The Four Seasons

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"Toy Soldier"
                        (Bob Gaudio - Bob Crewe)

Intro:

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

	F7sus4 [131311]   (F)
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------
	-3-3-3---3-------|-----------------
	-6-5-3---3-------|-----------------
	-----------------|-----------------

	(wordless backing vocals enter)

	F            A7           Dm /C /B /Bb
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
	A           C#7          F#m    Em A7
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
	                                  Toy

Chorus:

	 G   D
	Soldier

	(tremolo electric):

	 v   v   v   v
	-----------------
	-----------------
	-----------------
	-0-0-0---0-------
	-3-2-0---0-------
	-----------------

	 G    C  G         D
	Toy soldier, poor boy
	              F#    Bm   /Bb  /A  G       A7    D
	[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:

	A          A7               D
	A lonely soldier needs his girl
	         Ddim                 A
	But he's halfway 'round the world
	       A7                  D
	If he knew the truth he'd hurt
	            Ddim             A
	'Cause his girl's become a flirt
	  C#7      F#m       Em    A
	'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]:

	F            A7           Dm /C /B /Bb
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
	A           C#7          F#m /E /D# /D
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

	 C#     C#7
	Toy soldier (toy soldier)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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Copyrights:

Author: Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio

Composer: ?

Publisher: Flashback Records

Details:

Released in: 1965

Language: English

Appearing on: The 4 Seasons Entertain You (1965)

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