Chords for Stone Soup by Tom Chapin

_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [D] In a threat bear town [A] at the [D] end of the [Gm] war a hungry [E] soldier knocked on a [G] door
Pardon [A] me madam.
[Bm] I need [F#m] some food
_ _ [G]
rum [A]-dum-dum
[D] _ _ _ [F#m] So
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] The soldier marched to the center of town here you hear you [A] gather round
Picked up a [Bm] stone and gave it [F#m] a kiss _ _ _
_ [G] Let's [A] make [D] soup out of this
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ Sure
_ _ _ [Bm] All you need is what [D] you got a tasty stone [G] and water [A] in the pot
[D] Take some time, but [G] feeds a lot [A] stone soup [D] tonight
_ _ [Bm] Stone [F#m] soup [G] stone _ [D] soup.
What is [E] this fellow?
[A] _ _ _ _ _
But [D] the kids brought stones which he put in the pot boiled the whole [E] thing [A] piping hot [G] and he [A] hushed the [Bm] crowd and [F#m] solemn _ faced
[G] Took a rum [A]-dum-dum [D] I taste.
_ Oh
[Bm]
This [E] is gonna [A] be good _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ Oh
[B] Not [E] yet, it's not quite done it needs [B] a
_ soup for
_ flavor _ a
[A] Little girl [D] brought [A] a stone [D] said we've [A] been saving a [F#m] big
Shall _ I get it that'd be nice.
[C#] She was back [F#] in a _ trice
the soldier _ smiled
_ [B] All you need is what [D] you got he took that bone [G] and threw [A] it in the pot [D] some grown-ups
Started to [G] see the light _ [A] stone soup
[D] _ _ Then [Bm] _
he took a taste took a [A] taste oh, _ _ _ [Bm] [E] this is gonna [A] be great
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] Not just yet, [E] it's still not done it [Dm] needs _ _ a potato _ and an
_ _ Onion _ the kids [A] jumped up and off they tore and brought the things that [F#m] he'd asked [Bm] for not [F#m] to mention
turnip [Bm] greens a [E] carrot [A] and some beans
_ _ the
[D] _
Love soup began to float into _ every nose [A] and throat [Gm] _
[A] calling [B] people like [F#m] a drum
_ _ _ [G] Rum [A]-dum-dum
[D] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] Tasty
No, _ _ _ not [D] yet.
I'm still not through it [B] needs one [E] thing from each of you
Whatever _ [A] you can spare
_ _ _ [D] So the villagers scattered to their root cellars corn cribs and [G] secret looks [D] and brought back everything [A] from an eggplant
to a [G] pepperoni _
[A] That night the [Bm] whole hungry [F#m] village east of Dom
_ [E] soup _ made out of [F#] a stone Oh _ _
[B] _ _ _ We [Bm] need is what [D] we've got a tasty stone and [A] water in a pot
_ Little things become [G] a lot [E] tiny gifts can fill [A] the pot [F#] when they're shared and served [Bm] up
_ Stone _ [F#m] soup [G] stone _ [D] _
soup
[G] _ Stone _ [A] soup _
_ [D] tonight _ _ _ _ _
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