Toy soldiers (1989)    (video)

 

    Am ~

 

   F                                               G

1.    It wasn't my intention to mislead you,

F                                      G          Am       G           Am

    it never should have been this way. What can I say ?

F                                               G

    It's true, I did extend the invitation

F                                                  G      - F - G

    I never knew how long you'd stay.

                      Am           G       F

    When you hear temptation call,

    G            Am          G        F        G   F

    it's your heart that takes, takes the fall.

 

    (Won't you come out and play with me ?)

 

   C                  G

Step by step, heart to heart,

Am                      D         F       - G             Am

left, right, left we all fall down        like toy soldiers.

 C             G

Bit by bit, torn apart,

      Am                         D        F            - G             Am

we never win, but the battle wages on       for toy soldiers.

 

   F                                                           G

2.     It's getting hard to wake up in the morning,

F                                           G Am   G            Am

    my head is spinning constantly. How can it be ?

F                                                        G

    How could I be so blind to this addiction ?

      F                                                          G     - F - G

    if I don't stop, the next one's gonna be me.

            Am      G          F      G     Am     G  F     G    F

    Only emptiness remains, it replaces all, all  the  pain.

 

    (Won't you come out and play with me ?)

 

+  CHORUS       +  G

 

+  C - Dm - G - F    - C - Dm - Em ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Am      G          F      G     Am     G  F     G    F

+  Only emptiness remains, it replaces all, all  the  pain.

 

    (Won't you come out and play with me ?)

 

   C                  G

Step by step, heart to heart,

Am                      D         F       - G             Am

left, right, left we all fall down        like toy soldiers.

 C             G

Bit by bit, torn apart,

      Am                         D        F            - G             Am

we never win, but the battle wages on       for toy soldiers.

 

+  repeat CHORUS ....

 

(orig. = capo 4th)     (Martika)