Hey, Ni ki ta, is it cold

(C)in your lit tle cor the ner of (G)that the world?

You could roll a round the globe

and nev er find a warm er soul to know.

Oh, I saw you by the wall,

ten of your tin sol diers in a row,

with eyes that looked like (D)ice on fire,

the hu man heart a cap tive in the snow.

Oh, Ni ki ta, (G)you will nev er know

an y thing a bout my home.

(C)I’ll (G)nev er know how good it feels to hold you.

Ni ki ta, I (G)need you so.

Oh, Ni ki ta, is the (C)oth er side

of an y giv en line in time

(G)count ing ten tin sol diers in a row?

(Em7)Oh (D7)no, Ni ki ta, you’ll (G)nev er know.

Do you ev er dream of me?

(C)Do you ev er see the let ters (G)that I write?

When you look up through the wire,

Ni ki ta, do you count the stars at night?

Oh, And if there comes a time

guns and gates no long er hold you in,

and if you’re free to (D)make a choice,

just look to wards the west and find a friend.

Oh, Ni ki ta, (G)you will nev er know

an y thing a bout my home.

(C)I’ll (G)nev er know how good it feels to hold you.

Ni ki ta, I (G)need you so.

Oh, Ni ki ta, is the (C)oth er side

of an y giv en line in time

(G)count ing ten tin sol diers in a row?

(Em7)Oh (D7)no, Ni ki ta, you’ll (G)nev er know.

Oh, Ni ki ta, you will nev (Am7)Count ing ten tin sol diers in a (G)row.

(Am7)Count ing ten tin sol diers in a (G)row.

(Am7)Count ing ten tin sol diers in a (G)row.