Toys chords by XTC

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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 F over C#m7
     thus making it sound a bit off.
   The song is in 7th chords except for the E but, may play
     this using basic chords; and/or open chords.

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


Intro:
A7  G7  A7  G7

Verse 1:
A7            G7
Sindy's spending too much money on clothes
A7            G7
Ken is going back to Gay Bob
  A7          G7
The Teddy bears swear the neighbourhood's gone
     A7        G7
Since the moving in of Golliwog
Bm7         A7
Rag doll gets beaten up by the Action Man
  Bm7          A7
The one with the real life hair
  A7           G7
He walks and he talks in a commanding voice
  A7          G7
But sexually he's not all there.

Chorus:
  E  C#m7        F#m7  B7
Oh dear what can the matter be, my children sweet children
   E   C#m7       F#m7  B7
What gives down in the nursery, my children sweet children
  E  C#m7        F#m7   B7
Oh dear what if the cradle falls, my children sweet children
E    C#m7/F      F#m7   B7
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em we killed 'em


Bridge:
  F#7
If toys are quarreling amongst themselves
   B7            D7
What hope is there now for the world?


Interlude:
A7  G7  A7  G7

Verse 2:
  A7           G7
The smell of smoke hanging thick over funland
    A7              G7
As the older toys are pushed down a ramp
  A7            G7
The microchip master race are melting them down
   A7         G7
In a dolly concentration camp
  Bm7           A7
The world's gone mad but in miniature
  Bm7            A7
The kids can only do what they feel
A7            G7
See them copy what their parents have done
       A7           G7
'Til they're old enough to do it for real


Chorus:
  E  C#m7        F#m7  B7
Oh dear what can the matter be, my children sweet children
   E   C#m7       F#m7  B7
What gives down in the nursery, my children sweet children
  E  C#m7        F#m7   B7
Oh dear what if the cradle falls, my children sweet children
E    C#m7/F      F#m7   B7
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em we killed 'em


Bridge:
  F#7
If toys are quarreling amongst themselves
   B7            D7
What hope is there now for the world?

Solo:
A7  G7  A7  G7
A7  G7  A7  G7
          Burn!
Bm7 A7  Bm7  A7
A7  G7  A7  G7


Chorus:
  E  C#m7        F#m7  B7
Oh dear what can the matter be, my children sweet children
   E   C#m7       F#m7  B7
What gives down in the nursery, my children sweet children
  E  C#m7        F#m7   B7
Oh dear what if the cradle falls, my children sweet children
E    C#m7       F#m7   B7
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em we killed 'em
  E  C#m7        F#m7  B7
Oh dear what can the matter be, my children sweet children
   E   C#m7       F#m7  B7
What gives down in the nursery, my children sweet children
  E  C#m7        F#m7   B7
Oh dear what if the cradle falls, my children sweet children
E    C#m7       F#m7   B7
Toys are only human after all, who killed 'em we killed 'em (to fade)