Iron Maiden – The Parchment (Guitar)

          Em
When the moon will rise again

                                G   F
Until we read the Parthian skin

        Em                               G   F
Broken fears warring days are here again

         Em
'Fore we all to dust descend

                                G   F
Heaven knows when life will end

         Em                               G   F
God to know in the mire, put out the fire

           Em
Know there is a cross to bear

                             G
In your primal quest of fear

        F   Em                  G
No quarter now is given no less

   F      Em
Aslumber was my main ideal

                            G
Asunder did my spirit steal

  F        Em                            G
Sceptered race uttered words in disgrace

  F      Em
Sweet revenge will be ours

                             G
Vengeance of a shaken world

 F      Em                            G
Just remember that patience is no sin

     F  Em
And to find another way

                            G
Live to breathe another day

 F       Em                               G   F
Lord of light in the darkness, our guide

Em
In a tempest never shaken

C
Edge of doom is not mistaken

 Am
Countenance is not a sin

 G/B
Gallant king, we bow to him

 Em
Fierce as wolf with a leopard skin

 C
Dark and bitter deep within

   Am
Invader punished with his life

 G/B
Vanquished in the morning

         Em
Sea of blood in light divine

        C
Unholy reverence enjoyed

   Am
Intoxicated with their hell

 G/B
Man immortal sickness dwell

        Em
Savage beasts troops engage

           C
Assembled here to butcher blades

  Am
Smoke has darkened in the air

  G/B
Smell of death and deep despair

 Em
Wilderness a tyrant dream

 C
Sell your soul not give them power

  Am
Slay upon imperial crown

 G/B
Witness now the witching hour

 Em
Bound himself to oath and king

      C
Such loyalty, a shameless thing

 Am
Youth of agony still burn

  G/B
Shedding parents blood

       Em
Never say a prayer to me

           C
For this crime and treachery

           Am
Drinking from your cup of wisdom true

 G/B
Many men will follow you

       Em
Now an army is raised

         C
And our gods, they be praised

 Am
Death is but a guilted edge

       G/B
Shall no more than we will pledge

           C                    D
Hear the cry we are ready to believe

          Em
The prodigal has returned

        G
Give us our own revenge

          Am
With the power he learned

         C              Am
We will burn the same again

      Em             G
A betrayal of angels in a foreign land

     Am                     C          Am
A revenge for the merciful destiny at hand

          Em
For all those who have written

        G
In the sand will be told

          Am                C             Am
That the same will happen, searching for gold

        Em
Like a fire in the sky

       G
I can feel strength return

         Am             C    Am  Em   C   Am   G/B  C  D
Heading for afterlife, meet me there