Iron Maiden – The Alchemist (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am Dm Am G Am Dm Em C G Am Dm Am G Am Dm Em C G [Verse 1]
D
Stranger than the comet as it streaks across the sky

C
Stranger than the truth I know before my open eyes

D                                                       C
I have dealt in mysteries and trickery of light to entertain

C
Looked into the abyss, called it by its name

Gm                            Bb  C         Bb F
I have plundered time itself, put the world in-side it

Gm                 Bb  C        Bb  F
I'm the mysteries, day and night, divide it

Am                   C  D         C  G
A plague of wonders, on your knees beside me

Am                C   D        C  G
Know the secrets, you shall not deride us
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm Bb        C           Gm        Bb
My dreams of empire from my frozen queen

     C       Dm
Will come to pass

     Bb      C        Gm     Bb
Know me, the Magus, I am Dr. Dee

    F          Dm
And this is my house

Em G D            C      Bm       Em G D
      I am the master of the tides

                              Em G
I shame the mirror in my sight

D           C     Bm Am  Em
What random music of the spheres

 G         D
Across the years
[Chorus]
C    Em
Know this

D                     C   Em
I will return to this land

  D                         C    Em
Rebuild where the ruins did stand

D                       C
Chain up the demons set free

Em      D
Strange alchemy
[Re-Intro] Am Dm Am G Am Dm Em C G Am Dm Am G Am Dm Em C G [Verse 2]
D
Gather round the aimless and the feckless and the lame

C
Hear the master summon up the spirits by their names

  D                                                      C
I curse you Edward Kelley, your betrayal for eternity is damned

C
Know you speak with demons, you cannot command

Gm                        Bb    C      Bb  F
Even as I looked into the glass then I was blinded

Gm                               Bb     C       Bb F
Burning by the Mortlake shore my house, my books inside it

Am                   C    D        C G
You have taken up my wife and lain beside her

Am                       C      D   C  G
Now the black rain on my house, the timbers burning
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm Bb        C           Gm        Bb
My dreams of empire from my frozen queen

     C       Dm
Will come to pass

     Bb      C        Gm     Bb
Know me, the Magus, I am Dr. Dee

    F           Dm
And this was my house

Em G D          C      Bm     Am   Em G D
      I was the keeper of the books

                                  Em G
I had the knowledge of the scrolls

D               C    Bm   Am  Em
But now through ignorance and fear

  G         D
I cast a shadow through the years
[Chorus]
C    Em
Know this

D                     C   Em
I will return to this land

  D                         C    Em
Rebuild where the ruins did stand

D                       C
Chain up the demons set free

Em      D
Strange alchemy
[Guitar Solos] Am C G D C Bm Am C G (x2) Dm F C G F Em Dm F C (x2) Em G D Am Em G D (x2) [Chorus]
C    Em
Know this

D                     C   Em
I will return to this land

  D                         C    Em
Rebuild where the ruins did stand

D                       C
Chain up the demons set free

Em      D
Strange alchemy

C    Em
Know this

D                     C   Em
I will return to this land

  D                         C    Em
Rebuild where the ruins did stand

  D                       C
Restore the knowledge memory

Em
Strange alchemy