The Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers chords by The Crystals

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
(trumpets)


Verse 1:
  A        E
The toy shop door is locked up tight
  A       E
And everything is quiet for the night
   A
When suddenly
  E
The clock strikes twelve
  Bm   E
The fun's begun

Chorus:
  A         E
The dolls are in their best arrayed
    A       E
There's going to be a wonderful parade
   A
Hark to the drum
  E
Oh, here they come
   Bm  E  A
Cries everyone


Post-chorus:
A
Hear them all cheering
A
Now they are nearing
          E
There's the captain stiff as starch
          E
Bayonet's flashing, Music is crashing
       A
As the wooden soldiers march


Verse 2:
A
Sabres a-clinking
A
Soldiers a-winking
        Dbm
At each pretty little maid
Dbm
Here they come, here they come
A        Dbm
Here they come, here they come
        Bm E
Wooden soldiers on parade


Instrumental:
A  E  x5
Bm  E
A  E  x3
Bm  E
A  E  x3


Verse 3:
  A        E
The toy shop door is locked up tight
  A       E
And everything is quiet for the night
   A
When suddenly
  E
The clock strikes twelve
  Bm   E
The fun's begun


Chorus:
  A         E
The dolls are in their best arrayed
    A       E
There's going to be a wonderful parade
   A
Hark to the drum
  E
Oh, here they come
   Bm  E  A
Cries everyone


Post-chorus:
A
Hear them all cheering
A
Now they are nearing
          E
There's the captain stiff as starch
          E
Bayonet's flashing, Music is crashing
       A
As the wooden soldiers march


Outro:
A
Hear them all cheering
A
Now they are nearing
          E
There's the captain stiff as starch
          E
Bayonet's flashing, Music is crashing
       A
As the wooden soldiers march