Toy Soldiers Chords by Carbon Leaf

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[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
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[C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [D] _ The _ _ _
_ _ [A] day I [C] [G] strike out on [D] my _ _ own _ The [A] dog is [C] [G] dead, the kids [D] have run _
_ _ _ I _ fell [Am] asleep in [G] my riding [D] _ chair _ I _ _ [Am] dreamt [C] I'd found [G] my childhood [D] _ _ stare _ _
To [Am] family [C] dinner [G] Christmas [D] _ night _ _ We'd _
[Am] cross [C] the river, [G] _ [D] shipyard _ _ lights
_ _ [A] Before the [C] _ [Em] [G] heartbreak and [D] up _ north _ The _ [A] day I [C] strike [D] out on my _ _ own _
_ _ [A] Hi Diddley, oh, [F] didn't you know?
[G] The fade [A] watched you glow, didn't you know, [C] child?
[G] After the rhyme [D] by time [A] Diddley, oh, [F] didn't you [Am] know?
[G] The fade [D] watched you glow, [A] didn't you [Em] know, child?
[G] After the rhyme [D] by time
_ The
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[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] families gather, [G] but [D] we're _ all _ _ _ [Am] Mere [C] shadows in [G] this banquet [D] _ hall _ _ _
_ [Am] I'm begging [C] mom, will [G] you [D] understand? _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] I'm begging [C] dad, will [G] you hold [D] her _ _ hand?
_ _ To [A] play [C] outside [G] was all [D] I'd _ _ known _ _ At [Am] Christmas [G] lights on every [D] _ _ _ home _
_ _ Hi [A] Diddley, [F] oh, didn't you know?
[G] The fade [D] watched you glow, [A] didn't you know, [C] child?
[G]
After the rhyme [D] by time [A] Diddley, oh, [F] didn't you know?
[G] The fade [D] watched you glow, [A] didn't you know, [C] child?
[G]
After the rhyme [D] by _ [A] time
We _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] find the people [G] of [D] our dreams We _ _ _ [Am] find [C] that they're [G] not what [D] they seem _ _
I've _ [Am] learned [C] that people [G] come [D] and go _ _ _ _ [Am] I've learned [C] that families [G] break [D] and _ grow
_ _ _ [Am] Toy soldiers brave [A] away [D] those tears _ _ _ _ [Am] Toy soldiers hope for better [D] _ _ _ _ years
_ _ [A] Today [C] I strike out [G] on [D] my _ own _ The _
[A] dog [C] is [Em] dead, the [D] kids have _ _ grown
_ _ _ Hi [Am] Diddley, oh, [F] didn't you know?
[G] The fade [D] watched you glow, [A] didn't you know, [C] child?
[G] After the rhyme [D] by time [A] Diddley, oh, [F] didn't you know?
[G] The fade [D] watched you glow, [A] didn't you know, [C] child?
[G] After the rhyme [D] by [A] time
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ [G] After the rhyme [D] by [A] time
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ [G] After the rhyme [D] by