The Trooper by Iron Maiden
Key: EE | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Verse 1
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Youll take my life but ill take yours too
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Youll fire your musket but ill run you through
 C                                        D E 
So when youre waiting for the next attack
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Youd better stand theres no turning back.
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The bugle sounds and the charge begins
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But on this battlefield no one wins
 C                                       D E
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
 E 
As i plunge on into certain death.
Chorus
 D                        E
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
 D                        E
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
D E
Verse 2
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The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
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The mighty roar of the russian guns
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And as we race towards the human wall
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The screams of pain as my comrades fall
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We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
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And the russians fire another round
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We get so near yet so far away
 E 
We wont live to fight another day.
Chorus
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Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
 D                        E
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Verse 3
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We get so close near enough to fight
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When a russian gets me in his sights
 C                                    D E
He pulls the trigger and i feel the blow
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A burst of rounds take my horse below.
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And as i lay there gazing at the sky
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My bodys numb and my throat is dry
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And as i lay forgotten and alone
 E 
Without a tear i draw my parting groan
Chorus
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Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
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Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh