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From: [email protected] (Ken Nakahara)
Children’s Crusade — STING
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the album: The Dream
of the Blue Turtles
Hi! My second time posting a Sting song. If anyone wants me to try
to figure out anymore from Sting just holler!
Bm: 224432 G:320033 A: 002220
E: 022100 C:x32010
Intro: In Bm position pluck the three top strings.
Verse 1:
Bm Bm E E
Young men and soldiers, nineteen fourteen.
Bm Bm E E
Marching through countries they’d never seen
Bm Bm E E
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
C Bm A
All for a children’s crusade
Verse 2: Follow same format as verse 1
Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
Poppies for young men, death’s bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
Chorus:
C G C G
The children of England would never be slaves
C Bm G
They’re trapped on the wire and dying in waves
C G C G
The Flower of England face down in the mud
C Bm G
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
Verse 3: follow same format as verse 1
Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History’s lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death’s bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
Instrumental solo
Bass line during instrumental is:
E——————| Repeat this throughout the instrumental
B——————|
G——————|
D—-0————|
A-0-2—0-2———|
E———0——-|
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3: follow same format as in verse 1
Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty-four
Fixing in door ways, opium slaves
Poppies for young men, death’s bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children’s crusade.
Fade.
If you have any corrections or comments don’t hesitate to
send them to me,
—Akira Nakahara(using my brother’s account)
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Ken Nakahara
[email protected] or [email protected]
Toronto, Ontario
From: [email protected] (Peter Eybert)
There was a typo in the last post. The F’s should be E’s.
Thanks to Akira Nakahara for mentioning that.
Here the corrected Version
Children’s Crusade (Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles)
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F#m
Bm G A E
Young men and soldiers, nineteen fourteen.
Bm G A C
Marching through countries they’d never seen
Bm G A E
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
C Bm7 A C A C
All for a children’s crusade
[same chords]
Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
Poppies for young men, death’s bitter trade
C Bm7 A
All of those young lives betrayed
Chorus:
C G C G
The children of England would never be slaves
C Bm Em Bb13
They’re trapped on the wire and dying in waves
C G C G
The Flower of England face down in the mud
C Bm Em Bb13
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
[chords like verse 1]
Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History’s lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death’s bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
C Bm7 Em
All for a children’s crusade
During solo: Em Bm7
Repeat Chorus
[chords like verse 3]
Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty-four
Fixing in door ways, opium slaves
Poppies for young men, death’s bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children’s crusade.
Bb13=6x678x, could be Ebmaj7/Bb=x11333 as well.
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