One Tin Soldier
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter

capo 1

Intro: D  C-C/B-C/A  (4x)

D             A           Bm               F#m
Listen people to my story that was written long ago
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All about a mountain people and the valley folks below
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On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath the stones
G              D                   G                      D  C-C/B-C/A (2x) And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own


D                      F#m       G                       D
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat your friend
                     A       G                  D
Do it in the name of heaven, justified in the end
                        F#m     G                 D
There won't be trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
                      G                            D  C-C/B-C/A  (4x)
On the bloody mornin' after one tin soldier rides away


D             A             Bm             F#m
So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
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Asking for the buried treasure and the gold for which they'd kill
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Came a message from the mountain, "With our brothers we will share
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All the secrets of our treasure, all the riches buried there"


Refrain

Break

D               A               Bm                 F#m
Came a cry down in the valley, "Mount your horses, draw your swords"
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  They killed the mountain people and they won the just reward
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Climbed up high upon the mountain, buried deep in bloody red
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Turned the stone and looked beneath it
 G                          D  C-C/B-C/A  (2x)
"Peace on earth" was all it said


Refrain (end on D)