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.

[Chorus]
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.

[Verse 2]
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.”

[Chorus]
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.

[Verse 3]
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.

[Chorus]
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.