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"Toy Soldier"
(Bob Gaudio - Bob Crewe)
Intro:
(acoustic and tremolo electric guitar; bass/drums alone 2nd bar)
F7sus4 [131311] (F) v v v v v v v v -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -3-3-3---3-------|-----------------| -6-5-3---3-------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|
(wordless backing vocals enter)
F A7 Dm /C /B /Bb
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
A C#7 F#m Em A7
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Toy
Chorus:
G D
Soldier
(tremolo electric):
v v v v -----------------| -----------------| -----------------| -0-0-0---0-------| -3-2-0---0-------| -----------------|
G C G D
Toy soldier, poor boy
F# Bm /Bb /A G A7 D
[1,2: Doesn't know he'll wind up like a broken toy]
[3: Gonna come home to be broken like a toy]
G D G D G D [1,2: A 3: F, to coda]
(Broken toy, huh! like a broken toy)
Verse 1:
A A7 D
A lonely soldier needs his girl
Ddim A
But he's halfway 'round the world
A7 D
If he knew the truth he'd hurt
Ddim A
'Cause his girl's become a flirt
C#7 F#m Em A
'Round the town they say toy
[repeat chorus]
Verse 2:
Oh how he dreams of his return
And the coming home he earned
All his dreamin' was a waste
There's a new face in his place
She ain't waiting for you
[repeat chorus]
Coda [repeat to fade]:
F A7 Dm /C /B /Bb
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
A C#7 F#m /E /D# /D
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
C# C#7
Toy soldier (toy soldier)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
