Chord/Tab song: Poppies

submitted by m. burgess

Poppies
[B] [A] [E]

e ----7---- ----5---- ----x----
B ----7---- ----5---- ----9----
G ----8---- ----6---- ----9----
D ----9---- ----7---- ----9----
A ----9---- ----7---- ----7----
E ----7---- ----5---- ----7----

Intro:

e -------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------
D --6---7p6---9---6---7p6---9----6---7p6---9-
A -------------------------------------------
E ----0-----0---0---0-----0---0----0-----0---

Intro (cont.)

e ----------------x-x-x-x/7-7-7-7...
B ----------------x-x-x-x/7-7-7-7...
G ----------------x-x-x-x/8-8-8-8...
D ----6---7p6---9-7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9...
A ----------------7-7-7-7/9-9-9-9...
E --0---0-----0---5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7...

riff 1:

e --------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------
D --6---7p6---9---6---7p6---9----6---7p6---9----6---
A --------------------------------------------------
E ----0-----0---0---0-----0---0----0-----0----0-----

Play the main part (A to E) with a slide as shown below:

[A] [E]

e ---5----5------------x-x-x-x------------
B ---5----5--x--x--(7)/9-9-9-9------------
G ---6----6--x--x--(7)/9-9-9-9------------
D ---7----7--x--x--(7)/9-9-9-9------------
A ---7----7--------(5)/7-7-7-7------------
E ---5----5--------(5)/7-7-7-7------------

(slide)
"Lawng, lawng ago...."

L[A]ong, long a[E]go, in C[A]hina I'm t[E]old
To [A]England was t[E]raded some t[B]ea
And [A]so sealed the f[E]ate in p[A]ieces of e[E]ight
All [A]England, and [E]all of the w[B]orld
(riff 1) B
Yeah........poppies

When s[A]oon his majes[E]ty sent s[A]oldiers and t[E]hieves
To [A]India se[E]arching for g[B]old
Inst[A]ead, from the gr[E]ound some m[A]agic they f[E]ound
Aww, s[A]omething far b[E]etter I'm t[B]old
(riff 1) B
Yeah.......poppies
(riff 1) B
Yeah.......poppies

(instrumental--play through chords of one verse)

And [A]now, this story t[E]old from d[A]ays of our [E]own
When g[A]ossamer do[E]ggies ran [B]ran
They'd p[A]atiently w[E]ait, with [A]pieces of [E]eight
So ev[A]eryb[E]ody could sm[B]ile
(riff 1) B
One more time.........poppies
(riff 1) B E
Yeah.........poppies