Verse I C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) EmListen (022000@1)children to a story that was written long ago F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G7'Bout (320001@1)a kingdom on a mountain, and the valley folk below C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) EmOn (022000@1)the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own. (Chorus:) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) GGo (320003@1)ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) GDo (320003@1)it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) CThere (x32010@1)won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day N/C F (133211@1) COn (x32010@1)the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away. Verse II C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) EmSo (022000@1)the people of the valley sent a message up the hill F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G7Asking (320001@1)for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmCame (x02210@1)an answer from the kingdom: "With our brothers we will share F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) CAll (x32010@1)the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there." Chorus Verse III C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) EmNow (022000@1)the valley cried with anger, mount your horses, draw your sword! F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) G7And (320001@1)they killed the mountain people, sure they'd won their just reward C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) EmNow (022000@1)they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red F (133211@1) CTurned (x32010@1)the stone and looked beneath it - Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) C"Peace (x32010@1)on Earth" was all it said. Chorus
