saw [E] three small ships a-sailing [Am] off towards
a distant [Em] shore.
[E] Lighting up a cigarette, [Am] I followed in pursuit [D] and found a secret [C] cave where they [E] obviously
stashed the loot.
[G#] [E] Swirling up my pockets, even stuffed it up my nose, I must have weighed a hundred [A] tons
between my head and [G] toes.
I ventured forth before the [E] dawn had time to change its mind.
Sailing high above the [A] clouds, I found a [E] golden shrine.
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [Em] [Bm] [C#]
[Dm] [F#]
[G] [B]
[B] [Bm]
[B] [Bm]
[B] [E]
[Am] [Em] [Bm]
[Am] [F#m]
[Am] [Em] [E]
[E] [Bm] [A] [C]
[A] [A#] [C#]
[A]
[E] Laying down my treasure [Am] before the iron gate, quickly rang the bell, hoping [Am] I hadn't come too late.
[E] Someone came [Bm] along and told [Am] me not to waste my time, [D] and when I asked him who he was,
[A] he said, just look [E]
behind.
[Em] So I turned around and 40 [A],000 head men hit the dirt, firing 20 [A] shotguns each at men
that really hurt.
[Em] Luckily for me, they had to [A] stop and then [Em] reload.
By the time they jumped that, [A] I was heading down the [E] road.
[A] [E] [A]
[G] [E] [A]
[B]
[Am]
[E]
[Bm] [C]
[B] [Am]
[N]
Key:  
E
2311
Am
2311
A
1231
Em
121
Bm
13421112
E
2311
Am
2311
A
1231
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To learn Blood, Sweat & Tears - 40,000 Headmen chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: A, E, A, Em, E, Am, Em and Am. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 83 BPM before aiming for the song's 167 BPM. Considering the song's key of E Minor, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [E]
40,000 head men [Am] couldn't make me [C] change my mind.
[E] If I had to make a choice between the deaf man and the [Am] blind, [Em] I'd know just [C] where my
feet should [Am] go and that's enough for me.
[Bm] I turned around [D] and knocked him down, [A] and walked [Em] across the sea. _ _
_ _ _ _ He hadn't traveled very [Am] far when suddenly I saw [E] three small ships a-sailing [Am] off towards
a distant [Em] shore.
[E] Lighting up a cigarette, [Am] I followed in pursuit [D] and found a secret [C] cave where they _ [E] obviously
stashed the loot.
[G#] _ _ [E] Swirling up my pockets, even stuffed it up my nose, I must have weighed a hundred [A] tons
between my head and [G] toes.
I ventured forth before the [E] dawn had time to change its mind.
Sailing high above the [A] clouds, I found a [E] golden shrine. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
[E] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Laying down my treasure [Am] before the iron gate, quickly rang the bell, hoping [Am] I hadn't come too late.
[E] Someone came [Bm] along and told [Am] me not to waste my time, [D] and when I asked him who he was,
[A] he said, just look [E]
behind.
[Em] So I turned around and 40 [A],000 head men hit the dirt, firing 20 [A] shotguns each at men
that really hurt.
[Em] Luckily for me, they had to [A] stop and then [Em] reload.
By the time they jumped that, [A] I was heading down the [E] road.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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This song was composed by Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood.

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