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Intro
(acoustic and tremolo electric guitar; bass/drums alone 2nd bar)
FA7sus4 131311 (F)
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(wordless backing vocals enter)
FA LA7 REm /DO /SI /SIb
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LA DO#7 FA#m MIm LA7
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Toy
Chorus
SOL RE
Soldier
(tremolo electric):
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SOL DO SOL RE
Toy soldier, poor boy
FA# SIm /SIb /LA SOL LA7 RE
[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:
LA LA7 RE
A lonely soldier needs his girl
REdim LA
But he's halfway 'round the world
LA7 RE
If he knew the truth he'd hurt
REdim LA
'Cause his girl's become a flirt
DO#7 FA#m MIm LA
'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]:
FA LA7 REm /DO /SI /SIb
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LA DO#7 FA#m /MI /MIb /RE
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DO# DO#7
Toy soldier (toy soldier)
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