Key: Eb major
Verse 1
F#
B
G#m
C#sus4
C#
G#m
C#
G#m
A child ran through
C#
G#m
the meadow on a sun drenched summer day
B
G#m
B
A#m
And kneeled in a field of poppies.
Verse 2
G#m
C#
A man walked through my ghetto
G#m
C#sus4
C#
on a humid summer day
G#m
A#m
G#m
And then he stopped to pay and he
F#
G#m
A#m
dealed in a field of poppies.
Verse 3
G#m
A#m
Oh, flower of forgetfulness,
G#m
C#
just an hour away to the moon
A#m
G#m
are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
A#m
G#m
The door knocks and death
Interlude 1
takes another youth.
G#m
D#m
Verse 4
D#m
A#m
Poppies, red poppies...,
Interlude 2
G#m
B
G#m
F#
B
Verse 5
B
A#m
who's laughter rang to the skies
C#
A#m
G#m
Was a joy to be hold
A#m
G#m
Then I looked into his eyes, a look so cold,
A#m
G#m
a boy who (rose on (? ? ? sorry))
Interlude 3
F#
C#
F#
D#m
Verse 6
D#
D#m
C#
Poppies, red poppies, red poppies,
B
A#m
red poppies..., red poppies...,
B
Red poppies...., red poppies..., red poppies...,
D#m
B
D#m
B
A#m
red poppies...,
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