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One Tin Soldier Tab

by Peter Paul And Mary


Great Song. Hope you like it.

Verse I
						
Listen children to a story that was written long ago
		   					
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain, and the valley folk below
						     
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone
							       
And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.

(Chorus:)
   			    	         				
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend
					   		
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end
					  				
There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day
No Chord			 			
On the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away.

Verse II
						
So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
				   				
Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill
		   					
Came an answer from the kingdom: “With our brothers we will share
				    			
All the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there.”

Chorus

Verse III
		   		    			   	
Now the valley cried with anger, mount your horses, draw your sword!
		        			 				
And they killed the mountain people, sure they’d won their just reward
		 					 
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red
			
Turned the stone and looked beneath it - 
				
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

Chorus