Key: Eb major
Verse 1
G
C
Am
Dsus4
D
Am
D
Am
A child ran through
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Am
the meadow on a sun drenched summer day
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Am
C
Bm
And kneeled in a field of poppies.
Verse 2
Am
D
A man walked through my ghetto
Am
Dsus4
D
on a humid summer day
Am
Bm
Am
And then he stopped to pay and he
G
Am
Bm
dealed in a field of poppies.
Verse 3
Am
Bm
Oh, flower of forgetfulness,
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D
just an hour away to the moon
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Am
are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
Bm
Am
The door knocks and death
Interlude 1
takes another youth.
Am
Em
Verse 4
Em
Bm
Poppies, red poppies...,
Interlude 2
Am
C
Am
G
C
Verse 5
C
Bm
who's laughter rang to the skies
D
Bm
Am
Was a joy to be hold
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Am
Then I looked into his eyes, a look so cold,
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Am
a boy who (rose on (? ? ? sorry))
Interlude 3
G
D
G
Em
Verse 6
E
Em
D
Poppies, red poppies, red poppies,
C
Bm
red poppies..., red poppies...,
C
Red poppies...., red poppies..., red poppies...,
Em
C
Em
C
Bm
red poppies...,
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