Toys chords by XTC

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QmBTWCDxI&t=1s
NOTE: Regarding the chord C#m7/F in the first two choruses ONLY:
   In reality, it's actually the bass that plays the FF over C#m7C#m7
     thus making it sound a bit off.
   The song is in 7th chords except for the E MajorE but, may play
     this using basic chords; and/or open chords.

Key - E MajorE Intro & Verses: , F#F# Choruses:


Intro:
A7A7  G7G7  A7A7  G7G7

Verse 1:
A7A7            G7G7
Sindy's spending too much money on clothes
A7A7            G7G7
Ken is going back to Gay Bob
  A7A7          G7G7
The Teddy bears swear the neighbourhood's gone
     A7A7        G7G7
Since the moving in of Golliwog
Bm7Bm7         A7A7
Rag doll gets beaten up by the Action Man
  Bm7Bm7          A7A7
The one with the real life hair
  A7A7           G7G7
He walks and he talks in a commanding voice
  A7A7          G7G7
But sexually he's not all there.

Chorus:
  E MajorE  C#m7C#m7        F#m7F#m7  B7B7
Oh dear what can the matter be, my children sweet children
   E MajorE   C#m7C#m7       F#m7F#m7  B7B7
What gives down in the nursery, my children sweet children
  E MajorE  C#m7C#m7        F#m7F#m7   B7B7
Oh dear what if the cradle falls, my children sweet children
E MajorE    C#m7/F      F#m7F#m7   B7B7
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em we killed 'em


Bridge:
  F#7F#7
If toys are quarreling amongst themselves
   B7B7            D7D7
What hope is there now for the world?

Interlude:
A7A7  G7G7  A7A7  G7G7

Verse 2:
  A7A7           G7G7
The smell of smoke hanging thick over funland
    A7A7              G7G7
As the older toys are pushed down a ramp
  A7A7            G7G7
The microchip master race are melting them down
   A7A7         G7G7
In a dolly concentration camp
  Bm7Bm7           A7A7
The world's gone mad but in miniature
  Bm7Bm7            A7A7
The kids can only do what they feel
A7A7            G7G7
See them copy what their parents have done
       A7A7           G7G7
'Til they're old enough to do it for real


Chorus:
  E MajorE  C#m7C#m7        F#m7F#m7  B7B7
Oh dear what can the matter be, my children sweet children
   E MajorE   C#m7C#m7       F#m7F#m7  B7B7
What gives down in the nursery, my children sweet children
  E MajorE  C#m7C#m7        F#m7F#m7   B7B7
Oh dear what if the cradle falls, my children sweet children
E MajorE    C#m7/F      F#m7F#m7   B7B7
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em we killed 'em


Bridge:
  F#7F#7
If toys are quarreling amongst themselves
   B7B7            D7D7
What hope is there now for the world?

Solo:
A7A7  G7G7  A7A7  G7G7
A7A7  G7G7  A7A7  G7G7
          Burn!
Bm7Bm7 A7A7  Bm7Bm7  A7A7
A7  G7G7  A7A7  G7G7


Chorus:
  E MajorE  C#m7C#m7        F#m7F#m7  B7B7
Oh dear what can the matter be, my children sweet children
   E MajorE   C#m7C#m7       F#m7F#m7  B7B7
What gives down in the nursery, my children sweet children
  E MajorE  C#m7C#m7        F#m7F#m7   B7B7
Oh dear what if the cradle falls, my children sweet children
E MajorE    C#m7C#m7       F#m7F#m7   B7B7
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em we killed 'em
  E MajorE  C#m7C#m7        F#m7F#m7  B7B7
Oh dear what can the matter be, my children sweet children
   E MajorE   C#m7C#m7       F#m7F#m7  B7B7
What gives down in the nursery, my children sweet children
  E MajorE  C#m7C#m7        F#m7F#m7   B7B7
Oh dear what if the cradle falls, my children sweet children
E MajorE    C#m7C#m7       F#m7F#m7   B7B7
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em we killed 'em (to fade)