"Toy Soldier"
(Bob Gaudio - Bob Crewe)

Intro:

(acoustic and tremolo electric guitar; bass/drums alone 2nd bar)

F7sus4 [131311]   (F)
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-3-3-3---3-------|-----------------
-6-5-3---3-------|-----------------
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(wordless backing vocals enter)

FF Piano Chord 
            A7A7 Piano Chord 
           DmDm Piano Chord 
 /C /B /Bb
/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
AA Piano Chord 
           C#7C#7 Piano Chord 
          F#mF#m Piano Chord 
    EmEm Piano Chord 
 A7A7 Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
Toy

Chorus:

GG Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 

Soldier

(tremolo electric):

v   v   v   v
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-0-0-0---0-------
-3-2-0---0-------
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GG Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 

Toy soldier, poor boy
F#F# Piano Chord 
    BmBm Piano Chord 
   /Bb  /A  GG Piano Chord 
       A7A7 Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 

[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:

AA Piano Chord 
          A7A7 Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 

A lonely soldier needs his girl
DdimDdim Piano Chord 
                 AA Piano Chord 

But he's halfway 'round the world
A7A7 Piano Chord 
                  DD Piano Chord 

If he knew the truth he'd hurt
DdimDdim Piano Chord 
             AA Piano Chord 

'Cause his girl's become a flirt
C#7C#7 Piano Chord 
      F#mF#m Piano Chord 
       EmEm Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 

'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]:

FF Piano Chord 
            A7A7 Piano Chord 
           DmDm Piano Chord 
 /C /B /Bb
/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
AA Piano Chord 
           C#7C#7 Piano Chord 
          F#mF#m Piano Chord 
 /E /D# /D
/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

C#C# Piano Chord 
     C#7C#7 Piano Chord 

Toy soldier (toy soldier)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers