Key: Eb major
Verse 1
E
A
F#m
Bsus4
B
F#m
B
F#m
A child ran through
B
F#m
the meadow on a sun drenched summer day
A
F#m
A
G#m
And kneeled in a field of poppies.
Verse 2
F#m
B
A man walked through my ghetto
F#m
Bsus4
B
on a humid summer day
F#m
G#m
F#m
And then he stopped to pay and he
E
F#m
G#m
dealed in a field of poppies.
Verse 3
F#m
G#m
Oh, flower of forgetfulness,
F#m
B
just an hour away to the moon
G#m
F#m
are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
G#m
F#m
The door knocks and death
Interlude 1
takes another youth.
F#m
C#m
Verse 4
C#m
G#m
Poppies, red poppies...,
Interlude 2
F#m
A
F#m
E
A
Verse 5
A
G#m
who's laughter rang to the skies
B
G#m
F#m
Was a joy to be hold
G#m
F#m
Then I looked into his eyes, a look so cold,
G#m
F#m
a boy who (rose on (? ? ? sorry))
Interlude 3
E
B
E
C#m
Verse 6
C#
C#m
B
Poppies, red poppies, red poppies,
A
G#m
red poppies..., red poppies...,
A
Red poppies...., red poppies..., red poppies...,
C#m
A
C#m
A
G#m
red poppies...,
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