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The Yardbirds – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor (1967) | Track profile | Dork

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The Yardbirds
Little Games
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor

Release date: 1967

From Little Games

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About This Track

"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor" is a track by The Yardbirds, from the album Little Games , released 1967. Full lyrics are available below.

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The Yardbirds

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Lyrics

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor

[Chorus 1:]

Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor

Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief

Doctor, baker, fine shoe-maker

Wise man, madman, taxman, please

[Chorus 2:]

How can I know just what to be?

Please stop and give advice to me

Tell me[x2]

How many people do I help

Just by sitting on the shelf

Tell me[x2]

I don't want a trade at all

There's to living off the road

[Chorus 1]

[Verse 1:]

Who's gonna tell me what to do?

Then they will say that I am true

Maybe[x2]

Perhaps I'll come to a great success

Or possible a dreadful mess

Maybe[x2]

Having buys it's fortune, fame

Living's just a little game

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

[Chorus 1][x2]

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Track details

From Little Games

1967

Album

Release year

1967

—White Summer
—L.S.D.
—Goodnight Sweet Josephine
—Drinking Muddy Water
—Glimpses
—I Remember the Night
—Little Soldier Boy
—Ha! Ha! Said the Clown
—Little Games
—Never Mind
—Only the Black Rose
—Puzzles
—No Excess Baggage
—Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor
—Stealing, Stealing
—Ten Little Indians (Vocal)
—Together Now
—Think About It
—Ten Little Indians
—Smile On Me (2002 Stereo Mix)
—Smile on Me
—You Stole My Love

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Writer: Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page
Producer: Mickie Most
Credited: Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page, Mickie Most