Empire Of The Clouds chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chords:
  E minorEm D/F#D/F# D MajorD   D5D5   Dsus2Dsus2 A minorAm G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7  FF  C majorC  E5E5 D9(6)\ch: Cmaj7Cmaj7
e|--0---0---2-------------0-----0---3---0------1---0---0---0-----0--|
BB|--0---3---3--3----------3-----1---3---1------1---1---0---0-----0--|
G+G|--0---2---2--2--or--7---2-----2---0---2------2---0---9---7-----5--|
D MajorD|--2---0---0--0------7---0-----2---0---3------3---2---9---7-----5--|
A augmentedA|--2---x-------------5---------0---2---3------3---3---7---5-----3--|
E MajorE|--0---2---------------------------3----------1--------------------|

Movement 1: 00:00-03:10:


Instrumental intro:
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |

|E minorEm |E minorEm D5D5 E minorEm |E minorEm D MajorD |C majorC |E minorEm | (2x)

|A minorAm |G+G |E minorEm |Fmaj7Fmaj7 | (2x)

|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |


Intro:
  E minorEm                    D5D5 E minorEm
To ride the storm to an empire of the clouds
             D MajorD          C majorC      E minorEm
To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost
E minorEm                      D5D5 E minorEm
To ride the storm to a kingdom that will come
            D MajorD        C majorC   E minorEm
To ride the storm and damn the rest oblivion


Verse 1:
A minorAm             G+G
Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars
   E minorEm
Grey lady giant of the skies
   Fmaj7Fmaj7
You hold them in your arms
   A minorAm
The millionth chance they laughed
     G+G
To take down his majesty's craft
  E minorEm              Fmaj7Fmaj7
To India they say magic carpet float away
  Fmaj7Fmaj7
An October fateful day

Movement 2: 03:10-06:58:


Instrumental:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |Dsus2Dsus2 C majorC |E minorEm | (2x)


Verse 2:
         E minorEm
Mist is in the trees
E minorEm
Stone sweats with the dew
       Dsus2Dsus2  C majorC       E minorEm
The morning sunrise, red before the blue
        E minorEm
Hanging at the mast, waiting for command
       Dsus2Dsus2    C majorC E minorEm
His Majesty's airship, the R101


Verse 3:
      A minorAm
She's the biggest vessel built by man
  G+G
A augmentedA giant of the skies
  E minorEm             Fmaj7Fmaj7
For all you unbelievers, the Titanic fits inside
 A minorAm                G+G
Drum roll tight her canvas skin, silvered in the sun
    E minorEm              Fmaj7Fmaj7
Never tested with the fury, with the beating yet to come
   Fmaj7Fmaj7
The fury yet to come


Verse 4:
         E5E5
In the gathering gloom
     E5E5        D9(6) E5E5
The storm rising in the west
       E5E5
The coxswain stared
 D9(6)\ch:      Cmaj7Cmaj7     E5E5
Into the plunging weather glass


Verse 5:
E5E5
We must go now
    E5E5      D9(6) E5E5
We must take our chance with fate
E5E5
We must go now
    D9(6)    Cmaj7Cmaj7    E5E5
For a politician, he can't be late


Verse 6:
   A minorAm              G+G
The airship crew awake for thirty hours at full stretch
     E minorEm
But the ship is in their backbone
    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Every sinew, every inch
   A minorAm              G+G
She never flew at full speed, a trial never done
   E minorEm            Fmaj7Fmaj7
Her fragile outer cover her Achilles would become
  Fmaj7Fmaj7
An Achilles yet to come


Verse 7:
        E5E5 D9(6) E5E5
Sailors of the sky,
      E5E5 D9(6) E5E5
A augmentedA hardened breed
       D9(6)   Cmaj7Cmaj7  E5E5
Loyal to the king and an airship creed
       E5E5 D9(6) E5E5
The engines drum,
       E5E5 D9(6) E5E5
The telegraph sounds
      D9(6)   Cmaj7Cmaj7      E5E5
Release the cords that bind us to the ground


Verse 8:
     A minorAm
Said the coxswain
              G+G
"Sir, she's heavy, she'll never make this flight"
     E minorEm
Said the captain
             Fmaj7Fmaj7
"Damn the cargo, we'll be on our way tonight"
 A minorAm
Groundlings cheered in wonder
    G+G
As she backed off from the mast
  E minorEm               Fmaj7Fmaj7
Baptizing them her water from the ballast fore and aft
     Fmaj7Fmaj7
Now she slips into our past


