Childrens Crusade - Ver 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 Cmaj7 A C A C All for a children's crusade Bm G A E Pawns in the game are not victims of chance Bm G A C Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France Bm G A E Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade C Cmaj7 A All of those young lives betrayed 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 Bm G A E Corpulent generals safe behind lines Bm G A C History's lessons drowned in red wine Bm G A E Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade C Cmaj7 A C A C All of those young lives betrayed C Cmaj7 Em All for a children's crusade Em Bm7 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 Bm G A E Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty-four Bm G A C Fixing in door ways, opium slaves Bm G A E Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade C Cmaj7 A C A C All of those young lives betrayed C Cmaj7 Em All for a children's crusade. Em Bm7