The Legacy chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
|DmDm  C majorC |A#A#  A minorAm |G minorGm  FF |G minorGm  A minorAm |

|A minorAm  DmDm |A minorAm  C majorC | 2x


Verse:
 DmDm     C majorC     A#A#      A minorAm
Tell you a thing that you ought to know
   G minorGm       FF     G minorGm   A minorAm
Two minutes of your time, then on you go
   DmDm     C majorC    A#A#     A minorAm
Tell tale of the men all dressed in black
   G minorGm    FF    G minorGm   A minorAm
That most of them, not coming back
   DmDm   C majorC    A#A#     A minorAm
Sent off to war to play little games
  G minorGm     FF      G minorGm   A minorAm
And on their return, can't name no names
    DmDm      C majorC    A#A#        A minorAm
Some strange yellow gas has played with their minds
   G minorGm      FF    G minorGm      A minorAm
Has reddened their eyes, removed all the lies
    DmDm     C majorC       A#A#   A minorAm
And strange as it sounds, death knows no bounds
   G minorGm    FF
How many get well?
   G minorGm    A minorAm
Only time will tell

|DmDm  C majorC |A#A#  A minorAm |G minorGm  FF |G minorGm  A minorAm |

|A minorAm  DmDm |A minorAm  C majorC |A minorAm  DmDm |

   A minorAm    D5/A
Only time will tell


Instrumental:
|G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  G minorGm  Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x

|A minorAm |A minorAm |G minorGm |A minorAm | 2x

|G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  G minorGm  Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x

|A minorAm |A minorAm |G minorGm |A minorAm | 2x

|G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  G minorGm  Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x

|A minorAm |A minorAm |G minorGm |A minorAm | 2x

|G minorGm |FF | 2x

|G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  G minorGm  Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x

|D5D5  F5F5 C5C5 |D5D5  F5F5 E5E5 | 2x

Verse 1:
D5D5        F5F5  C5C5  D5D5
 You lie in your death bed now
          F5F5     E5E5
But what did you bring to the table?
D5D5        F5F5 C5C5
 Brought us only holy sin
D5D5         F5F5   E5E5
 Utter trust is a deadly thing
D5D5         F5F5  C5C5
 To the prayer of holy peace
D5D5            F5F5  E5E5
 We didn't know what was lying underneath
D5D5        F5F5    C5C5
 So how could we be such fools?
D5D5           F5F5      E5E5
 And to think that we thought you the answer


Pre-Chorus:
Dsus2Dsus2   E minorEm               FF
 I can't begin to understand in all the lies
       G+G               Dsus2Dsus2
But on your death bed, I can see it in your eyes
     FF                G+G
Just as clear as all the sweat upon your brow
      D MajorD
It really makes sense, I can really see it clearly now


Verse 2:
D5D5        F5F5   C5C5
 Tangled up in a web of lies
D5D5         F5F5   E5E5
 Could have been a way to prophesize
D5D5        F5F5  C5C5
 Unaware of the consequence
D5D5         F5F5    E5E5
 Not aware of the secrets that you kept
D5D5        F5F5   C5C5
 Nothing that we could believe
D5D5        F5F5   E5E5
 To reveal the facade of faceless men
D5D5          F5F5   C5C5
 Not a thing that we could foresee
D5D5           F5F5     E5E5
 Now a sign that would tell us the outcome


Pre-Chorus:
Dsus2Dsus2    E minorEm                FF
 You had us all strung out with promises of peace
     G+G               Dsus2Dsus2
But all along, your cover plan was to deceive
    FF
Can it put to rights now?
        G+G
Only time will tell
      D MajorD
Your prophecies will send us all to Hell as well


Chorus:
D5D5        E5E5   C5C5
 Left to all our golden sons
G5G5       F5F5   D5D5
All to pick up on the peace
           E5E5   C5C5
You could have given all of them
G5G5        F5F5  D5D5
 A augmentedA little chance, at least
          E5E5   C5C5
Take the world to better place
G5G5       F5F5      D5D5
Given them all just a little hope
          E5E5  C5C5
Just think what a lega--cy
G5G5    F5F5   D MajorD
 You now, will leave


Solo:
|G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  G minorGm  Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x

|DmDm  G minorGm |DmDm  G minorGm |DmDm  G minorGm |FF  DmDm | 3x

|E minorEm  C majorC |D MajorD  G+G | 8x

|E minorEm  A minorAm |E minorEm  A minorAm |E minorEm  A minorAm |G+G  E minorEm | 2x

|E minorEm  C majorC |A minorAm  FF | 2x


Verse 3:
E minorEm          C majorC
 We seemed destined to live in fear
   A minorAm           FF
And some that would say Armageddon is near
E minorEm          C majorC
 But where there's a life, while there's hope
   A minorAm         FF
That man won't self-destruct
E minorEm         C majorC
 Why can't we treat our fellow men
 D MajorD            G+G       D/F#D/F#
With more respect and a shake of their hands?
E minorEm       C majorC
 But anger and loathing is rife
   D MajorD           G+G     D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
The death on all sides is becoming a way of life
       C majorC
We live in an uncertain world
 D MajorD           G+G       D/F#D/F#    E minorEm
Fear, understanding and ignorance is leading to death
     C majorC
Only the corpses are left
   D MajorD              G+G   D/F#D/F#
For vultures that prey on their bones


Instrumental:
|E minorEm  C majorC |A minorAm  FF | 2x


Verse 4:
E minorEm         C majorC
 But some are just not wanting peace
    D MajorD      G+G     D/F#D/F#
Their whole life is death and misery
E minorEm     C majorC
 The only thing that they know;
    D MajorD            G+G   D/F#D/F#
"Fight fire with fire, life is cheap"
E minorEm      C majorC
 But if they do stop to think
   D MajorD           G+G    D/F#D/F#
That man is teetering right on the brink
E minorEm      C majorC
 But do you think that they care?
   D MajorD           G+G      D/F#D/F#
They benefit from death and pain and despair


Instrumental:
|E minorEm  C majorC |A minorAm  FF | 4x

|DmDm  G minorGm |DmDm  G minorGm |DmDm  G minorGm |FF  DmDm | 2x


Ending:
|G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  G minorGm  Gm7Gm7 |G minorGm  Gm7Gm7  Dsus2Dsus2 | 2x

|D5/A |