Thirty Thousand Men chords by Steve Forbert

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C#C#

Difficulty: Novice

From the album "Young guitar days" (released 2001).
Originally recorded sometime between 1979 and 1981.


Verse 1:
C majorC         G+G     C majorC    C/BC/B
 Thirty thousand men on the Bowery
A minorAm         FF      C majorC
 Thirty thousand men on the street
FF        G+G       C majorC      FF
Can't help but roam when you ain't got no home
     C majorC      G+G      A minorAm  FF
Beggin' handouts for something to eat
     C majorC      G+G      C majorC
Beggin' handouts for something to eat

Verse 2:
C majorC         G+G     C majorC    C/BC/B
 Thirty thousand men on the sidewalk
A minorAm         FF     C majorC
 Thirty thousand men in the town
FF      G+G      C majorC        FF
Nowhere to go when the wind starts to blow
     C majorC        G+G      A minorAm  FF
Lookin' 'round for some place to lay down
     C majorC        G+G      C majorC
Lookin' 'round for some place to lay down


Verse 3:
C majorC         G+G       C majorC    C/BC/B
 Thirty thousand men tired and dirty
A minorAm         FF     C majorC
 Thirty thousand men to be fed
FF       G+G       C majorC       FF
Bussed out to Queens for a chance to get clean
    C majorC       G+G     A minorAm  FF
And a shot at some sleep in a bed
    C majorC       G+G     C majorC
And a shot at some sleep in a bed


Verse 4:
C majorC         G+G     C majorC    C/BC/B
 Thirty thousand men in the arm'ries
A minorAm         FF       C majorC
 Thirty thousand men down the block
FF        G+G       C majorC     FF
Neighbors all shout "We don't want 'em about"
     C majorC      G+G      A minorAm  FF
"Bus 'em back in the morning and stop"
     C majorC      G+G      C majorC
"Bus 'em back in the morning and stop"

Verse 5:
C majorC         G+G     C majorC    C/BC/B
 Thirty thousand men of depression
A minorAm         FF       C majorC
 Thirty thousand men 'neath a cloud
FF        G+G        C majorC     FF
Jobs getting scarce and they're cutting welfares
    C majorC       G+G       A minorAm  FF
And we might find ourselves in the crowd
    C majorC       G+G       C majorC
And we might find ourselves in the crowd


Verse 6:
C majorC         G+G     C majorC   C/BC/B
 Thirty thousand men in the city
A minorAm         FF      C majorC
 Thirty thousand men killin' time
FF       G+G       C majorC        FF
Helpless and cold, some are young, some are old
     C majorC        G+G     A minorAm  FF
Shabby clothes and some bottles of wine
     C majorC        G+G     C majorC
Shabby clothes and some bottles of wine