Children's Crusade Sting
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:
You[Bm]ng men and [Bm]soldiers, [E]nineteen fourt[E]een.
Mar[Bm]ching through cou[Bm]ntries th[E]ey'd never s[E]een
Vir[Bm]gins with ri[Bm]fles, a g[E]ame of cha[E]rades
All [C]for a chi[Bm]ldren's crusa[A]de
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:
The[C] children of E[G]ngland would n[C]ever be sl[G]aves
The[C]y're trapped on the[Bm] wire and dying in[G] waves
The [C]Flower of E[G]ngland f[C]ace down in t[G]he mud
And [C]stained in the [Bm]blood of a whole generati[G]on
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)
[--]Ken Nakahara
as608@freenet.carleton.ca or ab218@torfree.net
Toronto, Ontario
From: pjoe@charon.muc.de (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]Young men and [G]soldiers, [A]nineteen fourt[E]een.
[Bm]Marching through [G]countries [A]they'd never [C]seen
[Bm]Virgins with [G]rifles, a [A]game of char[E]ades
[C]All for a [Bm7]children's crus[A]ade[C] [A] [C]
(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]All of those [Bm7]young lives be[A]trayed
Chorus:
The [C]children of [G]England would [C]never be [G]slaves
They're t[C]rapped on the [Bm]wire and [Em]dying in [Bb13]waves
The [C]Flower of [G]England face [C]down in the [G]mud
And [C]stained in the [Bm]blood of a [Em]whole gener[Bb13]ation
(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]All for a [Bm7]children's crus[Em]ade
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.
[--]____________________________________________________________
Peter Eybert pjoe@charon.muc.de
Appenzellerstr. 123 Tel: +49-89-7593734
81475 Muenchen (NeXTMail welcome)
[--]
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