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