Toy Soldier

Intro:

        (acoustic and tremolo 
electric guitar; bass/drums alone 
2nd bar)

        F7sus4 [131311]   (F)
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v
   v

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        -----------------|--------
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        -3-3-3---3-------|--------
        -6-5-3---3-------|--------
        -----------------|--------

        (wordless backing vocals 
enter)

        F            A7           
        /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   
Dm /C /B /Bb
/  /  /  /
        A           C#7          
        /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /  
F#m    Em A7
 /  /  /  /
                                    
      Toy

Chorus:

         G   D
        Soldier

        (tremolo electric):
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         v   v   v   v

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        -0-0-0---0-------| 
        -3-2-0---0-------| 
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         G    C  G         D
        Toy soldier, poor boy
                      F#    Bm   
        [1,2: Doesn't know he'll 
/Bb  /A  G       A7    D
wind up like a broken toy]
        [3:   Gonna come home to be 
broken like a toy]
           G     D         G   D  G 
 D [1,2: A  3: F, to coda]
        (Broken toy, huh! like a 
broken     toy)

Verse 1:

        A          A7             
        A lonely soldier needs his
  D
 girl
                 Ddim              
        But he's halfway 'round the
   A
 world
               A7                
        If he knew the truth he'd 
  D
hurt
                    Ddim           
        'Cause his girl's become a 
  A
flirt
          C#7      F#m       Em   
        'Round the town they say  
 A
toy

[repeat chorus]

Verse 2:

        Oh how he dreams of his 
return
        And the coming home he 
earned
        All his dreamin' was a waste
        There's a new face in his 
place
        She ain't waiting for you

[repeat chorus]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

        F            A7           
        /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   
Dm /C /B /Bb
/  /  /  /
        A           C#7          
        /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /  
F#m /E /D# /D
 /  /  /  /

         C#     C#7
        Toy soldier (toy soldier)


-- another ace 60's tab from 

-|Andrew Rogers