The Trooper (acoustic) Chords
by Iron Maiden
The Trooper (acoustic) by Iron Maiden is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords E, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E D
Youll take my life but ill take yours too
E D
Youll fire your musket but ill run you through
C D
So when youre waiting for the next attack
E D
Youd better stand theres no turning back.
E D
The bugle sounds and the charge begins
E D
But on this battlefield no one wins
C D
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
E D
As i plunge on into certain death.
D E
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
D E E D C D 2x
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
E D
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
E D
The mighty roar of the russian guns
C D
And as we race towards the human wall
E D
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
E D
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
E D
And the russians fire another round
C D
We get so near yet so far away
E D
We wont live to fight another day.
E D
We get so close near enough to fight
E D
When a russian gets me in his sights
C D
He pulls the trigger and i feel the blow
E D
A burst of rounds take my horse below.
E D
And as i lay there gazing at the sky
E D
My bodys numb and my throat is dry
C D
And as i lay forgotten and alone
E D
Without a tear i draw my parting groan
D E
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
D E E D C D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh