One tin
soldier (1969)
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+ C - F - C (2x)
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1. Listen, children, to a story that was written long ago,
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'bout a
kingdom on a mountain, and the valley folk below.
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On the mountain was a treasure
buried deep beneath a stone,
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and
the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.
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Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and
cheat a friend,
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do it in the name of heaven, you
can justify it in the end.
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There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day,
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on the bloody morning after -
one tin soldier rides away.
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(2x)
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2. So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill,
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asking
for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill.
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Came
an answer from the kingdom: “With our brothers we will share
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all
the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there.”
+ C - F - C (orig. moves up
half a note to capo 1st here) + C - F - C
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3. Now the valley cried with anger, mount your horses, draw your sword!
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And they killed the mountain people, sure they’d won their just reward.
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Now they stood beside the
treasure on the mountain dark and red,
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turned
the stone and looked beneath it -
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"Peace on Earth" was
all it said. + C - F - C
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Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and
cheat a friend,
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do it in the name of heaven, you
can justify it in the end.
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There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day,
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on the bloody morning after -
one tin soldier rides away.
+ C - F - C (2x) + CHORUS
+ C - G - Am - Em - F - C - F - Dm - G - C - F - C
(The Original Caste)