Verse 1
[Am] [E7] [Am] [E7]
When the spooks have a midnight Jamboree
[Am] [Dm] [E7]
They break it up with fiendish glee
[Dm] [AM]
Ghosts are bad, but the one that's cursed
[E7] [Am]
Is the Headless Horseman, he's the worst
Verse 2
[Am] [E7] [Am] [E7]
When he goes a-joggin' 'cross the land
[Am] [Dm] [E7]
Holdin' his noggin in his hand
[Dm] [AM]
Demons take one look and groan
[E7] [Am]
And hit the road for parts unknown
Chorus 1
[C]
And there's no spook, like a spook who's spurned
[F7] [G7]
They don't like him, and he's really burned
[Dm] [C]
He swears to the longest day he's dead
[Am] [E7] [Am]
He'll show them that he can get a head
Verse 3
[Am] [E7] [Am] [E7]
They say he's tired of his flamin' top
[Am] [Dm] [E7]
He's got a yen to make a swap
[Dm] [AM]
So he rides one night each year
[E7] [Am]
To find a head in the hollow here
Verse 4
[Am] [E7] [Am] [E7]
Now he likes them little, he likes them big
[Am] [Dm] [E7]
Parted in the middle, or with a a wig
[Dm] [AM]
Black or white or even red
[E7] [Am]
The Headless Horseman needs a head
Chorus 2
[C]
With a hey-hey and a clippity-clop
[F7] [G7]
He's out lookin' for a top to chop
[Dm] [C]
So don't stop to figure out a plan
[Am] [E7] [Am]
You can't reason with a headless man
Verse 5
[Am] [E7] [Am] [E7]
So when you're riding home tonight
[Am] [Dm] [E7]
Make for the bridge with all your might
[Dm] [AM]
He'll be down in the hollow there
[E7] [Am]
He needs your head, look out, beware
Chorus 2
[C]
With a hey-hey and a clippity-clop
[F7] [G7]
He's out lookin' for a top to chop
[Dm] [C]
So don't stop to figure out a plan
[Am] [E7] [Am]
You can't reason with a headless man
