One Tin Soldier Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse i

C G Am

 Listen Emchildren to a story that was written long ago

F C Dm

 'Bout a kingdom G7on a mountain, and the valley folk below

C G Am

 On the mountain waEms a treasure buried deep beneath a stone

F C

DmAnd the valley people sworGe theyC'd have it for their very own.

(Chorus:)

C Em F

 Go ahead and hate your neighbor, goG ahead and cheat a friend

C Em

FDo it in the name of heaveGn, you can justify it in the end

C Em

FThere won't be any trumpets blowiCng, come the judgment day

 N/C F

 On the bloody morninCg after - one tin soldier rides away.

Verse ii

C G Am

 So the pEmeople of the valley sent a message up the hill

F C Dm

 Asking for the burG7ied treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill

CCame an answer from the kingdomG: “With our brothers we will shareAm

F C Dm

 All the secretGs of our mounCtain, all the riches buried there.”

Chorus

Verse iii

C G Am

 Now the valley cried with aEmnger, mount your horses, draw your sword!

F C

DmAnd they killed the mountain peopleG7, sure they’d won their just reward

C G

AmNow they stood beside the Emtreasure on the mountain dark and red

FTurned the stone and looked beneath it - C

Dm"Peace on Earth" was all it said. G C

Chorus