[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Bm9
Young men,
Gadd9
soldiers,
Aadd11
Nineteen Four
Emadd9
teen
Bm9
Marching through
Gadd9
countries
Aadd11
they'd never
Cadd9
seen
Bm9
Virgins with
Gadd9
rifles, a
Aadd11
game of cha
Emadd9
rades
Dsus4/C
All for a
FM7
Children's Cru
Em7/A
sade
Em7/C
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Bm9
Pawns in the
Gadd9
game are not
Aadd11
victims of
Emadd9
chance
Bm9
Strewn on the
Gadd9
fields of
Aadd11
Belgium and
Cadd9
France
Bm9
Poppies for
Gadd9
young men,
Aadd1
death's bitter
Emadd9
trade
Dsus4/C
All of those
FM7
young lives be
Em7/A
trayed
Em7/A
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{c:[Chorus]
The
Cadd9
children of
G
England Would
Cadd9
never be
G
slaves They're
Cadd9
trapped on the
Bm7
wire And
Em7
dying in
A♭M7♯5/B♭
waves The
Cadd9
flower of
G
England Face
Cadd9
down in the
G
mud And
Cadd9
stained in the
Bm7
blood Of a
Em7
whole gene
A♭M7♯5/B♭
ration
A♭M7♯5/B♭
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{c:[Verse 2]
Bm9
Corpulent
Gadd9
generals
Aadd11
safe behind
Emadd9
lines
Bm9
History's
Gadd9
lessons
Aadd11
drowned in red
Cadd9
wine
Bm9
Poppies for
Gadd9
young men,
Aadd11
death's bitter
Emadd9
trade
Dsus4/C
All of those
FM7
young lives be
Em7/A
trayed
Em7/C
-- -- --
Em7/A
All for a
C
Children's
B
Cru(↓)sade
[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
The
Cadd9
children of
G
England Would
Cadd9
never be
G
slaves They're
Cadd9
trapped on the
Bm7
wire And
Em7
dying in
A♭M7♯5/B♭
waves The
Cadd9
flower of
G
England Face
Cadd9
down in the
G
mud And
Cadd9
stained in the
Bm7
blood Of a
Em7
whole gene
A♭M7♯5/B♭
ration
A♭M7♯5/B♭
-- -- The
Cadd9
children of
G
England Would
Cadd9
never be
G
slaves They're
Cadd9
trapped on the
Bm7
wire And
Em7
dying in
A♭M7♯5/B♭
waves The
Cadd9
flower of
G
England Face
C
down in the
G
mud And
Cadd9
stained in the
Bm7
blood Of a
Em7
whole gene
A♭M7♯5/B♭
ration
A♭M7♯5/B♭
[Outro]
Bm9
Midnight in
Gadd9
Soho,
Aadd11
Nineteen Eigh
Emadd9
ty-four
Bm9
Fixing in door
Gadd9
ways,
Aadd11
opium
Cadd9
slaves
Bm9
Poppies for
Gadd9
young men,
Aadd11
such bitter
Emadd9
trade
Dsus4/C
All of those
FM7
young lives be
Em7/A
trayed
Em7/C
-- -- --
Em7/A
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Em7/C
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Em7/A
All for a
Em7/C
Children's
Bm7
Cru
Em7
○
sade
DM7♯5/E
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