Chords with lyrics
Key: 
E minorEm
🤘 Intro:
A minorAm 
DmDm A minorAm 
G+G
A minorAm DmDm E minorEm 
C majorC G+G
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm G+G
A minorAm DmDm E minorEm C majorC G+G
🤘 Verse 1:
D MajorD
Stranger than the comet as it streaks across the sky
C majorC
Stranger than the truth I know before my open eyes
D MajorD C majorC
I have dealt in mysteries and trickery of light to entertain
C majorC
Looked into the abyss, called it by its name
G minorGm 
Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb 
FF
I have plundered time itself, put the world in-side it
G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb FF
I'm the mysteries, day and night, divide it
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD C majorC G+G
A augmentedA plague of wonders, on your knees beside me
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD C majorC G+G
Know the secrets, you shall not deride us
🤘 Pre-Chorus:
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC G minorGm Bb majorBb
My dreams of empire from my frozen queen
C majorC DmDm
Will come to pass
Bb majorBb C majorC G minorGm Bb majorBb
Know me, the Magus, I am Dr. Dee
FF DmDm
And this is my house
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC 
B minorBm E minorEm G+G D MajorD
I am the master of the tides
E minorEm G+G
I shame the mirror in my sight
D MajorD C majorC B minorBm A minorAm E minorEm
What random music of the spheres
G+G D MajorD
Across the years
🤘 Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm
Know this
D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
I will return to this land
D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
D MajorD C majorC
Chain up the demons set free
E minorEm D MajorD
Strange alchemy
Re-🤘 Intro:
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm G+G
A minorAm DmDm E minorEm C majorC G+G
A minorAm DmDm A minorAm G+G
A minorAm DmDm E minorEm C majorC G+G
🤘 Verse 2:
D MajorD
Gather round the aimless and the feckless and the lame
C majorC
Hear the master summon up the spirits by their names
D MajorD C majorC
I curse you Edward Kelley, your betrayal for eternity is damned
C majorC
Know you speak with demons, you cannot command
G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Even as I looked into the glass then I was blinded
G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb FF
Burning by the Mortlake shore my house, my books inside it
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD C majorC G+G
You have taken up my wife and lain beside her
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD C majorC G+G
Now the black rain on my house, the timbers burning
🤘 Pre-Chorus:
DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC G minorGm Bb majorBb
My dreams of empire from my frozen queen
C majorC DmDm
Will come to pass
Bb majorBb C majorC G minorGm Bb majorBb
Know me, the Magus, I am Dr. Dee
FF DmDm
And this was my house
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC B minorBm A minorAm E minorEm G+G D MajorD
I was the keeper of the books
E minorEm G+G
I had the knowledge of the scrolls
D MajorD C majorC B minorBm A minorAm E minorEm
But now through ignorance and fear
G+G D MajorD
I cast a shadow through the years
🤘 Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm
Know this
D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
I will return to this land
D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
D MajorD C majorC
Chain up the demons set free
E minorEm D MajorD
Strange alchemy
Guitar Solos:
A minorAm C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC B minorBm A minorAm C majorC G+G (x2)
DmDm FF C majorC G+G FF E minorEm DmDm FF C majorC (x2)
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm G+G D MajorD (x2)
🤘 Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm
Know this
D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
I will return to this land
D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
D MajorD C majorC
Chain up the demons set free
E minorEm D MajorD
Strange alchemy
C majorC E minorEm
Know this
D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
I will return to this land
D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
D MajorD C majorC
Restore the knowledge memory
E minorEm
Strange alchemy
Other versions of The Alchemist
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The Alchemist by Iron Maiden
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