CAPO: 1st Fret 


Intro: Am 

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TV's on, the favourite son is watching how the West was won 
                 Am                       G                 Dsus2 
Daddy, please, a plastic gun, get brother one for twice the fun 
Am          G             F                C 
Little camo helmet heads, making brave and playing dead 
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And missiles made of gingerbread, dollars on the dime 


  

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Am      C               G                  Am 
Hey ho, so it goes, the point of sale, the puppet show 
    C                 G                                       Dsus2 
The merchant kings of war and woe, have turned their hands to labour 
Am            C                  G                Am 
Sound out the trumpet noise, the cannons bark and jump for joy 
C                   G                              Am 
Someone's dread and darling boy, has fallen on his sabre 


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Another world across the sea, home for little busy bees 
                 Am             G               Dsus2 
Sweating in some factory, hurry please, more of these 
Am                G             F                 C 
Action dolls with laser sights, robot planes that shoot at night 
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Faster kid, and get it right, they're rolling down the line 



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Am      C               G                  Am 
Hey ho, so it goes, the point of sale, the puppet show 
    C                 G                                       Dsus2 
The merchant kings of war and woe, have turned their hands to labour 
Am            C                  G                Am 
Sound out the trumpet noise, the cannons bark and jump for joy 
C                   G                              Am 
Someone's dread and darling boy, has fallen on his sabre 


Instrumental:   C  G  Am  C  G  Dsus2  Am  C  G  Am  C  G  Am   


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These days the spin machine is always on the silver screen 
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Secret plots and submarines, foreign fiends and magazines 
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Wave the flag and watch the news and tell us we can count on you 
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'Cause Mom and Dad are marching too, children, step in time 



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Am      C               G                  Am 
Hey ho, so it goes, the point of sale, the puppet show 
    C                 G                                       Dsus2 
The merchant kings of war and woe, have turned their hands to labour 
Am            C                  G                Am 
Sound out the trumpet noise, the cannons bark and jump for joy 
C                   G                              Am 
Someone's dread and darling boy, has fallen on his sabre 


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So bring your kids and coddled pets, bouncing babes in bassinets 
                       Am                     G        Dsus2 
We'll play a game with tanks and jets, better yet, bayonets 
Am                 G              F                C 
Marching bands and colour-guards, funerals in your own back yard 
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Don't forget your credit card, Johnny, hold the line____ 




[Refrão]
Am      C               G                  Am 
Hey ho, so it goes, the point of sale, the puppet show 
    C                 G                                       Dsus2 
The merchant kings of war and woe, have turned their hands to labour 
Am            C                  G                Am 
Sound out the trumpet noise, the cannons bark and jump for joy 
C                   G                              Am 
Someone's dread and darling boy, has fallen on his sabre 
     C                   G            N.C.              Am 
Yes, someone's dread and darling boy, has fallen on his sabre