Sting – Childrens Crusade (Guitar Intro Tab)

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Chords

[Intro]
Bmadd9
(x8)

Bmadd9/F#
(x4)
[Verse 1]
Bm9           Gadd2     Aadd4        Emadd9
Young men and soldiers, nineteen fourteen

Bm9              Gadd2     Aadd4        Cadd2
Marching through countries they'd never seen

Bm9          Gadd2     Aadd4       Emadd9
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades

Dsus4/C   Fmaj7         Em7/A   Em7/C   Em7/A   Em7/C
All for a children's crusade
[Verse 2]
Bm9           Gadd2       Aadd4      Emadd9
Pawns in the game are not victims of chance

Bm9              Gadd2  Aadd4       Cadd2
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France

Bm9         Gadd2      Aadd4         Emadd9
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade

Dsus4/C      Fmaj7         Em7/A   Em7/A   Em7/A   Em7/A
All of those young lives betrayed
[Chorus]
    Cadd2       G             Cadd2    G
The children of England would never be slaves

        Cadd2          Bm7      Em7      Abmaj7#5/Bb
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves

    Cadd2     G            Cadd2       G
The Flower of England face down in the mud

    Cadd2          Bm7        Em7       Abmaj7#5/Bb
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
[Verse 3]
Bm9         Gadd2  Aadd4       Emadd9
Corpulent generals safe behind lines

Bm9         Gadd2 Aadd4          Cadd2
History's lessons drowned in red wine

Bm9         Gadd2      Aadd4         Emadd9
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade

Dsus4/C      Fmaj7         Em7/A   Em7/C
All of those young lives betrayed

Em7/A     Em7/C      Bm7 Em7
All for a children's cru-sade
[Solo] (Em7) Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Em9 A/B Em9 A/B Em9 A/B Em9 A/B x7 [Chorus]
    Cadd2       G             Cadd2    G
The children of England would never be slaves

        Cadd2          Bm7      Em7      Abmaj7#5/Bb
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves

    Cadd2     G            Cadd2       G
The Flower of England face down in the mud

    Cadd2          Bm7        Em7       Abmaj7#5/Bb
And stained in the blood of a whole generation
[Verse 4]
Bm9         Gadd2 Aadd4        Emadd9
Midnight in Soho  nineteen eighty-four

Bm9           Gadd2 Aadd4  Cadd2
Fixing in doorways, opium slaves

Bm9         Gadd2      Aadd4      Emadd9
Poppies for young men, such bitter trade

Dsus4/C      Fmaj7         Em7/A   Em7/C   Em7/A   Em7/C
All of those young lives betrayed

Em7/A     Em7/C      Bm7   Em7
All for a children's cru - sade
[Outro] Dmaj7#5/E