REVELATIONS - Iron Maiden
from Piece Of Mind (1983) album
written by Bruce Dickinson
C6 x32210
C6add9 x30210 (easier)
(picked, full chord)
Am x0221x (x02210)
Fmaj7 x3321x (133210)
C x3201x (x32010)
Gadd4/B x2001x (x20010 G6add11/B)
[Intro]
|G Am G Am |C C6 C |C D | x4
|N.C. |
[Instrumental]
|Am N.C. |F N.C. |G N.C. |Am N.C. G | x2
[Prologue]
Am F G Am
"O' God of earth and altar bow down and hear our cry
G Am F G Am
Our earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die
G Am F G Am
The walls of gold entombe us, the swords of scorn divide
G Am F G Am *
Take not thy thunder from us, take away our pride."
(from O God of Earth and Altar by G. K. Chesterton)
[Interlude]
|Am |Fmaj7 |C |Gadd4/B | x4
[Bridge]
|Am G Am |Am G Am |G D |F G | x2
[Riff]
|Am G Am |Am G Am |G D |F G | x4
(slow down on two last bars)
[Interlude]
|Am |Fmaj7 |C |Gadd4/B | x2
[Verse 1]
Am Fmaj7
Just a babe in a black abyss,
C Gadd4/B
No reason for a place like this
Am Fmaj7 C Gadd4/B
The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain
[Verse 2]
Am Fmaj7
An easy way for the blind to go,
C Gadd4/B
A clever path for the fools who know
Am Fmaj7 C Gadd4/B
The secret of the hanged man - the smile on his lips
[Chorus]
Am G Am C D
The light of the blind, you'll see
F G Am G
The venom tears my spine
Am C D F G Am *
The eyes of the nile are opening - you'll see
[Interlude]
|Am |Fmaj7 |C |Gadd4/B |
[Verse 3]
Am Fmaj7
She came to me with a serpent's kiss
C Gadd4/B
As the eye of the sun rose on her lips
Am Fmaj7 C Gadd4/B
Moonlight catches silver tears I cry
[Verse 4]
Am Fmaj7
So we lay in a black embrace
C Gadd4/B
And the seed is sown in a holy place
Am Fmaj7 C Gadd4/B
And I watched and I waited for the dawn...
[Chorus]
Am G Am C D
The light of the blind, you'll see
F G Am G
The venom tears my spine
Am C D F G Am N.C.
The eyes of the nile are opening - you'll see...
[Bridge]
|Am G Am |Am G Am |G D |F G | x4
[Solo 1]
|Am G Am |Am G Am |D C B |Am | x7
|Am G Am |Am G Am |D C B |
[Harmony]
|Am G |C D |F G |C Am | x4
[Bridge]
|Am G Am |Am G Am |G D |F G | x4
(slow down on two last bars)
[Instrumental]
|Am N.C. |F N.C. |G N.C. |Am N.C. G | x2
[Prologue]
G Am F G Am
Bind all of us together, ablaze with hope and free
G Am F G Am
No storm or heavy weather will rock the boat, you'll see
G Am F G Am
The time has come to close your eyes and still the wind and rain
G Am F G Am *
For the one who will be king, the watcher in the ring...
[Outro]
|Am |Fmaj7 |C |Gadd4/B |
It is
|Am |Fmaj7 |C |Gadd4/B |
you, ooh... It is
|Am
you...
-TTP
