Iron Maiden – Dance Of Death (Guitar)

[Chords]
E5: |-x-7-9-x-x-x-|    G6    : |-3-2-0-0-0-0-|   Em: |-0-2-2-0-0-0-| 
 or                    D6sus2: |-x-5-7-7-0-0-|    or
    |-0-7-9-9-0-0-|    Cmaj7 : |-x-3-5-5-0-0-|       |-0-7-9-0-0-0-| 

E5      G5          D5       C5
 Let me tell you a story to chill the bones

         D5           E5
About a thing that I saw

           G5       D5     A5
One night wandering in the Everglades

C5        D5         E5
I'd one drink but no more

       G5         D5          C5
I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight

       D5         E5
Gazing up at the stars

     G5          D5         A5
Not aware of a presence so near to me

C5        D5       E5
 Watching my every move

         G5           D5          C5
Feeling scared and I fell to my knees

                    D5            E5
As something rushed me from the trees

        G5      D5     A5
Took me to an unholy place

     C5           D5           E5
And that is where I fell from grace

           G5         D5       C5
Then they summoned me over to join in with them

        D5           E5
To the dance of the dead

          G5        D5     A5
Into the circle of fire I followed them

C5       D5            Em
Into the middle I was led

       G6               D6sus2     Asus2
As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear

     Cmaj7   D6sus2   Em
But still I wanted to go

          G6          D6sus2      Asus2
And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me

Cmaj7  D6sus2           Em
 As I walked onto the coals

       G6   D6sus2      Asus2
And I felt  I was in a trance

        Cmaj7      D6sus2     Em
And my spirit was lifted from me

         G6   D6sus2           Asus2
And if only  someone had the chance

    Cmaj7        D6sus2     Em
To witness what happened to me

      G6              D6sus2       Asus2
And I danced, and I pranced, and I sang with them

Cmaj7    D6sus2        Em
All had death in their eyes

          G6       D6sus2             Asus2
Lifeless figures - they were undead - all of them

Cmaj7      D6sus2       Em
They had ascended from hell

E5           F#5       G5
 As I danced with the dead

            A5      D5          G5       E5
My free spirit was laughing and howling down at me

           F#5  G5
Below my undead body

A5    D5         G5        E5    C5  B5
Just danced the circle of dead

E5               F#5    G5         A5
 Until the time came to reunite us both

    D5     G5        E5
My spirit came back down to me

             F#5  G5              A5
I didn't know if  I was alive or dead

       D5     G5     E5
As the others all joined in with me

Em
By luck then a skirmish started

     F#5                 Em
And took the attention away from me

Em
When they took their gaze from me

         F#5            Em
Was the moment that I fled

Em                                F#5
I ran like hell, faster than the wind

              Em
But behind I did not glance

Em
One thing that I did not dare

        F#5                 Em
Was to look just straight ahead

E5              F#5       G5             A5
 When you know that your time has come around

     D5         G5    E5
You know you'll be prepared for it

               F#5   G5          A5
Say your last good--byes to everyone

         D5       G5    E5
Have a drink and say a prayer for it

             Em
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed

        F#5                          Em
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead

             Em
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed

        F#5                          Em
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead

E5       G5          D5          C5
 To this day I guess I'll never know

          D5         E5
Just why they let me go

          G5       D5         A5
But I'll never go dancing no more

C5       D5             Em
 'Til I dance with the dead