One Tin Soldier Peter, Paul and Mary

One Tin Soldier

Peter, Paul and Mary

Joshua Pearson Added by Joshua Pearson

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0:00 4:36

Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)

Beat 4/4

Key: D

Capo:

Fret 2

Lyrics

[Intro]
| C | G | Am | F |
| C | G | Am | - |

[Verse 1]
C                  G
 Listen children to a story
    Am                Fmaj7
That  was written long     ago
Fmaj7/A                    C
       âBout a kingdom on a mountain
   F               G
And the valley folk below
C                   G
 On the mountain was a treasure
   Am              Fmaj7
Buried deep beneath     a stone
Fmaj7/A                  C
       And the valley people swore
       F                     G     C
They'd have it for they're very own

[Chorus]
C                      G
Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Am                           Fmaj7
  Go ahead and cheat a friend
C                        Dm
 Do it in the name of heaven
G
 You can justify it in the end
C                            G
 There won't be any trumpets blowin'
Am                   Fmaj7/A
  Come the judgement day    
       C              G
On the bloody morning after
Am        F              C
  One tin soldier rides away

[Bridge]
          C | - G | - Am |
| - F | - C | - G | - Am |
| - - | -

[Verse 2]
C             G
 So the people of the valley
Am                 Fmaj7
  Sent a message up     the hill
Fmaj7/A                  C
       Asking for the buried treasure
Dm                 G
  Tons of gold for which they'd kill
C                   G
 Came an answer from the kingdom
    Am               Fmaj7
With  our brothers we     will share
Fmaj7/A                  C
       All the secrets of our mountain
F                  G   C
 All the riches buried there

[Bridge]
             | C |
| G | Am | F | C |
| G | Am | - |

[Chorus]
C                      G
Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Am                           Fmaj7
  Go ahead and cheat a friend
C                        Dm
 Do it in the name of heaven
G
 You can justify it in the end
C                            G
 There won't be any trumpets blowin'
Am                   Fmaj7/A
  Come the judgement day    
C                      G
 On the bloody morning after
Am        F              C
  One tin soldier rides away

[Bridge]
             | C |
| G | Am | F | C |
| G | Am | - | C |
| G | Am | F | C |
| G | Am | - |

[Verse 3]
C                    G
 Now the valley cried with anger
      Am
"Mount  your horses
    Fmaj7
Draw     your sword"
Fmaj7/A                      C
       And they killed those mountain people
  Dm                   G
So  they won their just reward
C                     G
 Now they stood beside the treasure
  Am                 Fmaj7
On  the mountain dark     and red
Fmaj7/A                           C
       Turned the stone and looked beneath it
F
"Peace on earth"
       G       C
Was all it said

[Chorus]
C                      G
Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Am                           Fmaj7
  Go ahead and cheat a friend
C                        Dm
 Do it in the name of heaven
G
 You can justify it in the end
C                            G
 There won't be any trumpets blowin'
Am                   Fmaj7/A
  Come the judgement day    
       C              G
On the bloody morning after
Am        F              C
  One tin soldier rides away

[Outro]
       C              Fmaj7/A
On the bloody morning after
C        G              C  G C
 One tin soldier rides away

Bars

[Intro]
| C | G | Am | F |
| C | G | Am | - |

[Verse 1]
| C       - | G - | Am - | Fmaj7 - |
| Fmaj7/A - | C - | F  - | G     - |
| C       - | G - | Am - | Fmaj7 - |
| Fmaj7/A - | C - | F  - | G     C |
| -       - | -

Listen children to a story
That  was written long     ago
âBout 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 they're very own

[Chorus]
                C | - G  | - Am |
| - Fmaj7   | - C | - Dm | - G  |
| - -       | - C | - G  | - Am |
| - Fmaj7/A | - C | - G  | - Am |
| F C       | -

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 blowin'
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away

[Bridge]
          C | - G | - Am |
| - F | - C | - G | - Am |
| - - | -

[Verse 2]
              C       | - G | - Am |
| - Fmaj7 | - Fmaj7/A | - C | - Dm |
| - G     | - C       | - G | - Am |
| - Fmaj7 | - Fmaj7/A | - C | - F  |
| - G     | C -       | - - |

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

[Bridge]
             | C |
| G | Am | F | C |
| G | Am | - |

[Chorus]
                          | C - |
| G  - | Am - | Fmaj7   - | C - |
| Dm - | G  - | -       - | C - |
| G  - | Am - | Fmaj7/A - | C - |
| G  - | Am F | C       - |

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 blowin'
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away

[Bridge]
             | C |
| G | Am | F | C |
| G | Am | - | C |
| G | Am | F | C |
| G | Am | - |

[Verse 3]
                       | C       - |
| G - | Am - | Fmaj7 - | Fmaj7/A - |
| C - | Dm - | G     - | C       - |
| G - | Am - | Fmaj7 - | Fmaj7/A - |
| C - | F  - | G     C | -       - |
| -

Now the valley cried with anger
"Mount  your horses
Draw     your sword"
And they killed those mountain people
So  they 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]
    C | - G  | - Am | - Fmaj7   |
| - C | - Dm | - G  | - -       |
| - C | - G  | - Am | - Fmaj7/A |
| - C | - G  | - Am | F C       |
| -

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 blowin'
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away

[Outro]
      C - | - - Fmaj7/A - | - - C - | G - C G |
| C - - - |

On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away

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