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Children's Crusade

Sting
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
  :  224432 :320033 :  002220
  :  022100 :x32010
 In Bm position pluck the three top strings.
  Young  men and soldiers, nineteen  fourteen.
  Marching  through countries  they'd  never seen
  Virgins  with rifles,  a game  of charades
  All for  a children's  crusade
 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
  The  children of England  would never  be slaves
  They're  trapped on the  wire and dying in  waves
  The Flower  of England  face  down in the  mud
  And stained  in the blood  of a whole generation
 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
  Bass line during instrumental is:
E-----------------| Repeat this throughout the instrumental
B-----------------|
G-----------------|
D----0------------|
A-0-2--0-2--------|
E---------0-------|
  Repeat Chorus
 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)
 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)
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  Young  men and soldiers, nineteen  fourteen.
  Marching  through countries they'd  never seen
  Virgins  with rifles,  a game  of charades
  All  for a children's  crusade
  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
  The children  of England  would never  be slaves
  They're trapped  on the wire  and dying  in waves
  The Flower  of England  face down  in the mud
  And stained  in the blood  of a whole  generation
  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
  All  for a children's  crusade
  Repeat Chorus
  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.
=6x678x,  could be /=x11333  as well.

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Readable chord sheet for Children's Crusade by Sting

[Bm]: 224432  [G]:320033  [A]: 002220
 [E]: 022100   [C]:x32010

In Bm position pluck the three top strings.

 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

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

 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

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

 Bass line during instrumental is:

 E-----------------|      Repeat this throughout the instrumental
 B-----------------|
 G-----------------|
 D----0------------|
 A-0-2--0-2--------|
 E---------0-------|

 Repeat Chorus

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)

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)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 [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

 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

[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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