| C | G | Am | Em | |
| Listen children | to a sto | ry that was written long | ago |
| F | C | F | G | |
| 'Bout a kingdom on | a mountain, and the v | alley folk below |
| C | G | Am | Em | |
| On the mountain | was a treasure b | uried deep beneath a | stone |
| F | C | F | C | |
| And the valley p | eople swore they'd have | it for their very own. |
| (Chorus:) |
| C | Em | F | G | |
| Go ahead and hate your neigh | bor, go ahead | and cheat a friend |
| C | Em | F | G | |
| Do it in the name of hea | ven, you can justif | y it in the e | nd |
| C | Em | F | C | |
| There won't be any trumpets blow | ing, come | the judgment day |
| No Chord F C |
| On the bloody morning after - one tin soldier rides away. |
| Verse II |
| C | G | Am | Em | |
| So the people of | the valley sent | a message up th | e hill |
| F | C | F | G | |
| Asking for the b | uried treasure, ton | s of gold for which they'd ki | ll |
| C | G | Am | |
| Came an answer from | the kingdom: With o | ur brothers we will share |
| F | C | F | C | |
| All the secrets | of our mountain, all | the riches buried t | here. |
| Chorus |
| Verse III |
| C | G | Am | Em | |
| Now the valley crie | d with anger, mou | nt your horses, draw yo | ur sword! |
| F | C | F | |
| And they killed the moun | tain people, sure they'd | won their just reward |
| G |
| C | G | Am | Em | |
| Now they stood be | side the treasure on th | e mountain dark a | nd red |
| F | C | |
| Turned the stone and loo | ked beneath it - |
| F | C | |
| "Peace on Earth" was all it said | . |
| Chorus |