The Edge Of Darkness chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
B5/E D5/A B5/E     x4
B5/E D5/A B5/E C5C5 D5D5 x2

Verse 1:
E minorEm       D MajorD        E minorEm    C majorC D MajorD
 I've looked into the heart of darkness
E minorEm     D MajorD         E minorEm  C majorC A minorAm
 Where the blood-red journey ends
E minorEm      D MajorD         E minorEm    C majorC D MajorD
 When you've faced the heart of darkness
E minorEm     D MajorD       E minorEm  C majorC A minorAm
 Even your soul begins to bend

Verse 2:
E minorEm   D MajorD        E minorEm   C majorC D MajorD
 For a week I have been waiting
E minorEm     D MajorD     E minorEm C majorC A minorAm
 Still I am only in Saigon
E minorEm       D MajorD      E minorEm   C majorC D MajorD
 The walls move in a little closer
E minorEm     C majorC       D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
 I feel the jungle call me on

(distorted power chords)

Verse 3:
E minorEm   D MajorD      E minorEm   C majorC D MajorD
 Every minute I get weaker
E minorEm      D MajorD        E minorEm   C majorC A minorAm
 While in the jungle they grow strong
E minorEm   D MajorD      E minorEm   C majorC D MajorD
 What I wanted was a mission
E minorEm     D MajorD         E minorEm  C majorC A minorAm
 And for my sins they gave me one

Verse 4:
E minorEm        D MajorD         E minorEm   C majorC D MajorD
 They brought it up just like room service
E minorEm     D MajorD         E minorEm  C majorC A minorAm
'Cause everyone gets what they want
E minorEm       D MajorD        E minorEm  C majorC D MajorD
 And when that mission was all over
E minorEm     C majorC      D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
 I'd never want another one

Riff:
E minorEm  G+G   A minorAm  C majorC D MajorD  x3

Bridge 1:
E minorEm              E minorEm
 I know, captain, that you've done this work before
G+G D MajorD               B minorBm       C majorC D MajorD
  We've got a problem, you can help us all I'm sure
E minorEm                 E minorEm
 The colonel's gone rogue, and his methods are unsound
G+G D MajorD           C majorC        D MajorD
  You'll take a PBR up river track him down...

Riff:
E minorEm  G+G   C majorC   D MajorD

Bridge 2:
E minorEm           E minorEm
 There's a conflict in every human heart
G+G D MajorD             B minorBm       C majorC D MajorD
  And the temptation is to take it all to far
E minorEm      E minorEm
 In this war things get so confused
G+G D MajorD                B minorBm     C majorC D MajorD
  But there are some things which cannot be excused

Bridge 3:
E minorEm              E minorEm
 He's acting like a God - an insane lunatic
G+G D MajorD                B minorBm      C majorC D MajorD
  Your mission - exterminate with extreme prejudice
E minorEm                E minorEm
 The route is dangerous and your progress may be slow
G+G D MajorD             C majorC    D MajorD
  Here is the file and it's all you need to know...

Riff:
E minorEm  G+G   A minorAm  C majorC D MajorD  x2
           Oo'ooh...
Solo 1:
E minorEm  E minorEm G+G D MajorD   B minorBm C majorC D MajorD x2

Solo 2:
E minorEm  E minorEm G+G D MajorD   B minorBm C majorC D MajorD x2

Instrumental:
E minorEm  G+G   A minorAm  C majorC D MajorD  x4

Pre-chorus:
E minorEm      G+G
Here I am the knife in my hand
    A minorAm          C majorC      D MajorD
And now I understand why the genius must die

Chorus 1:
E minorEm   D MajorD         E minorEm    C majorC D MajorD
 Now I stand alone in the darkness
E minorEm    D MajorD       E minorEm  C majorC A minorAm
 With his blood upon my hands
E minorEm       D MajorD      E minorEm  C majorC D MajorD
 Where sat the warrior the poet
E minorEm      C majorC       D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
 Now lie the fragments of a man

(clean picking)

Chorus 2:
E minorEm       D MajorD        E minorEm    C majorC D MajorD
 I've looked into the heart of darkness
E minorEm     D MajorD         E minorEm  C majorC A minorAm
 Where the blood-red journey ends
E minorEm      D MajorD         E minorEm  C majorC D MajorD
 When you've faced the heart of darkness
E minorEm     C majorC       D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD
 Even your soul begins to bend

Outro:
E minorEm       D MajorD        E minorEm
 I've looked into the heart of darkness...

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