Children's Crusade
StingVersion1
90
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.
Source: Songsterr · Rights holder? Request removal.
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.