Childrens Crusade (Sting)

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From: as608@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Ken Nakahara)

                 Children's Crusade   - STING
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   From the album: The Dream
                                        of the Blue Turtles


 Hi! My second time posting a Sting song. If anyone wants me to try
 to figure out anymore from Sting just holler!


 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
 send them to me,

                   --Akira Nakahara(using my brother's account)

--
Ken Nakahara
as608@freenet.carleton.ca     or     ab218@torfree.net
Toronto, Ontario

From: pjoe@charon.muc.de (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)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 
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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81475 Muenchen                            (NeXTMail welcome)
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Видео для песни «Childrens Crusade»:

Описание аккордов к песне (Генератор аккордов)

• Bm ↓

• E ↓

  

• C ↓

  

• G ↓

  

• F#m ↓

  

• Bm7 ↓

  

• Em ↓