B5 : 224432  G5 :320033  A5 : 002220
 E5 : 022100   C5 :x32010

 Intro: In Bm position pluck the three top strings.


 Verse 1:

    B5         B5        E5             E5
 Young men and soldiers, nineteen fourteen.

    B5               B5       E5            E5
 Marching through countries they'd  never seen

    B5          B5       E5         E5
 Virgins with rifles, a game of charades

     C5        B5           A5
 All for a children's crusade


 Verse 2: Follow same format as verse 1

 Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
 Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
 Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
 All of those young lives betrayed


 Chorus:

    C5             G5             C5         G5
 The children of England would never be slaves

    C5                  B5                G5
 They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves

     C5          G5       C5            G5
 The Flower of England face down in the mud

     C5              B5                       G5
 And stained in the blood of a whole generation

 Verse 3: follow same format as verse 1

 Corpulent generals safe behind lines
 History's lessons drowned in red wine
 Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
 All of those young lives betrayed

 Instrumental solo

 Bass line during instrumental is:

 E----------------- |       Repeat this throughout the instrumental
 B----------------- | 
 G----------------- | 
 D----0------------ | 
 A-0-2--0-2-------- | 
 E---------0------- | 


 Repeat Chorus

 Verse 3: follow same format as in verse 1

 Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty-four
 Fixing in door ways, opium slaves
 Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
 All of those young lives betrayed
 All for a children's crusade.

 Fade.


 If you have any corrections or comments don't hesitate to
 send them to me,

                   --Akira Nakahara(using my brother's account)

--
Ken Nakahara
as608@freenet.carleton.ca     or     ab218@torfree.net
Toronto, Ontario

From: pjoe@charon.muc.de (Peter Eybert)

There was a typo in the last post. The F's should be E's.
Thanks to Akira Nakahara for mentioning that.

Here the corrected Version

    Children's Crusade (Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles)
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 F#5
 B5            G5         A5             E5
 Young men and soldiers, nineteen fourteen.
 B5               G5         A5             C5
 Marching through countries they'd  never seen
 B5           G5         A5           E5
 Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
 C5         B5            A5      C5      A5     C5
 All for a children's crusade

[same chords]
 Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
 Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
 Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
 C5            B5           A5
 All of those young lives betrayed


 Chorus:
     C5           G5             C5        G5
 The children of England would never be slaves
          C5             B5       E5       Bb5
 They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
     C5         G5            C5           G5
 The Flower of England face down in the mud
     C5              B5         E5         Bb5
 And stained in the blood of a whole generation


[chords like verse 1]
 Corpulent generals safe behind lines
 History's lessons drowned in red wine
 Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
 All of those young lives betrayed
 C5         B5            E5
 All for a children's crusade

 During solo: E5 B5

 Repeat Chorus

[chords like verse 3]
 Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty-four
 Fixing in door ways, opium slaves
 Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
 All of those young lives betrayed
 All for a children's crusade.

Bb13=6x678x, could be Eb=x11333 as well.