One Tin Soldier

(verse i)
C               G       Am      
Listen children to a story that 
                Em
was written long ago
F                  C             
'bout a kingdom on a mountain, 
       F               G
and the valley folk below
C               G           
On the mountain was a treasure 
    Am                   Em
buried deep beneath a stone
F               C                
And the valley people swore 
       F                      C
they'd have it for their very own.

(chorus)
C                           Em   
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, 
        F                          
go ahead and cheat a friend
    G

C                       Em       
Do it in the name of heaven, you 
          F            G
can justify it in the end
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C                               
There won't be any trumpets 
Em        F                     C
blowing, come the judgment day
No Chord                         F  
                    C
On the bloody morning after - one 
tin soldier rides away.

(verse ii)
C               G               
So the people of the valley sent
Am              Em
 a message up the hill
F               C                 
Asking for the buried treasure, 
 F                            G
tons of gold for which they'd kill
C                  G             
Came an answer from the kingdom: 
       Am
“with our brothers we will share
F               C                
All the secrets of our mountain, 
   F                   C
all the riches buried there."

(chorus)

(verse iii)
C                  G             
Now the valley cried with anger, 
   Am                     Em
mount your horses, draw your sword!
F                       C        
And they killed the mountain 
                F                  
people, sure they’d won their just 
            G
reward
C                G               
Now they stood beside the 
       Am               Em
treasure on the mountain dark and 
red
F                       C
Turned the stone and looked beneath 
it -
F                               C
"peace on earth" was all it said.

(chorus)