7 Chords used in the song: Em, D, C, Bm, Am, G, F

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Em
D
Em
D
C
D
Em
D
Em
You'll take my life but I'll take yours tooD
Em
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you throughD
C
So when you're waiting for the next attackD
Em
You'd better stand, there's no turning backD
Em
The bugle sounds the charge beginsD
Em
But on this battlefield no one winsD
C
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breathD
Em
As I plunge on into certain deathD
Em
OooooooohD
Em
OooooooohD
Em
The horse he sweats with fear, we break to runD
Em
The mighty roar of the Russian gunsD
C
And as we race towards the human wallD
Em
The scream of pain as my comrades fallD
Em
We hurdle bodies that lay on the groundD
Em
And the Russians fire another roundD
C
We get so near yet so far awayC
D
We won't live to fight another dayD
Em
OooooooohD
Em
OooooooohEm
D
Bm
C
D
Am
G
Em
F
G
Em
D
Em
D
C
C
D
D
Em
We get so close near enough to fightD
Em
When a Russian gets me in his sightsD
C
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blowC
D
A burst of rounds take my horse below
D
Em
And as I lay there gazing at the skyD
Em
My body's numb and my throat is dryD
C
And as I lay forgotten and aloneD
Em
Without a tear I draw my parting groanD
Em
OooooooohD
Em
OooooooohEm
D
Em
D
Em
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About this song: The Trooper
"The Trooper" is a song written by Iron Maiden bass player Steve Harris. It is Iron Maiden's ninth single, and the second from their 1983 album Piece of Mind. The single was released on June 20, 1983. The song is about the Battle of Balaclava in 1854 during the Crimean War, and is at least partially based upon Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade", taking the viewpoint of one of the slain troopers, who, in the coverart, is perceived as a bald Eddie.