Intro: In position pluck the three top strings. Verse 1: Young men and soldiers, nineteen fourteen. Marching through countries they'd never seen Virgins with rifles, a game of charades 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: The children of England would never be slaves They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves The Flower of England face down in the mud 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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