Tuning: G C E A

[Intro] Em D Em D C D Em

^DYo^Emu'll take my life but I'll take yours too ^DYo^Emu'll fire your musket but I'll run you through ^DSo^C when you're waiting for the next attack ^DYo^Emu'd better stand there's no turning back

^DTh^Eme bugle sounds the charge begins ^DBu^Emt on this battlefield no one wins ^DTh^Ce smell of acrid smoke and horses breath ^DAs^Em I plunge on into certain death

^DOoooooo^Emoh ^DOoooooo^Emoh

^DTh^Eme horse he sweats with fear we break to run ^DTh^Eme mighty roar of the Russian guns ^DAn^Cd as we race towards the human wall ^DTh^Eme scream of pain as my comrades fall

^DWe^Em hurdle bodies that lay on the ground ^DAn^Emd the Russians fire another round ^DWe^C get so near yet so far away ^CWe^D won't live to fight another day

^DOoooooo^Emoh ^DOoooooo^Emoh

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^DWe^Em get so close near enough to fight ^DWh^Emen a Russian gets me in his sights ^DHe^C pulls the trigger and I feel the blow ^CA ^Dburst of rounds take my horse below

^DAn^Emd as I lay there gazing at the sky ^DMy^Em body's numb and my throat is dry ^DAn^Cd as I lay forgotten and alone ^DWi^Emthout a tear I draw my parting groan

^DOoooooo^Emoh ^DOoooooo^Emoh

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Iron Maiden - The trooper