(verse i)
C            G      Am                  Em
Listen children to a story that was written long ago
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'bout a kingdom on a mountain, and the valley folk below
C            G            Am                 Em
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone
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And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.

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C                         Em               F                        G
Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend
C                  Em               F            G
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end
C                        Em        F                  C
There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day
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On the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away.

(verse ii)
C            G            Am            Em
So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
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Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill
C               G                  Am
Came an answer from the kingdom: ?with our brothers we will share
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All the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there.?

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(verse iii)
C               G                Am                     Em
Now the valley cried with anger, mount your horses, draw your sword!
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And they killed the mountain people, sure they?d won their just reward
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Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red
F                  C
Turned the stone and looked beneath it -
F                        C
"peace on earth" was all it said.

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