Lots Of Little Soldiers
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Afinação: D A D G A DTecla: EbmCapotraste:
1st traste
If you use standard rather than DADGAD, you'll have to tune down 1/2 step
to get to his Ebm key.
DADAGAD CHORDS USED
Dm (D5) F C Am
D|------0----------0-------------|
A|------0----------0----3-----3--|
G|------2----------2----0-----2--|
D|------0----------0----2-----2--|
A|------4----------3----3-----0--|
D|------0----------3-------------|
[Intro & after each Chorus]
D|------0-0--0----------------------|
A|------0-0--3--0----------------0--|
G|--------------2-0-0-0-0-0-0----2--|
D|----------------0-3-0-0-3-0-0--0--|
A|----------------------------3-----|
D|---0------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm F C
Oh, me name is What-cha-ma-call me and me father’s was as well
Dm C Am
Of a little game he taught me and the story I will tell
Dm F C
With lots of little soldiers and as sure as the day would come
Dm C Am Dm
I sent them into battle at the beating of a drum
[Chorus]
F C
I put 'em all up on a table and I marched them all around
Dm C
I battered em with me cannon balls and watched em falling down
Dm F C
I’d lots of little crosses which I laid upon the dead
Dm C Am Dm
And I patched up all the wounded ones and sent 'em off to bed
[Verse 2]
Dm F C
When I went ‘round to the neighbors for a nickel or a dime
Dm C
To buy some little soldiers just to pass away the time
Dm F C
They were always very kindly in supplying me with guns
Dm C Am Dm
And some of them even let me play at soldiers with their sons
[Chorus]
F C
I put 'em all up on a table and I marched them all around
Dm C
I battered em with me cannon balls and watched em falling down
Dm F C
I’d lots of little crosses which I laid upon the dead
Dm C Am Dm
And I patched up all the wounded ones and sent 'em off to bed
[Verse 3]
Dm F C
Whenever I went to the shop to buy me guns and tanks
Dm C Am
The man there always smiled, patted me head and whispered “thanks,
Dm F C
If it wasn’t for your soldier game I don’t know what I’d do,
Dm C Am Dm
Well ya keep me business busy son, so here’s an extra few”
[Chorus]
F C
I put 'em all up on a table and I marched them all around
Dm C
I battered em with me cannon balls and watched em falling down
Dm F C
I’d lots of little crosses which I laid upon the dead
Dm C Am Dm
And I patched up all the wounded ones and sent 'em off to bed
[Verse 4]
Dm F C
One day I bought some aeroplanes, but this is what I found
Dm C Am
When I sent them into battle to help me soldiers on the ground
Dm F C
They bombed up every soldier and they proved a terrible flop
Dm C Am Dm
And I had to buy another hundered crosses from the shop
[Chorus]
F C
I put 'em all up on a table and I marched them all around
Dm C
I battered em with me cannon balls and watched em falling down
Dm F C
I’d lots of little crosses which I laid upon the dead
Dm C Am Dm
And I patched up all the wounded ones and sent 'em off to bed
[Verse 5]
Dm F C
I’d very much like to teach this game of soldiers and of guns
Dm C Am
To me fourteen lovely daughters, me seven handsome sons
Dm F C
The man in the shop gave me a bomb he took it off the shelf
Dm C Am Dm
And he bombed up every soldier, all me neighbors and me-self
[Chorus]
F C
I put 'em all up on a table and I marched them all around
Dm C
I battered em with me cannon balls and watched em falling down
Dm F C
I’d lots of little crosses which I laid upon the dead
Dm C Am Dm
And I patched up all the wounded ones and sent 'em off to bed
How to play Lots Of Little Soldiers
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