Intro
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He joined up to get a job and show he wasn't scared 
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Swapped boy scout hat for army cap 
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He thought he'd be prepared 
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At the age of seventeen, he was forced to choose 
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At the age of twenty-one, he's in Catch-22, all right! 
 
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He joined up for just three years, it seemed a small amount 
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But they didn't tell him that 
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The first two didn't count 
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At the age of seventeen how was he to know 
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That at the age of twenty-one he'd still have one to go? 
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Tin soldier 
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He signed away his name 
D 
Tin soldier 
E 
No chance for cash or fame 
E 
Tin soldier 
A 
Now he knows the truth 
D 
Tin soldier 
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He signed away his youth 
 
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He joined up 'cause Dad knew best to do right by his son 
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And now he hates and counts the dates 
     D                   E 
That mark time on square one 
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At the age of seventeen he did as he was told 
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Now at the age of twenty-one tin still won't turn to gold 
 
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Tin soldier 
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He signed away his name 
D 
Tin soldier 
E 
No chance for cash or fame 
E 
Tin soldier 
A 
Now he knows the truth 
D 
Tin soldier 
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He signed away his youth 
 
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If at the age of seventeen you fall in line too soon 
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Then at the age of twenty-one you'll still march to their tune 
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Hup, two, three, four 
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Hup, two, three, four 
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Hup, two, three, four 
 
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Tin soldiers, you signed away your name 
D             E 
Tin soldiers, no chance for cash or fame 
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Tin soldiers, now you know the truth 
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Tin soldiers, you sign away your youth 
E             A 
Tin soldiers, you go and join the queue 
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Tin soldiers, do what they want you to 
E             A 
Tin soldiers, they take away your name 
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Tin soldiers, they treat you all the same 
  
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E     D        E 
Sign away your life 
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Sign away your life 
 
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