Soldier
(I. Hanson/T. Hanson/Z. Hanson)
Track 7 from the Album "3 Car Garage"
Transcribed by Mille Thorsen (ITZH_Danish@hotmail.com



Intro: A, E, G, D  X2

(Can I hear the story about the one-legged soldier? Please! Please!
And can you tell me the story of the soldier? Please! One more time!
Or I'll knock your nose off).


1st verse:
A                    E                      G
Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away
                 D
Lived a boy, who had so many toys.
       A                   E
And he didn't know what to do with them all
          G              D
With them all, with them all.
         A           E                         G                 D
Well his favorite of all the toys were the tin soldiers, the tin soldiers.
A                   E                      G                    E
And the one that he loved the most was the one with the missing leg.

At night the toys would come alive or that's how the story is told.
And there they met, the soldier with the missing leg,
And the ballerina with the heart of gold.
At night they would share each other's dreams,
Under the stars shining bright.
But they were too shy to speak of love, to speak of love.
One day the boy sat him on the window sill,
To watch for the enemy coming over the hill.
But when the wind it blew it knocked him into the street
And the boys from the town they said.


          A           G          D       Dsus4
Won't you look at the one-legged soldier.
      A              G        D            Dsus4
Let's stick him in a boat and send him far away.
         A            G         D      Dsus4
'Cause I can't find a use for a soldier,
               A     G    D    Dsus4
With a missing leg.


Prechorus:
          C           Am           Em
And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend.
          C           Am           E
And he was lonely, so lonely for a friend.


2nd verse:
      A              G          D   Dsus4
As he floated past a river raft
       A           G    D   Dsus4
On his homemade boat.
         A             G            D                         Dsus4
Well his boat began to sink, and he sank to the bottom of the river,
       A                    G
He got swallowed by a fish, caught by a fisherman
D                                         D
Sold to the family of the boy who had the toy.

                  A           G          D      Dsus4
And the cook said look at the one-legged soldier.
It looks just like the one we lost the other day.
Could this be the boy's tin soldier
With the missing leg?


Prechorus:
          C           Am           Em
But he was lonely, so lonely for a friend
          C           Am           E
But he was lonely, so lonely for a friend


3rd verse:
      A          G               D            Dsus4
As he sat on the mantel place to dry form the river.
The ballerina who held his heart sat by his side.
And when they got up to dance with each other,
They fell by the fire blazing bright.
When he jumped to save her from the flames,
Their bases began to melt into one in the same.
And now they share each other's destiny,
Together forever they will be.


Prechorus:
            C          Am           Em
And they are no longer lonely for a friend.
And they are no longer lonely for a friend.


4th verse:
A                    E                   G                     D
Not so long ago in a toy room not so far away, lived a boy who had so many 
toys.
And he played with them all, with them all, with them all.
Well he had a ballerina and a one-legged soldier, stuck together at the 
base.
And they share each other's destiny, as they sit on top of the mantel place.
It's the story of the one-legged soldier.
The story of the one-legged soldier.
The story of the tim soldier with the missing leg