{"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":2277925,"song":"Wooden Toy Sword","artist":"Heather Alexander","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11478587-wooden-toy-sword-chords-by-heather-alexander/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2277925?type=chord","rating":0.02089,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh a father and son, they were bonded as one[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the heart of the family soon tore[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor out sounded the call, to one and to all[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat the king and the land went to war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the laddie he cried, but his father denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo bring the young soldier along[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"For your might I award this wooden toy sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I charge you to carry this song\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't you come and wait for me at the gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith your wooden toy sword in your hand?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt is then I will come with the beat of the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom defending my king and my land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo the father, he taught his son as he ought[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo defend both his hearth and his home[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut soon came the day that his Da went away[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAcross the wild horses of foam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the laddie he cried, but his father denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo bring the young soldier along[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"For your might I award this wooden toy sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I charge you to carry this song\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe practiced 'til night with skill and with might[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo learn how to fight for a king[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he'd shun other boys with their useless new toys[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he'd whistle a song and he'd sing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh the years slowly turned, broad shoulders grew burned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFine hair lengthened to a proud mane[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the middle of spring with a fell practice swing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe toy sword had broken in twain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe break caused him harm, as the wood pierced his arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the blood flowed quite free to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs his vision grew dim the wind mourned out a hymn[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat echoed these words round and round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the laddie he cried, but his father denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo bring the young soldier along[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"For your might I award this wooden toy sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I charge you to carry this song\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough the day had grown late the young man went to wait[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd unsteadily gazed at the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the red sun sank low, it soon caused him to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat his last day of childhood would die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe stars swam across the night sky with his loss[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd his father appeared in that sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the drum of his heart nearly broke him apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs he fell to the ground on one knee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor he'd come to wait for his Da at the gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith a broken toy sword in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom beyond death he'll come with the beat of love's drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo honour his son and his land[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Dm","G","C"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}