The Clansman

Iron Maiden

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Intro:    x3   Amu>      /u      Wake alone in the hills    With the wind in your face    It feels good to be proud    And be free and a race    That is part of a clan    And to live on highlands    And the air that you breathe    So pure and so clean    When alone on the hills    With the wind in your hair    With a longing to feel     Just to be free    Is it right to believe    In the need to be free    It’s a time when you die    And without asking why    Can’t you see what they do    They are grinding us down    They are taking our land    That belongs to the clans    Not alone with a dream    Just want to be free    With a need to belong    I am a clansman     Freedom   Freedom   Freedom   Freedom   It’s a time wrought with fear    It’s a land wrought with change    Ancestors could hear    What is happening now    They would turn in their graves    They would all be ashamed    That the land of the free    Has been written in chains    And I know what I want    When the timing is right    Then I’ll take what is mine    I am the clansman    And I swear to defend    And we’ll fight to the end    And I swear that I’ll never    Be taken alive    And I know that we’ll stand    And we’ll fight for our land    And I swear that my bairns Will be born free    And I know what I want    When the timing is right    Then I’ll take what is mine    I am the clansman    Freedom   Freedom   Freedom   Freedom   Instrumetal part     (listen to the song for timing)    Am         /u x4    /u >C /u No no we can’t let them take anymore    No we can’t let them take anymore    We’ve the land of the free    (x2)    No no we can’t let them take anymore    No we can’t let them take anymore    No we can’t let them take anymore    We’ve the land of the free    Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh...    x2    Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh...    x4    Freedom   Freedom   Freedom   Freedom   Is it right to believe    In the need to be free    It’s a time when you die    And without asking why    Can’t you see what they do    They are grinding us down    They are taking our land    That belongs to the clans    Not alone with a dream    Just want to be free    With a need to belong    I am a clansman     And I know what I want    When the timing is right    Then I’ll take what is mine    I am the clansman    Freedom   Freedom   Freedom   Freedom           And I know what I want    When the timing is right    Then I’ll take what is mine    I am the clansman

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