Key: Eb major
Verse 1
Ab
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Bbm
Ebsus4
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Eb
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A child ran through
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the meadow on a sun drenched summer day
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Cm
And kneeled in a field of poppies.
Verse 2
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Eb
A man walked through my ghetto
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Ebsus4
Eb
on a humid summer day
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Cm
Bbm
And then he stopped to pay and he
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Cm
dealed in a field of poppies.
Verse 3
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Cm
Oh, flower of forgetfulness,
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Eb
just an hour away to the moon
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Bbm
are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
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The door knocks and death
Interlude 1
takes another youth.
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Fm
Verse 4
Fm
Cm
Poppies, red poppies...,
Interlude 2
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Db
Bbm
Ab
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Verse 5
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Cm
who's laughter rang to the skies
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Was a joy to be hold
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Then I looked into his eyes, a look so cold,
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a boy who (rose on (? ? ? sorry))
Interlude 3
Ab
Eb
Ab
Fm
Verse 6
F
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Eb
Poppies, red poppies, red poppies,
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red poppies..., red poppies...,
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Red poppies...., red poppies..., red poppies...,
Fm
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Fm
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red poppies...,
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