Iron Maiden – The Talisman (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
|Dm7 |C | 2x
[Verse 1]
Dm7 When I stand and look about the port C And contemplate my life Dm7 C Will I ever see my countrymen again? Dm7 As the captain calls us on the deck C6 I take my things and walk Dm7 To the harbour side Am Asus4 I glance back one last time
[Verse 2]
Am7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Fleeing our nation, our problems we leave behind F Em7 Dm7 Em7 Ships by the tenfold sail out on the tide Am7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 We are pleased to be out and embracing the open sea F Em7 Dm7 Em7 Free from our troubles and more free from thee Am7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Inheritors unfulfilled reason behind us F Em7 Dm7 Em7 We flee from what is not, what is will be Am7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 We flee the earth and face our harsh reality F Em7 Dm7 Em7 Will death be low mist that hangs on the sea? Am7 Dm7 We run from evil tongues Em7 Dm7 Rash judgements, selfish men F Em7 Dm7 Em7 Never to be seen on these shores again Am7 Dm7 As we sail into ocean size Em7 Dm7 And lose sight of land F Em7 Dm7 Em7 Face of contentment around in the air Am7 Dm7 Em7 We're off now to seek all our fortunes Dm7 F Em7 Dm To the land of our dreams
[Instrumental]
|Dm Bb/D |Gm F C |
[Verse 3]
Dm Bb/D Gm F C Riding the waves and the storm is upon us Dm Bb/D The winds lash the sails Gm F C But the ropes keep them tight Dm Bb/D Gm F C Off in the distance a dark cloud approa-ching Dm Bb/D Gm F None could imagine what there was to come
[Verse 4]
C Dm Bb No, there's no-one going back F C No, there's not a second chance Dm Bb As we strap onto the side F C We pray to God that we won't die
[Verse 5]
Dm Bb/D As we ride the rough seas Gm F C As we soak from the ocean waves Dm Bb/D I just hope for all our lives Gm F C And pray that I survive Dm Bb/D Gm F C Four ships are lost in the stormy condi--tions Dm Bb/D The spirits of the sunken crews Gm Dm Their phantoms follow us
[Verse 6]
C Dm Bb Spirits sails, they drive us on F C Through the all-consuming waves Dm Bb Cold mortality, no weapon F C Against these ever raging seas
[Instrumental]
|D5 Bb5 |G5 C5 |D5 Bb5 |G5 A5 |
[Verse 7]
Dm Bb/D Gm F C Four leagues and ten and we hit storms again Dm Bb/D Gm F C We just can't get away from the eye of the storm Dm Bb/D The birds outsoar the raging storm Gm F C But we cannot escape it Dm Bb/D Abandoned earth, that we now crave Gm Dm Is many leagues from save
[Verse 8]
Dm Bb Holding on for our dear lives F C And we're praying once again Dm Bb Rotten luck or just jonahed? F C The talisman is in my hand
[Instrumental]
|D5 Bb5 |G5 A5 | 2x
|A5 Bb5 |C5 D5 | 4x
[Verse 9]
Dm F C Limbs fatigue, trembling with cold G Dm Blinded from the sea spray salt F C Clasping anything we can hold G Dm Heaven's rain upon us falls F C Twenty days without a meal G Dm And ten without fresh water still F C Those that didn't die in storms G The scurvy rest did slaughter
[Instrumental]
|A5 Bb5 |C5 D5 | 4x
[Chorus]
Dm F C G West--ward the tide Dm F C G West--ward we sail on Dm F C G West--ward the tide Dm F C G Sail by the talisman
[Instrumental]
|E5 G5 | 8x
[Solo]
|E5 G5 |E5 A5 G5 | 4x
|G5 A5 |
[Instrumental]
|E5 |E5 |E5 |E5 | 2x
|G5 A5 |
[Verse 10]
Dm F C We approach the other side G Dm Of the ocean with the tide F C In our favour just for once G Dm Welcome greeting our new land F C The elation in our hearts G Dm The excitement in our veins F C As we sail towards the coastline G Of our golden promised land
[Instrumental]
|D5 Bb5 |G5 A5 | 2x
|A5 Bb5 |C5 D5 | 4x
[Verse 11]
Dm Bb Weary limbs fatigued away F C I have no life left in me Dm No more strength Bb No nothing left to give F C Must find the will to live Dm Bb Never thought that we could make it F C Truly sight of shores divine Dm Bb The sickness I am dying from F C Never wanted it to end this way
[Chorus]
Dm F C G West--ward the tide Dm F C G West--ward we sail on Dm F C G West--ward the tide Dm F C G Sail by the talisman Dm F C G West--ward the tide Dm F C G West--ward we sail on Dm F C G West--ward the tide Dm F C G Sail by the talisman
[Outro]
|Dm |Dm |Dm |