THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD     (Ed Volker)

A7sus4

               D    G
Downloading my baby
    D          G          D    G   D
She had a hard day in the pit
         G           G              C     G
"Just be true to the blues," I tell her,
            C    D    G    D
"You'll get over it."
        G            D      G     D
"Listen to you," she cries,
   G             G      C     G
"Advice from the dead."
    C        A             G
She had to remind me who I am
    G                D           G      D
The man who lost his head, yeah, yeah
            G        D           G     (riff: F# G G# A A# B C C# D)
The man who lost his head, yeah, yeah


A7sus4          D       G
Just try to act natural
   D            G      D     G    D
Is what I first told myself
  G       G           C
Nobody'll notice, no,
        G           C         D       G     D
They're all wrapped up in themselves
        G        D    G    
But the dogs did howl
D           G       G     C    G
Kids pelted me with stones
     C        A             G
They had to remind me who I am
    G                D           G      D
The man who lost his head, yeah, yeah
            G        D           G      D   (riff: E F# G G# A A#)
The man who lost his head, yeah, yeah


Bm      E    Bm      E
I don't know what to think
  Bm        E             Bm    E
I need some help, I won't use a shrink
Bm        E                   Bm         E
Headless Anonymous, should've give 'em a call
    Em7                         Am7  Am7  Am7  Am7  Am7
But sittin' in the hole make my skin go crawl


Instrumental:
D  G  D  G  D  G  D  G
G  C  G  C  D  G  D  G
D  G  D  G  G  C  G  C
A     G     D  G  D  G
D  G  D  G  D  G  D  G
D  G  D  A7sus4


             D        G   D        
Is there any solution?
       G          D    G   D
Man, I just don't know
        G                 G      C
My baby says there's real money
     G         C        D    G   
In a traveling medicine show
D            G          D      G    
Maybe I'll endorse salt peanuts
   D       G    G    C   G
Or run for president
       C         A           G
'Cause everybody knows who I am
    G                D           G      
The man who lost his head, yeah, yeah
    D       G        D           G      
The man who lost his head, yeah, yeah
    D       G        D           G      
The man who lost his head, yeah, yeah
    D       G        D           G      D   G
The man who lost his head, yeah, yeah

Outro riff played over:  D G (repeat)


transcribed by Alan Sigman (alansigman@earthlink.net)
please email me with any corrections or different interpretations.