Iron Maiden – Empire Of The Clouds (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Chords]
Em D/F# D D5 Dsus2 Am G Fmaj7 F C E5 D6/9 Cmaj7
e|--0---0---2-------------0-----0---3---0------1---0---0---0-----0--|
B|--0---3---3--3----------3-----1---3---1------1---1---0---0-----0--|
G|--0---2---2--2--or--7---2-----2---0---2------2---0---9---7-----5--|
D|--2---0---0--0------7---0-----2---0---3------3---2---9---7-----5--|
A|--2---x-------------5---------0---2---3------3---3---7---5-----3--|
E|--0---2---------------------------3----------1--------------------|[Movement 1: 00:00-03:10]
[Intro]
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D |
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D | D | D |
| Em | Em D5 Em | Em D | C | Em | 2x
| Am | G | Em | Fmaj7 | 2x
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D |
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D | D | D |
[Verse 1]
Em D5 Em To ride the storm to an empire of the clouds D C Em To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost Em D5 Em To ride the storm to a kingdom that will come D C Em To ride the storm and damn the rest oblivion
[Verse 2]
Am G Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars Em Grey lady giant of the skies Fmaj7 You hold them in your arms Am The millionth chance they laughed G To take down his majesty's craft Em Fmaj7 To India they say magic carpet float away Fmaj7 An October fateful day
[Movement 2: 03:10-06:58]
[Instrumental]
| Em | Em | Dsus2 Csus2 | Em | (x2)
[Verse 3]
Em Mist is in the trees Em Stone sweats with the dew Dsus2 Csus2 Em The morning sunrise, red before the blue Em Hanging at the mast, waiting for command Dsus2 Csus2 Em His Majesty's airship, the R10----1
[Verse 4]
Am She's the biggest vessel built by man G A giant of the skies Em Fmaj7 For all you unbelievers, the Titanic fits inside Am G Drum roll tight her canvas skin, silvered in the sun Em Fmaj7 Never tested with the fury, with the beating yet to come Fmaj7 The fury yet to come
[Verse 5]
E5 In the gathering gloom E5 D6/9 E5 The storm rising in the west E5 The coxswain stared D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 Into the plunging weather glass
[Verse 6]
E5 We must go now E5 D6/9 E5 We must take our chance with fate E5 We must go now D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 For a politician, he can't be late
[Verse 7]
Am G The airship crew awake for thirty hours at full stretch Em But the ship is in their backbone Fmaj7 Every sinew, every inch Am G She never flew at full speed, a trial never done Em Fmaj7 Her fragile outer cover her Achilles would become Fmaj7 An Achilles yet to come
[Verse 8]
E5 D6/9 E5 Sailors of the sky, D6/9 E5 A hardened breed D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 Loyal to the king and an airship creed D6/9 E5 The engines drum D6/9 E5 The telegraph sounds D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 Release the cords that bind us to the ground
[Verse 9]
Am Said the coxswain G "Sir, she's heavy, she'll never make this flight" Em Said the captain Fmaj7 "Damn the cargo, we'll be on our way tonight" Am Groundlings cheered in wonder G As she backed off from the mast Em Fmaj7 Baptizing them her water from the ballast fore and aft Fmaj7 Now she slips into our past
[Movement 3: 06:58-15:12]
[Instrumental Interlude]
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D |
| Em D/F# | Em D Em |
| Em D/F# | Em D | D |
| E5 | E5 | C5 | B5 | A5 | G5 |
| G | G | Em | Em | C | C | G | G | 2x
| G | G | Am | Bm | C | D | Em | Em |
| E5 | E5 |
| Am | C | Em | C | 3x
| Am | C | Em | Em |
| Em | Em | Em | Em C | Em | Em | C | Am |
| D | C | Em | Em | Em | Em |
| Em | C | Am | C | 2x
| D | C | Em | Em | Em | Em |
| Em | C | Am | C | 4x
| Em | C | Am | C D | 2x
| Em | Em | C | Am | 2x
| D | C | Em | Em | Em | Em |
| Em | C | Am | C | 2x
| D | C | Em | Em | C | Am |
| Am | F | Dm | F | 6x
[Verse 10]
Em Fighting the wind as it rolls you C Feeling the diesels that push you along Am Watching the channel below you C D Lower and lower into the night Em Lights are passing below you C Northern France asleep in their beds Am Storm is raging around you C D A million to one, that's what he said
[Instrumental Break]
| Em | Em | D | D | C | C | Em | Em | 2x
[Verse 11]
Em Reaper standing beside her C With his scythe cuts to the bone Am Panic to make a decision C D Experienced men asleep in their graves Em Her cover is ripped and she's drowning C Rain is flooding into the hull Am Bleeding to death and she's falling C D Lifting gas is draining away
[Instrumental Break]
| Em | Em | D | D | C | C | Em | Em |
| F | Em | F | Dsus2 | F | Em | F | Csus2 Dsus2 |
| F | F | F | F |
[Movement 4: 15:12-18:02]
[Verse 12]
Am "We're down lads" came the cry G Bow plunging from the sky Em Fmaj7 Three thousand horses silent as the ship began to die Am G The flares to guide her path, ignited at the last Em The empire of the clouds Fmaj7 Just ashes in our past, just ashes at the last
[Instrumental]
| Em D/F# | Em D Em | Em D/F# | Em D | 2x
[Verse 13]
E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 D6/9 Here lie their dreams as I stand in the sun E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 D6/9 On the ground where they built and the engines did run E5 D6/9 To the moon and the stars Cmaj7 D6/9 Now what have we done? E5 D6/9 Cmaj7 D6/9 Em D/F# Em D Oh, the dreamers may die, but the dreams live on Em D/F# Em D Dreams live on Em D/F# Em D Em D/F# Em D Dreams live on
[Instrumental Break]
| Em | Em | Dsus2 C | Em |
[Verse 14]
Em Now a shadow on a hill, the angel of the east Dsus2 Csus2 Em The empire of the clouds may rest in peace Em And in a country churchyard laid head to the mast Dsus2 Csus2 Em Eight and forty souls who came to die in France
[Ending]
| Dsus2 Csus2 | Em |