[Intro]
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[Verse]
Dm C
You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
Dm C
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
A# C
So when you're waiting for the next attack
Dm C
You'd better stand there's 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
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The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
Dm
As I plunge on into certain death.
[Chorus]
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Ohhhhhhhh
C Dm C
Ohhhhhhhh
[Bridge]
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[Verse]
Dm C
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
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The mighty roar of the Russian guns
A# C
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
Dm C
And the Russians fire another round
A# C
We get so near yet so far away
Dm
We won't live to fight another day.
[Chorus]
C Dm
Ohhhhhhhh
C Dm C
Ohhhhhhhh
[Solos]
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[Bridge]
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A# D#/A# C
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[Verse]
Dm C
We get so close near enough to fight
Dm C
When a Russian gets me in his sights
A# C
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
Dm C
A burst of rounds take my horse below.
Dm C
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
Dm C
My body's numb and my throat is dry
A# C
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Dm
Without a tear I draw my parting groan.
[Chorus]
C Dm
Ohhhhhhhh
C Dm C
Ohhhhhhhh
[Outro]
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