Iron Maiden – The Trooper (Guitar)

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[Intro] (Riff) Em D Em D C D Em D x2 [Verse 1]
Em N.C.                                      D Em
   You'll take my life but I'll take yours too

N.C.                                            D C
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through

N.C.                                      D Em
So when you're waiting for the next attack

N.C.                                       D Em
You'd better stand, there's no turning back

Em                                 D Em
The bugle sounds, the charge begins

Em                                 D C
But on this battlefield no one wins

C                                        D Em
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath

Em
As I plunge on into certain death
[Chorus]
D                       Em
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

D                       Em
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Interlude/Break] Em D Em D C C D D x2 [Verse 2]
Em                                           D Em
The horse he sweats with fear, we break to run

Em                                 D C
The mighty roar of the Russian guns

C                                   D Em
And as we race towards the human wall

Em                                   D Em
The screams of pain as my comrades fall

Em                                    D Em
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground

Em                                D C
And the Russians fire another round

C                            D Em
We get so near yet so far away

Em
We won't live to fight another day
[Chorus]
D                       Em
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

D                       Em
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Guitar Solo] [Interlude/Break] Em D Em D C C D D x2 [Verse 3]
Em                                   D Em
We get so close, near enough to fight

Em                                D C
When a Russian gets me in his sights

C                                     D Em
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow

Em                                   D Em
A burst of rounds take my horse below

Em                                 D Em
And as I lay there gazing at the sky

Em                                D C
My body's numb and my throat is dry

C                             D Em
And as I lay forgotten and alone

Em
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
[Chorus]
D                       Em
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

D                       Em
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[Ending] (Riff)