Iron Maiden – The Trooper
Intro: Em D C D
(3x)
Em D
You'll take my life but I’ll take yours too
Em D
You'll fire your musket but I’ll run you
through
C
D
So when you're waiting for the next attack
Em D
You'd better stand there's no turning back.
Em D
The bugle sounds and the charge begins
Em D
But on this battlefield no one wins
C D
The smell of acrid smoke and horse’s breath
Em D
As i plunge on into certain death.
D
Em
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
D Em (EmDCD)2x
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Em D
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
Em D
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
C D
And as we race towards the human wall
Em D
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
Em D
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
Em D
And the Russians fire another round
C D
We get so near yet so far away
Em D
We won't live to fight another day.
Em D
We get so close near enough to fight
Em D
When a Russian gets me in his sights
C D
He pulls the trigger and i feel the blow
Em D
A burst of rounds take my horse below.
Em D
And as i lay there gazing at the sky
Em D
My bodies numb and my throat is dry
C D
And as i lay forgotten and alone
Em D
Without a tear i draw my parting groan
D
Em
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
D
Em (EmDCD)
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
