One Tin Soldier

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Peter, Paul and Mary

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Verse]
C G/B Am
Listen children to a story that was
Am/G
written long ago
Listen children to a story that was written long ago
F C
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain, and
Dm7/A Dm G
the valley folk below
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain, and the valley folk below
C G/B Am
On the mountain was a treasure buried
Am/G
deep beneath a stone
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone
F C
And the valley people swore they'd
F G C
have it for their very own.
And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.
[Chorus]
C Em F
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go
C
ahead and cheat a friend
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend
C G
Do it in the name of heaven, you can
F C
justify it in the end
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end
C Em
There won't be any trumpets blowing,
F C
come the judgment day
There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day
C Dm7/A F
On the bloody morning after - one
C
tin soldier rides away.
On the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away.
[Verse]
C G/B Am
So the people of the valley sent a
Am/G
message up the hill
So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
F C
Asking for the buried treasure, tons
Dm7/A Dm G
of gold for which they'd kill
Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill
C G/B
Came an answer from the kingdom:
Am Am/G
“With our brothers we will
share
Came an answer from the kingdom: “With our brothers we will share
F C F
All the secrets of our mountain, all
G C
the riches buried there.”
All the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there.”
[Chorus]
C Em F
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go
C
ahead and cheat a friend
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend
C G
Do it in the name of heaven, you can
F C
justify it in the end
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end
C Em
There won't be any trumpets blowing,
F C
come the judgment day
There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day
C Dm7/A F
On the bloody morning after - one tin
C
soldier rides away.
On the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away.
[Verse]
C G/B
Now the valley cried with anger,
Am Am/G
mount your horses, draw your
sword!
Now the valley cried with anger, mount your horses, draw your sword!
F C
And they killed the mountain people,
Dm7/A Dm G
sure they’d won their just reward
And they killed the mountain people, sure they’d won their just reward
C G/B Am
Now they stood beside the treasure on
Am/G
the mountain dark and red
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red
F C
Turned the stone and looked beneath
it -
Turned the stone and looked beneath it -
F G C
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.
[Chorus]
C Em F
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go
C
ahead and cheat a friend
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend
C G
Do it in the name of heaven, you can
F C
justify it in the end
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end
C Em
There won't be any trumpets blowing,
F C
come the judgment day
There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day
C Dm7/A F
On the bloody morning after - one tin
C
soldier rides away.
On the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away.