How to Play One Tin Soldier on Guitar?

Coven - One Tin Soldier can be played in the key of C using the C, G, Am, Em, F chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play One Tin Soldier with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Coven - One Tin Soldier Chords

Chord reference C, G, Am, Em, F

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[C]Listen children [G]to a story [Am]that was written [Em]long ago [F]‘Bout a kingdom [C]on a mountain, [F]and the valley [G]folk below [C]On the mountain [G]was a treasure [Am]buried deep be[Em]neath a stone [F]And the valley [C]people swore they’d [F]have it for their [G]very[C] own.

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

[C]So the people [G]of the valley [Am]sent a message [Em]up the hill [F]Asking for the [C]buried treasure, [F]tons of gold for [G]which they’d kill [C]Came an answer [G]from the kingdom: “[Am]With our brothers [Em]we will share [F]All the secrets [C]of our mountain, [F]all the riches [G]buried [C]there.”

[C]Now the valley [G]cried with anger, [Am]mount your horses, [Em]draw your sword! [F]And they killed the [C]mountain people, [F]sure they’d won their [G]just reward [C]Now they stood be[G]side the treasure [Am]on the mountain [Em]dark and red [F]Turned the stone and [C]looked beneath it [F]“Peace on Earth” was [G]all it [C]said.

Artist Coven

Album Coven

Genres Psychedelic Rock

Year 1971

Key C

Coven - One Tin Soldier can be played in the key of C using the C, G, Am, Em, F chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play One Tin Soldier with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.