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