One Tin Soldier
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Listen children to a story, that was written long ago
About a kingdom on a mountain, and a valley far below
On the mountain was a treasure, buried deep beneath the stone
And the valley people swore, they'd have it for their very own
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Go ahead and hate your neighbour, go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after-er-er, one tin soldier rides away
So the people of the valley, sent a message up the hill
Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill
Came an answer from the kingdom, with our brothers we will share
All the secrets of the mountain, all the riches buried there
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(key Change)
Now the valley cried with anger, mount your horses draw your swords
And they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward
Now they stood beside the treasure, on the mountain dark and red
Turned the stone and looked beneath it, "Peace on Earth" was all it said
<< Repeat Chorus Twice With chords "CFm F# C#" played three times in the first three
places places and chords "Bbm FC# F#-F#-C#" in place of the last line>>
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Readable chord sheet for One Tin Soldier by Original Cast
[C] [G] [Am] [Em] [F] [C] [Dm] [G] [C] [C]Listen children [G]to a story, [Am]that was written [Am/G]long ago A[F]bout a kingdom [C]on a mountain, [Dm]and a valley [F]far be[G]low [C]On the mountain [G]was a treasure, [Am]buried deep bene[Am/G]ath the stone [F] [C] [Dm] And[C] th[F]e [F]va[C]lley people swore, they'd have it for their very own <> [C]Go ahead and hate your n[Em]eighbour, [F]go ahead and cheat a f[C]riend [C]Do it in the name of [Em]heaven, you can [F]justify it in the [C]end There [C]won't be any trumpets [Em]blowing, [F]come the judgement [C]day On the [Am]bloody morning [F]after-er-er, one tin soldier rides a[C]way [F] [F] [C] So the people of the valley, sent a message up the hill Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill Came an answer from the kingdom, with our brothers we will share All the secrets of the mountain, all the riches buried there <> (key Change) [C#] [F#] [F#] [C#] [C#]Now the valley [Ab]cried with anger, [Bbm]mount your horses draw your swords [F#] [C#] [Ebm] An[Ab]d they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward [C#]Now they stood [Ab]beside the treasure, [Bbm]on the mountain dark and red [F#] [C#] [Ebm] Turned t[C#]he stone and looked beneath it, "Peace on Earth" was all it said [F#] [F#] [C#] << Repeat Chorus Twice With chords "C places places and chords "Bbm F [C#] [Ab] [Bbm] [Fm] [F#] [C#] [Ebm] [C#]