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Childrens Crusade by Sting




               Childrens Crusade







 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.









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version 2








 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       Bb13
 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         Bb13
 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 Ebmaj7/Bb=x11333 as well.











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