Isle Of Avalon chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

Riffs:

Riff 1:
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--11-----12-----14-----14-----14------|--11-----12-----15-----15-----15------|
E MajorE|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|


Riff 2:

e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--12---14-11-----11-----11-----11------|--11---12-15-----15-----15-----15------|
E MajorE|--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|

Riff 3:

e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--11-----12-----14-----14-----14------|--11-----12-----15-----15-----15------|
A augmentedA|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

Riff 4:

e|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--12---14-11-----11-----11-----11------|--11---12-15-----15-----15-----15------|
A augmentedA|--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


Intro:
|Riff 1 |Riff 2 | 2x


Verse 1:
Riff 1
I can hear them floating on the wind
  Riff 2
Immortal souls, their weeping saddens me
Riff 1
Mother earth, you know your time is near
 Riff 2
Awaken lust, the seed is sown and reaped

Instrumental:
|Riff 1 |Riff 2 | 2x

|Riff 3 |Riff 4 | 2x

|E MajorE |E MajorE |


Verse 2:
 Riff 1
Through the western isle I hear the dead awaken
 Riff 2
Rising slowly to the court of Avalon
   Riff 1
The cauldron of the head of Annwyn laced with envy
Riff 2
Dark around its edge with pearl and destiny
Riff 3
All my days I've waited for the sign
  Riff 4
The one that brings me closer to the isle of Avalon
Riff 1
I can feel the power flowing through my veins
  Riff 2
My heart is beating louder close to Avalon
Csus2Csus2
I can hear you
     Csus2Csus2
Can you hear me?
    Dsus2Dsus2
I can feel you
 Bsus2Bsus2
Can't you feel me?


Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm     G+G
 Fertility Mother Goddess
 Cadd9Cadd9    D MajorD          E minorEm
Celebration, sow the seeds of the born
         G+G
The fruit of her body laden
  Cadd9Cadd9
Through the corn doll
 FF
You will pray for them all
E minorEm       G+G
 The image of Mother Goddess
 Cadd9Cadd9     D MajorD          E minorEm
Lying dormant, in the eyes of the dead
         G+G
The sheaf of the corn is broken
Cadd9Cadd9
End the harvest
  D MajorD
Throw the dead on the pyre


Chorus:
E MajorE      EMaj7Emaj7   D MajorD     A augmentedA
I hear her crying the tears of an angel
   E MajorE    EMaj7Emaj7   D MajorD
The voices I hear in my head
 E MajorE      EMaj7Emaj7     D MajorD     A augmentedA
Blessed the fruits are the corn of the earth
    C majorC       D MajorD
Mother earth, holy blood of the dead


Instrumental:
|E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |

|A5A5 G5G5 F5F5 |A5A5 G5G5 F5F5 |E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |

|E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 |


Solo:
|E5E5 |E5E5 | 6x

|G+G |G+G | 6x


Bridge:
 Csus2Csus2
Mother earth
    Csus2Csus2
I can hear you
   Dsus2Dsus2
Sacrifice
 Bsus2Bsus2
Now united


Instrumental:
|Riff 1 |Riff 2 | 2x


Verse 4:
 Riff 1
Rising levels of the tidal lakes protect them
 Riff 2
Keepers of the Goddess in the underworld
 Riff 3
Holding powers of the mystics, deep inside them
 Riff 4
Nineteen maidens, guardians of the Otherworld
 Riff 1
Mortal conflict born of Celtic 🏷Legend
   Riff 2
That apart from seven none returned from Avalon
Csus2Csus2
Mother earth
   Csus2Csus2
I can feel you
   Dsus2Dsus2
My rebirth
Bsus2Bsus2
Now completed


Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm     G+G
 Fertility Mother Goddess
 Cadd9Cadd9    D MajorD          E minorEm
Celebration, sow the seeds of the born
         G+G
The fruit of her body laden
  Cadd9Cadd9
Through the corn doll
 FF
You will pray for them all
E minorEm       G+G
 The image of Mother Goddess
 Cadd9Cadd9     D MajorD          E minorEm
Lying dormant, in the eyes of the dead
         G+G
The sheaf of the corn is broken
Cadd9Cadd9
End the harvest
  D MajorD
Throw the dead on the pyre


Instrumental:
|E minorEm  G+G |Cadd9Cadd9  D MajorD | 2x


Verse 5:
E minorEm       G+G
 To have the belief of others
 Cadd9Cadd9     D MajorD          E minorEm
Looking for the isle to show them a sign
     G+G
Fertility of all mothers
 Cadd9Cadd9      FF           E minorEm
Stood in silence waiting now for their turn
        G+G
The gateway to Avalon
  Cadd9Cadd9       D MajorD            E minorEm
The island where the souls of the dead are reborn
         G+G        Cadd9Cadd9     D MajorD
Brought here to die and be transferred into the earth and then for rebirth



Chorus:
E MajorE      EMaj7Emaj7   D MajorD     A augmentedA
I hear her crying the tears of an angel
   E MajorE    EMaj7Emaj7   D MajorD
The voices I hear in my head
 E MajorE      EMaj7Emaj7     D MajorD     A augmentedA
Blessed the fruits are the corn of the earth
    C majorC       D MajorD      E MajorE
Mother earth, holy blood of the dead
       EMaj7Emaj7    D MajorD      A augmentedA
The water in rivers and rhymes rises quickly
   E MajorE      EMaj7Emaj7    D MajorD
Are flowing and flooding the land
   E MajorE     EMaj7Emaj7    D MajorD      A augmentedA
The sea shall return once again just to hide them
   C majorC      D MajorD      E MajorE
Lost souls on the isle of the dead

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