Me First And The Gimme Gimmies - One Tin Soldier guitar tab
'One Tin Soldier'
performed by me first and the gimme gimmes
from the Fat Wreck Chords release 'Have a Ball'
transcribed by Me
[Intro]
E-|----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
B-|----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
G-|----4-4-5-5-7---|-----2-2-4---|-------------|-5-5-5-5--7-7-|
D-|--5-----------7-|-5-5-------4-|-2-2-5-5---5-|-5-5-5-5--7-7-|
A-|----------------|-------------|---------5---|-3-3-3-3--5-5-|
E-|----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
The little thing
E-|-----------------|
B-|-----------------|
G-|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|
A-|-5-5-4-4-2-2-----|
E-|-------------5-5-|
[Verse]
G F# E D
Listen children to a story that was written long ago
C G A D
'bout a Kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below
G F# E D
on the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath the stone
C G A E Gii
and the valley people swore they'd have it for they're very own
[Chorus]
G B C G w/Riff A
So go ahead and hate your neighbour, go ahead a cheat a friend
G B C G w/Riff A
Do it in the name of heaven you'll be justified in the end
G B C w/Riff B G w/Riff A
There won't be any trumpets blowing on the judgement day
G A C D Gii
On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away
[Verse]
So the people from 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
C G A E Gii G#ii
All the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there"
[Verse]
G# G F D#
Now the valley cried with anger, mount your horses, draw your swords
C# G# A# D#
And they killed the mountain people so they won their just reward
G# G F D#
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red
C# G# C# Gii
Turned the stone and looked beneath it "Peace on Earth" was all it said
Repeat Chorus
[Outro]
E-|-----------------------|
B-|-----------------------|
G-|-7--4-6--4-6-7-6-4-6---|
D-|---------------------7-|
A-|-5--2-4--2-4-5-4-2-4---|
E-|---------------------5-|
End.
Riff A
E-|-------------------|
B-|-------------------|
G-|-12-12-12--16--17--|
D-|-------------------|
A-|-10-10-10--14--15--|
E-|-------------------|
Riff B
E-|----------|
B-|----------|
G-|-9-7-6-7--|
D-|----------|
A-|-7-5-4-5--|
E-|----------|
