{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1927675,"song":"The Little Tin Soldier","artist":"Donovan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431226-the-little-tin-soldier-chords-by-donovan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1927675?type=chord","rating":4.67477,"votes":40,"content":"Original key is Ab.\r\nTo play along with the studio version, transpose -4.  Or put a capo on 1 and transpose -5.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce in a town in the black forest a little white toy shop stood,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand a little tin soldier with only one leg lived in a castle of wood.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd across the room on another shelf stood a little glass case,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand a tiny ballerina lived in there all in her dress of lace.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd from where the little tin soldier stood,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey could see each other oh so clear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the little tin soldier watched over her,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith a love that was so dear.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Bridge] \r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen one day sadness came the tiny ballerina was sold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm[/ch]                                       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe little tin soldier was thrown away, and into a gutter he rolled.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe water carried him to the sea and many far off lands,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhe made many children happy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nas he passed through their tiny hands.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 2] \r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd then one day they met again in a house in the land of Eire.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when the clock on the wall struck the midnight hour,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey jumped into a fire.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd in that fire - they shall stay, forever and a day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand the fire, Lord, is the fire of love, just like the peaceful dove.[/tab]","plain_text":"Original key is Ab.\nTo play along with the studio version, transpose -4.  Or put a capo on 1 and transpose -5.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Bridge] \n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 2]","chords":["Ab","C","Am","F","G","Cm","Em","Dm","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}