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