One Tin Soldier

Verse i D A/C# Bm Bm/A listen children to a story that was written long ago G D Em7 Em7/A ’bout a kingdom on a mountain , and the valley folk below D A/C# Bm Bm/A on the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone G D Em7 Em7/A and the valley people swore they’d have it for their very own . ( Chorus : ) D F#m G A go ahead and hate your neighbor , go ahead and cheat a friend D F#m G A do it in the name of heaven , you can justify it in the end D F#m G D there won’t be any trumpets blowing , come the judgment day G no chord on the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away . Verse ii D A/C# Bm Bm/A so the people of the valley sent a message up the hill G D Em7 Em7/A asking for the buried treasure , tons of gold for which they’d kill D A/C# Bm Bm/A came an answer from the kingdom : with our brothers we will share G D Em7 Em7/A all the secrets of our mountain , all the riches buried there . Chorus Verse iii D A/C# Bm Bm/A now the valley cried with anger , mount your horses , draw your sword! G D Em7 Em7/A and they killed the mountain people , sure theyd won their just reward D A/C# Bm Bm/A now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red G D turned the stone and looked beneath it - Em7 Em7/A "peace on earth" was all it said . Chorus