Chords for Traffic - 40,000 Headmen (1971)
Tempo:
86.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
Bm
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [Em]
[Bm]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Bm]
[E] [Am] I [Bm] know just where my feet should [E] go, but that's another [Am] story.
[Bm] I'm sitting around and knocking [A] down [Em] doors across the sea.
And I [B] travel very far when [E] suddenly [Em] I'm so far away.
[Bm] Three small [F#] ships, the same thing [E] goes.
Who wants a distance show?
[B] So [F#] the lightning of a [E] cigarette, I'm on a miss.
[Bm] And I'm a secret cave [A] where [G] they all be [Em] on each last day.
[E]
But when they have my pocket, even [C#m] something of my worth,
[E] I'm somewhere I'm not going, [A] I get [E] absorbed.
But I bet you'd fall before the dawn, [A] that's how it changes my [E] mind.
So that I'm your mother, that's how [Em] the world is found.
He dug my [E] treasure before the iron [Am] gate.
[B] He quickly rang the bell, [Am] hoping I hadn't come too [Bm] late.
Then someone came along [E] and told me not to waste my time.
[Bm] And when I asked him who [A] he was, [Em] he said, look behind.
[E] Well I turned around and 40 [A],000 dead have been [E] dead.
My heart is finally shut down, [A] I'm never [C#m] leaving.
[E] I never can leave, [A] believe me, I have to stop and [C#m] remember.
[E] And I'm heading down
[A] [G] [Em] the road.
[E]
Heading down the road.
[B] [Bm] [E]
Heading down the road.
[Bm] [E]
[B] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[F#] [Em] [E]
[Bm] [G] [E]
[Em] [G] [E]
[Bm] [Em] Running around with no one on my mind.
[E] [Bm] [E] Rolling around [G] with [E] 40,000 dead men [Bm] on my [Em] head.
[E]
[B] [Em]
[D]
[E]
[Bm] [Em]
[E]
[Em]
[F#] [Em] [B]
[Em]
[G] 40 [E]
[Em] [Bm] [E]
[Em],000 dead men on my head.
[C]
[A] [Em]
[E]
[N]
[Bm]
[E] [Em]
[E] [Bm]
[E] [Am] I [Bm] know just where my feet should [E] go, but that's another [Am] story.
[Bm] I'm sitting around and knocking [A] down [Em] doors across the sea.
And I [B] travel very far when [E] suddenly [Em] I'm so far away.
[Bm] Three small [F#] ships, the same thing [E] goes.
Who wants a distance show?
[B] So [F#] the lightning of a [E] cigarette, I'm on a miss.
[Bm] And I'm a secret cave [A] where [G] they all be [Em] on each last day.
[E]
But when they have my pocket, even [C#m] something of my worth,
[E] I'm somewhere I'm not going, [A] I get [E] absorbed.
But I bet you'd fall before the dawn, [A] that's how it changes my [E] mind.
So that I'm your mother, that's how [Em] the world is found.
He dug my [E] treasure before the iron [Am] gate.
[B] He quickly rang the bell, [Am] hoping I hadn't come too [Bm] late.
Then someone came along [E] and told me not to waste my time.
[Bm] And when I asked him who [A] he was, [Em] he said, look behind.
[E] Well I turned around and 40 [A],000 dead have been [E] dead.
My heart is finally shut down, [A] I'm never [C#m] leaving.
[E] I never can leave, [A] believe me, I have to stop and [C#m] remember.
[E] And I'm heading down
[A] [G] [Em] the road.
[E]
Heading down the road.
[B] [Bm] [E]
Heading down the road.
[Bm] [E]
[B] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[F#] [Em] [E]
[Bm] [G] [E]
[Em] [G] [E]
[Bm] [Em] Running around with no one on my mind.
[E] [Bm] [E] Rolling around [G] with [E] 40,000 dead men [Bm] on my [Em] head.
[E]
[B] [Em]
[D]
[E]
[Bm] [Em]
[E]
[Em]
[F#] [Em] [B]
[Em]
[G] 40 [E]
[Em] [Bm] [E]
[Em],000 dead men on my head.
[C]
[A] [Em]
[E]
[N]
Key:
E
Em
Bm
A
B
E
Em
Bm
_ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Am] I [Bm] know just where my feet should [E] go, but that's another [Am] story.
[Bm] I'm sitting around and knocking [A] down [Em] doors across the sea. _
_ _ _ _ _ And I [B] travel very far when [E] suddenly [Em] I'm so far away.
[Bm] Three small [F#] ships, the same thing [E] goes.
Who wants a distance show?
[B] So [F#] the lightning of a [E] cigarette, I'm on a miss.
_ [Bm] And I'm a secret cave [A] where [G] they all be [Em] on each last day.
_ _ [E]
But when they have my pocket, even [C#m] something of my worth,
[E] I'm somewhere I'm not going, [A] I get [E] absorbed.
But I bet you'd fall before the dawn, [A] that's how it changes my [E] mind.
So that I'm your mother, that's how [Em] the world is found. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He dug my [E] treasure before the iron [Am] gate.
[B] He quickly rang the bell, [Am] hoping I hadn't come too [Bm] late.
Then someone came along [E] and told me not to waste my time.
[Bm] And when I asked him who [A] he was, [Em] he said, look behind. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] Well I turned around and 40 [A],000 dead have been [E] dead.
My heart is finally shut down, [A] I'm never [C#m] leaving.
[E] I never can leave, [A] believe me, I have to stop and [C#m] remember.
[E] And I'm heading down _
_ [A] _ [G] [Em] the road.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ Heading down the road. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
_ Heading down the road. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ Running around with no _ _ _ _ _ one on my mind.
[E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] Rolling around _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] with [E] 40,000 dead men [Bm] on my [Em] head. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] 40 _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em],000 dead men on my head. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Am] I [Bm] know just where my feet should [E] go, but that's another [Am] story.
[Bm] I'm sitting around and knocking [A] down [Em] doors across the sea. _
_ _ _ _ _ And I [B] travel very far when [E] suddenly [Em] I'm so far away.
[Bm] Three small [F#] ships, the same thing [E] goes.
Who wants a distance show?
[B] So [F#] the lightning of a [E] cigarette, I'm on a miss.
_ [Bm] And I'm a secret cave [A] where [G] they all be [Em] on each last day.
_ _ [E]
But when they have my pocket, even [C#m] something of my worth,
[E] I'm somewhere I'm not going, [A] I get [E] absorbed.
But I bet you'd fall before the dawn, [A] that's how it changes my [E] mind.
So that I'm your mother, that's how [Em] the world is found. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He dug my [E] treasure before the iron [Am] gate.
[B] He quickly rang the bell, [Am] hoping I hadn't come too [Bm] late.
Then someone came along [E] and told me not to waste my time.
[Bm] And when I asked him who [A] he was, [Em] he said, look behind. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] Well I turned around and 40 [A],000 dead have been [E] dead.
My heart is finally shut down, [A] I'm never [C#m] leaving.
[E] I never can leave, [A] believe me, I have to stop and [C#m] remember.
[E] And I'm heading down _
_ [A] _ [G] [Em] the road.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ Heading down the road. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
_ Heading down the road. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ Running around with no _ _ _ _ _ one on my mind.
[E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] Rolling around _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] with [E] 40,000 dead men [Bm] on my [Em] head. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] 40 _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em],000 dead men on my head. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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