Key: Eb major
Verse 1
A
D
Bm
Esus4
E
Bm
E
Bm
A child ran through
E
Bm
the meadow on a sun drenched summer day
D
Bm
D
C#m
And kneeled in a field of poppies.
Verse 2
Bm
E
A man walked through my ghetto
Bm
Esus4
E
on a humid summer day
Bm
C#m
Bm
And then he stopped to pay and he
A
Bm
C#m
dealed in a field of poppies.
Verse 3
Bm
C#m
Oh, flower of forgetfulness,
Bm
E
just an hour away to the moon
C#m
Bm
are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
C#m
Bm
The door knocks and death
Interlude 1
takes another youth.
Bm
F#m
Verse 4
F#m
C#m
Poppies, red poppies...,
Interlude 2
Bm
D
Bm
A
D
Verse 5
D
C#m
who's laughter rang to the skies
E
C#m
Bm
Was a joy to be hold
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Bm
Then I looked into his eyes, a look so cold,
C#m
Bm
a boy who (rose on (? ? ? sorry))
Interlude 3
A
E
A
F#m
Verse 6
F#
F#m
E
Poppies, red poppies, red poppies,
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C#m
red poppies..., red poppies...,
D
Red poppies...., red poppies..., red poppies...,
F#m
D
F#m
D
C#m
red poppies...,
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