[Intro]
G#m F# E F# G#m F# E F#
G#m F# E F# G#m F# E F#
G#m F# G#m F#
E F# G#m F#
G#m F# G#m F#
E F# G#m F#
[Verse]
G#m F#
You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
G#m F#
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
E F#
So when you're waiting for the next attack
G#m F#
You'd better stand there's no turning back.
G#m F#
The Bugle sounds and the charge begins
G#m F#
But on this battlefield no one wins
E F#
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
G#m
As I plunge on into certain death.
[Chorus]
F# G#m
Ohhhhhhhh
F# G#m F#
Ohhhhhhhh
[Bridge]
G#m F# G#m F#
E A/E F#
G#m F# G#m F#
E A/E F#
[Verse]
G#m F#
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
G#m F#
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
E F#
And as we race towards the human wall
G#m F#
The screams of pain as my comrades fall.
G#m F#
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
G#m F#
And the Russians fire another round
E F#
We get so near yet so far away
G#m
We won't live to fight another day.
[Chorus]
F# G#m
Ohhhhhhhh
F# G#m F#
Ohhhhhhhh
[Solos]
G#m F# D#m E F# G#m F# D#m E F#
G#m F# D#m E F# G#m F# D#m E F#
C#m B G#m A B C#m B G#m A B
C#m B G#m A B C#m B G#m A F#
[Bridge]
G#m F# G#m F#
E A/E F#
G#m F# G#m F#
E A/E F#
[Verse]
G#m F#
We get so close near enough to fight
G#m F#
When a Russian gets me in his sights
E F#
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
G#m F#
A burst of rounds take my horse below.
G#m F#
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
G#m F#
My body's numb and my throat is dry
E F#
And as I lay forgotten and alone
G#m
Without a tear I draw my parting groan.
[Chorus]
F# G#m
Ohhhhhhhh
F# G#m F#
Ohhhhhhhh
[Outro]
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G#m F# E F# G#m F# E F# G#m