Childrens Crusade by Sting
Key: BmBm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    



 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
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                   --Akira Nakahara(using my brother's account)
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Ken Nakahara
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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       A#13
 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         A#13
 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 D#maj7/Bb=x11333 as well.
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