Chords for Children's Crusade - Sting 1985
Tempo:
116.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
Em
G
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#] [D]
[F#]
[D] Young men and soldiers [E] of [B] 1940
[Bm] Marching to [G] countries [D] they'd never [G] seen
[C#] [D] Burgins with rifles, [B] the theme of [E] charade
[G] Are for our children's [Dm] crusade
[E]
[B] [C]
[B] Borns in [D]
our [E] victims of [B] chance
[A] [D] Strewn on the [G] fields of [D] Belgium [C] and France
[G] [D] Robbies for young men, [E] death's bitter [Bm] trade
[C] All our poor [Dm] young lives [B] betrayed
[G]
The [C] children [G] of England were never slaves
Trapped on [Bm] the wire [Em] and dying [C] in the waste
Of flour [G] all England faced down
And stained in [Bm] the blood [Em] of a lost [C]
generation
[C#] [D]
Corpulent and most, [E] safe behind [Bm] lines
[D] History's lessons [G] [Dm] drowned in [G] rain
[C#] [D] Robbies for young [E] men, death's bitter [B] trade
[C] All our [G] poor young lives [Dm]
betrayed
[G] [B] Are for [Em] our [Bm] [E] children's crusade
[Em]
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[C#m] [D] [Em]
[A] [D] [Em]
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[Bm] [Em]
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[A] [D] [Em]
[Bm]
[Em]
[Bm]
[C]
[G] The children of England were never slaves
Trapped on [Bm] the wire [Em] and dying
[C]
[G] [C]
[G] in the [D] waste
[G] Of flour all [Gm] England faced down
In [A] [D]
[E] 1984, [Bm] fixing [G] in Doris
[D] Opium [G]
slaves, [D] robbies for young [E] men
Such bitter trade
[C] All our [Em] poor young lives [B] [E] betrayed
[B] [Em]
Are for our
[Bm] children's [Em] crusade
[E] [Bm]
[E]
[Bm] [E]
[N]
[F#]
[D] Young men and soldiers [E] of [B] 1940
[Bm] Marching to [G] countries [D] they'd never [G] seen
[C#] [D] Burgins with rifles, [B] the theme of [E] charade
[G] Are for our children's [Dm] crusade
[E]
[B] [C]
[B] Borns in [D]
our [E] victims of [B] chance
[A] [D] Strewn on the [G] fields of [D] Belgium [C] and France
[G] [D] Robbies for young men, [E] death's bitter [Bm] trade
[C] All our poor [Dm] young lives [B] betrayed
[G]
The [C] children [G] of England were never slaves
Trapped on [Bm] the wire [Em] and dying [C] in the waste
Of flour [G] all England faced down
And stained in [Bm] the blood [Em] of a lost [C]
generation
[C#] [D]
Corpulent and most, [E] safe behind [Bm] lines
[D] History's lessons [G] [Dm] drowned in [G] rain
[C#] [D] Robbies for young [E] men, death's bitter [B] trade
[C] All our [G] poor young lives [Dm]
betrayed
[G] [B] Are for [Em] our [Bm] [E] children's crusade
[Em]
[A] [Dm] [Em]
[Dm] [Em]
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[C#m] [D] [Em]
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[A] [D] [Em]
[Bm]
[Em]
[Bm]
[C]
[G] The children of England were never slaves
Trapped on [Bm] the wire [Em] and dying
[C]
[G] [C]
[G] in the [D] waste
[G] Of flour all [Gm] England faced down
In [A] [D]
[E] 1984, [Bm] fixing [G] in Doris
[D] Opium [G]
slaves, [D] robbies for young [E] men
Such bitter trade
[C] All our [Em] poor young lives [B] [E] betrayed
[B] [Em]
Are for our
[Bm] children's [Em] crusade
[E] [Bm]
[E]
[Bm] [E]
[N]
Key:
D
Em
G
Bm
E
D
Em
G
[C#] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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[D] Young men and soldiers [E] of _ _ [B] 1940 _
_ [Bm] Marching to [G] countries [D] they'd never _ [G] seen
[C#] _ [D] Burgins with rifles, [B] the theme of [E] _ charade
[G] Are for our _ children's [Dm] crusade
[E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[B] _ Borns in [D] _ _
our [E] victims of [B] chance
_ [A] [D] Strewn on the [G] fields of [D] Belgium [C] and France
_ [G] [D] Robbies for young men, [E] death's bitter [Bm] trade
[C] _ All our poor [Dm] young lives _ [B] betrayed _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
The [C] children [G] of England were never _ slaves
_ Trapped on [Bm] the wire [Em] and dying [C] in the waste
Of flour [G] all England faced down _ _
And stained in [Bm] the blood [Em] of a lost [C] _
generation
_ _ _ [C#] _ [D]
Corpulent and most, [E] safe behind [Bm] lines _ _
[D] History's lessons [G] _ [Dm] drowned in [G] _ rain
[C#] [D] Robbies for young _ [E] men, death's bitter _ [B] trade
[C] All our [G] poor young lives [Dm]
betrayed
[G] _ _ _ [B] Are for [Em] our _ [Bm] [E] children's crusade
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_ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ [C#m] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] The children of England were never slaves
_ Trapped on [Bm] the wire [Em] and dying _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ in the [D] waste
[G] Of flour all [Gm] England faced down _
In [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ 1984, _ [Bm] fixing [G] in Doris
[D] _ Opium [G] _
slaves, [D] _ robbies for young [E] men
Such bitter _ trade
[C] All our [Em] poor young lives [B] _ [E] betrayed _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ Are for our _
[Bm] children's [Em] crusade
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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[D] Young men and soldiers [E] of _ _ [B] 1940 _
_ [Bm] Marching to [G] countries [D] they'd never _ [G] seen
[C#] _ [D] Burgins with rifles, [B] the theme of [E] _ charade
[G] Are for our _ children's [Dm] crusade
[E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[B] _ Borns in [D] _ _
our [E] victims of [B] chance
_ [A] [D] Strewn on the [G] fields of [D] Belgium [C] and France
_ [G] [D] Robbies for young men, [E] death's bitter [Bm] trade
[C] _ All our poor [Dm] young lives _ [B] betrayed _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
The [C] children [G] of England were never _ slaves
_ Trapped on [Bm] the wire [Em] and dying [C] in the waste
Of flour [G] all England faced down _ _
And stained in [Bm] the blood [Em] of a lost [C] _
generation
_ _ _ [C#] _ [D]
Corpulent and most, [E] safe behind [Bm] lines _ _
[D] History's lessons [G] _ [Dm] drowned in [G] _ rain
[C#] [D] Robbies for young _ [E] men, death's bitter _ [B] trade
[C] All our [G] poor young lives [Dm]
betrayed
[G] _ _ _ [B] Are for [Em] our _ [Bm] [E] children's crusade
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_ [A] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] The children of England were never slaves
_ Trapped on [Bm] the wire [Em] and dying _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ in the [D] waste
[G] Of flour all [Gm] England faced down _
In [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ 1984, _ [Bm] fixing [G] in Doris
[D] _ Opium [G] _
slaves, [D] _ robbies for young [E] men
Such bitter _ trade
[C] All our [Em] poor young lives [B] _ [E] betrayed _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ Are for our _
[Bm] children's [Em] crusade
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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