A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
<< Back to Iron Maiden Song List
Version 1 Version 2
[Verse 1]
Em D Em
You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
Em D C
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
C D Em
So when you're waiting for the next attack
Em D Em
You'd better stand there's no turning back.
Em D Em
The bugle sounds and 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
D Em
[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
[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