Key: Eb major
Verse 1
F
Bb
Gm
Csus4
C
Gm
C
Gm
A child ran through
C
Gm
the meadow on a sun drenched summer day
Bb
Gm
Bb
Am
And kneeled in a field of poppies.
Verse 2
Gm
C
A man walked through my ghetto
Gm
Csus4
C
on a humid summer day
Gm
Am
Gm
And then he stopped to pay and he
F
Gm
Am
dealed in a field of poppies.
Verse 3
Gm
Am
Oh, flower of forgetfulness,
Gm
C
just an hour away to the moon
Am
Gm
are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
Am
Gm
The door knocks and death
Interlude 1
takes another youth.
Gm
Dm
Verse 4
Dm
Am
Poppies, red poppies...,
Interlude 2
Gm
Bb
Gm
F
Bb
Verse 5
Bb
Am
who's laughter rang to the skies
C
Am
Gm
Was a joy to be hold
Am
Gm
Then I looked into his eyes, a look so cold,
Am
Gm
a boy who (rose on (? ? ? sorry))
Interlude 3
F
C
F
Dm
Verse 6
D
Dm
C
Poppies, red poppies, red poppies,
Bb
Am
red poppies..., red poppies...,
Bb
Red poppies...., red poppies..., red poppies...,
Dm
Bb
Dm
Bb
Am
red poppies...,
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