Key: Eb major
Verse 1
Bb
Eb
Cm
Fsus4
F
Cm
F
Cm
A child ran through
F
Cm
the meadow on a sun drenched summer day
Eb
Cm
Eb
Dm
And kneeled in a field of poppies.
Verse 2
Cm
F
A man walked through my ghetto
Cm
Fsus4
F
on a humid summer day
Cm
Dm
Cm
And then he stopped to pay and he
Bb
Cm
Dm
dealed in a field of poppies.
Verse 3
Cm
Dm
Oh, flower of forgetfulness,
Cm
F
just an hour away to the moon
Dm
Cm
are reaching for truth
While you're in the stupor
Dm
Cm
The door knocks and death
Interlude 1
takes another youth.
Cm
Gm
Verse 4
Gm
Dm
Poppies, red poppies...,
Interlude 2
Cm
Eb
Cm
Bb
Eb
Verse 5
Eb
Dm
who's laughter rang to the skies
F
Dm
Cm
Was a joy to be hold
Dm
Cm
Then I looked into his eyes, a look so cold,
Dm
Cm
a boy who (rose on (? ? ? sorry))
Interlude 3
Bb
F
Bb
Gm
Verse 6
G
Gm
F
Poppies, red poppies, red poppies,
Eb
Dm
red poppies..., red poppies...,
Eb
Red poppies...., red poppies..., red poppies...,
Gm
Eb
Gm
Eb
Dm
red poppies...,
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Eb Cm Fsus4 F...
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