Chords for SABATON - The Red Baron (Animated Story Video)

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[Cm] _ _ It's January 1917, and in an airfield, a young pilot is directing men to paint his [C] albatross fighter.
Other pilots look on [Ab] in awe.
This young pilot with 16 victories to his [C] name is the new commander of Jasta 11.
[Ab] It contains many elite and [Fm] legendary pilots, but none can compare to this young man, stood bolt upright.
He knows he is better than anyone else out there.
The work is done.
The [C] plane stands in all its scarlet [Fm] Teutonic glory.
The pilot is Manfred von Richthofen, and on this day, the day he [Fm] chose to paint his plane
bright red, it is the birth of a new name.
[D] A legendary name that will never [C] die.
The Red Baron.
[Cm] _ _ Success [Gm] after success came to Jasta 11 under the [C] Red Baron's [Cm] tutelage.
Richthofen had been a student [Gm] of a genius aviation tactician named [Cm] Oswald Wolka.
Wolka's dictates were [Gm] the essential rules for successful air combat.
[Cm] Richthofen embraced them, [Gm] taught them, and enhanced them. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] How can I be like you?
_ [C] Aim for the man, and don't miss him.
He urged his men to fight on [D] and fly on, to the last [Eb] drop of blood and the last drop [C] of
fuel, to the last [Cm] beat of the heart.
[Eb] Richthofen and his Jasta 11 become the nemesis of the Royal [D] Flying Corps.
The [G] Jasta 11 in the heavens would seem like [Eb] gods or demons to those on the ground.
[G] Stuck in the mud and the trenches, [D] seeing the red whirling beast [D] spitting fire overhead,
[G] the Germans whispered his name in awe.
[Gm] Der rote Kampfjäger.
The [D] Allies whispered it in equal fear and awe.
The Red Baron.
But there was one [Gm] thing that all sides agreed upon. _
[C] It was the King of the Sky.
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_ [Eb] Stalingrad [Bb] has done his role.
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[Ab] _ Holding [Bb] the soldier from [Eb] the horseback to the skies.
[Ab] That's where [Bb] the legend will [G] _ arise.
And it's my [Cm] empire.
[Bb] The King of the Sky.
[Cm] He's flying to pass, [Bb] flying to pass. My [Cm] empire.
[Bb] A life or a life.
[C] A legend will never [Bb]
die.
[Cm] First you see me as a lethal machine.
[Bb] It's not the April and the time [Cm] is turning.
Fire at will, it's the thrill of the [Bb] tailwind.
The laser down with engines burning.
_ [Eb] Embrace [Bb] the pain, the rest for [Cm] Gran Vida. _
_ [Eb] Call out [Bb] his name, the Roten [Cm] Kampfjäger. _
_ [Ab] In [Bb] the game to win, [Eb] the gambler rolls [Cm] the dice.
_ [Ab] The [Bb] Allies pay [G] the price.
And it's my [Cm] empire.
[Bb] The King of the Sky.
[Cm] He's flying to pass, [Bb] flying to pass.
[Cm] My empire.
[Bb] A life or a life.
[Cm] A legend will never [Bb]
die.
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_ Empire.
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_ [Cm] Empire.
[Gm] The King of the Sky.
[Cm] He's flying to pass [Gm] again.
It's my empire.
[Cm] My empire.
[Gm] A life or a life.
[Cm] A legend will never [Gm]
die.
[Cm] Empire.
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_ [Ab] The [Bb] more the soldiers [Eb] from the horseback [Cm] fill the [Ab] skies.
[Bb] Then the legend [G] never dies.
And it's my _ _ _ [Cm] empire.
[Bb] The King of the [Cm] Sky.
He's flying to pass [Bb] again.
It's my [Cm] empire.
My [Bb] empire.
A life or a life.
[Cm] A legend will [Bb] never die.
[Cm] Empire.
[Bb] The King of the [Cm] Sky.
He's flying to pass [Bb] again.
It's my empire.
[Cm] My [Bb] empire.
A life or a [Cm] life.
A legend will [Bb] never die.
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_ On April the [C] 21st, 1918, [E] the Red Baron got [Ab] into his famous Fokker Triplane and took [Eb] off into the morning sky.
It was the [Ebm] flight that would bring his life to an end. _
He spotted a Sopwith cannon and gave chase.
[Eb] This time it seems he may not have realized he was [Ebm] behind enemy lines while chasing the Sopwith at a very low altitude.
At the time, due to wind conditions and the moving of the front lines, he [Gb] uncharacteristically continued the chase [Abm] to the Sopwith.
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_ _ _ _ [Gb] In the last moments of his [Ebm] life, he managed to make [Ebm] a rough landing in a field north of the village of Bouds.
Several Australian [Eb] servicemen rushed up to the downed triplane to hear the Red Baron's last words.
_ Kaput.
_ _ The King of the Sky was dead, but his legend would never die.
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The Red Baron was [Ab] treated with great respect and was interred with [Abm] full military honors by the personnel [B] of No.
3 Squadron, [Gm] Australian Flying Corps.
[Ebm] Allied squadrons stationed nearby came to pay their respects.
[Gb] Memorial wreaths were laid, one of which was [Ebm] inscribed with the words,
To our gallant [B] and worthy foe.
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