The Trooper
Iron Maiden
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EmYou'll take my life but I'll take yours tooD
EmYou'll fire your musket but I'll run you througDh
CSo when you're waiting for the next attackD
EmYou'd better stand there's no turning backD.
EmThe Bugle sounds and the charge beginsD
EmBut on this battlefield no one winsD
CThe smell of acrid smoke and horses breathD
EmAs I plunge on into certain death.
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EmThe horse he sweats with fear we break to runD
EmThe mighty roar of the Russian gunsD
CAnd as we race towards the human wallD
EmThe screams of pain as my comrades falDl.
EmWe hurdle bodies that lay on the groundD
EmAnd the Russians fire another roundD
CWe get so near yet so far awayD
EmWe won't live to fight another day.
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EmWe get so close near enough to fightD
EmWhen a Russian gets me in his sightsD
CHe pulls the trigger and I feel the blowD
EmA burst of rounds take my horse below.D
EmAnd as I lay there gazing at the skyD
EmMy body's numb and my throat is dryD
CAnd as I lay forgotten and aloneD
EmWithout a tear I draw my parting groan.
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