Iron Maiden – The Edge Of Darkness (Guitar)

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from The X Factor (1995) album written by Steve Harris, Blaze Bayley, Janick Gers B5/E 0244xx D5/A x002xx [Intro] B5/E D5/A B5/E x4 B5/E D5/A B5/E C5 D5 x2 [Verse 1]
Em             D               Em       C  D
 I've looked into the heart of darkness

Em         D                 Em   C  Am
 Where the blood-red journey ends

Em           D                  Em       C  D
 When you've faced the heart of darkness

Em         D              Em   C  Am
 Even your soul begins to bend
[Verse 2]
Em     D                Em      C  D
 For a week I have been waiting

Em          D          Em  C  Am
 Still I am only in Saigon

Em              D           Em     C  D
 The walls move in a little closer

Em          C              D    C  D 
 I feel the jungle call me on
(distorted power chords) [Verse 3]
Em     D            Em     C  D
 Every minute I get weaker

Em            D                Em     C  Am
 While in the jungle they grow strong

Em      D            Em      C  D
 What I wanted was a mission

Em          D                 Em   C  Am
 And for my sins they gave me one
[Verse 4]
Em               D                 Em      C  D
 They brought it up just like room service

Em          D                  Em   C  Am
'Cause everyone gets what they want

Em             D               Em   C  D
 And when that mission was all over

Em         C            D   C  D 
 I'd never want another one
[Riff] Em G Am C D x3 [Bridge 1]
Em                            Em
 I know, captain, that you've done this work before

G D                             Bm              C D
   We've got a problem, you can help us all I'm sure

Em                                 Em
 The colonel's gone rogue, and his methods are unsound

G D                     C               D  
   You'll take a PBR up river track him down...
[Riff] Em G C D [Bridge 2]
Em                     Em
 There's a conflict in every human heart

G D                         Bm             C D
   And the temptation is to take it all to far

Em           Em
 In this war things get so confused

G D                                Bm          C D
   But there are some things which cannot be excused
[Bridge 3]
Em                           Em
 He's acting like a God - an insane lunatic

G D                                Bm           C D
   Your mission - exterminate with extreme prejudice

Em                               Em
 The route is dangerous and your progress may be slow

G D                          C       D     
   Here is the file and it's all you need to know...
[Riff]
Em    G     Am    C  D   x2
                     Oo'ooh...
[Solo 1] Em Em G D Bm C D x2 [Solo 2] Em Em G D Bm C D x2 [Instrumental] Em G Am C D x4 [Pre-chorus]
Em            G
Here I am the knife in my hand

        Am                   C           D
And now I understand why the genius must die
[Chorus 1]
Em     D                  Em       C  D
 Now I stand alone in the darkness

Em        D             Em    C  Am
 With his blood upon my hands

Em             D           Em   C  D
 Where sat the warrior the poet

Em           C              D   C  D
 Now lie the fragments of a man
(clean picking) [Chorus 2]
Em             D               Em       C  D
 I've looked into the heart of darkness

Em         D                 Em   C  Am
 Where the blood-red journey ends

Em           D                  Em    C  D
 When you've faced the heart of darkness

Em         C              D    C  D
 Even your soul begins to bend
[Outro]
Em             D               Em      
 I've looked into the heart of darkness...
-TTP