Movement 3: 06:58-15:12:


Instrumental Interlude:
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD |D MajorD |

|E5E5 |E5E5 |C5C5 |B5B5 |A5A5 |G5G5 |

|G+G |G+G |E minorEm |E minorEm |C majorC |C majorC |G+G |G+G | (2x)
|G+G |G+G |A minorAm |B minorBm |C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm |E minorEm |

|E5E5 |E5E5 |

|A minorAm |C majorC |E minorEm |C majorC | (3x)
|A minorAm |C majorC |E minorEm |E minorEm |

|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm C majorC |E minorEm |E minorEm |C majorC |A minorAm |

|D MajorD |C majorC |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |
|E minorEm |C majorC |A minorAm |C majorC | (2x)
|D MajorD |C majorC |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |
|E minorEm |C majorC |A minorAm |C majorC | (4x)

|E minorEm |C majorC |A minorAm |C majorC D MajorD | (2x)

|E minorEm |E minorEm |C majorC |A minorAm | (2x)
|D MajorD |C majorC |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |
|E minorEm |C majorC |A minorAm |C majorC | (2x)
|D MajorD |C majorC |E minorEm |E minorEm |C majorC |A minorAm |

|A minorAm |FF |DmDm |FF | (6x)


Verse 9:
E minorEm
Fighting the wind as it rolls you
C majorC
Feeling the diesels that push you along
A minorAm
Watching the channel below you
C majorC        D MajorD
Lower and lower into the night
E minorEm
Lights are passing below you
C majorC
Northern France asleep in their beds
A minorAm
Storm is raging around you
C majorC          D MajorD
A augmentedA million to one, that's what he said


Instrumental Break:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |D MajorD |D MajorD |C majorC |C majorC |E minorEm |E minorEm | (2x)


Verse 10:
E minorEm
Reaper standing beside her
C majorC
With his scythe cuts to the bone
A minorAm
Panic to make a decision
  C majorC        D MajorD
Experienced men asleep in their graves
  E minorEm
Her cover is ripped and she's drowning
C majorC
Rain is flooding into the hull
 A minorAm
Bleeding to death and she's falling
C majorC        D MajorD
Lifting gas is draining away


Instrumental Break:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |D MajorD |D MajorD |C majorC |C majorC |E minorEm |E minorEm |

|FF |E minorEm |FF |Dsus2Dsus2 |FF |E minorEm |FF |C majorC Dsus2Dsus2 |
|FF |FF |FF |FF |


Movement 4: 15:12-18:02:


Verse 11:
A minorAm
"We're down lads" came the cry
   G+G
Bow plunging from the sky
    E minorEm              Fmaj7Fmaj7
Three thousand horses silent as the ship began to die
   A minorAm             G+G
The flares to guide her path, ignited at the last
  E minorEm
The empire of the clouds
   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Just ashes in our past, just ashes at the last


Instrumental:
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm |
|E minorEm D/F#D/F# |E minorEm D MajorD |


Verse 12:
E5E5       D9(6)   Cmaj7Cmaj7    D9(6)
Here lie their dreams as I stand in the sun
    E5E5       D9(6)    Cmaj7Cmaj7   D9(6)
On the ground where they built and the engines did run
   E5E5       D9(6)
To the moon and the stars
  Cmaj7Cmaj7    D9(6)
Now what have we done?
     E5E5     D9(6)     Cmaj7Cmaj7   D9(6) E minorEm D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD
Oh, the dreamers may die, but the dreams live on
E minorEm       D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD
Dreams live on,
     E minorEm  D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm  D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD
Dreams live on


Instrumental Break:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |Dsus2Dsus2 C majorC |E minorEm |

Outro:
          E minorEm
Now a shadow on a hill, the angel of the east
         Dsus2Dsus2    C majorC    E minorEm
The empire of the clouds may rest in peace
          E minorEm
And in a country churchyard laid head to the mast
         Dsus2Dsus2   C majorC       E minorEm
Eight and forty souls who came to die in France


Ending:
|Dsus2Dsus2 C majorC |E minorEm |

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