The Man Who Would Be King chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
|A minorAm  G9G9 |A minorAm  G9G9 |A minorAm  G9G9 |FF  G+G  A minorAm | 2x


Verse 1:
A minorAm          G9G9
 As he travels on the beast of burden
A minorAm         G9G9
 Moving up along the mountainside
A minorAm          G9G9
 As he gazes looking down the valley
 FF    G+G     A minorAm
No regrets but his pride
A minorAm           G9G9
 As he journeys across mountain passes
A minorAm        G9G9
 Insignificance sweeps over him
A minorAm           G9G9
 His reflection of the beauty 'round him
 FF     G+G  A minorAm
Feeling empty inside
A minorAm           G9G9
 He is running from his wildest thoughts
A minorAm           G9G9
 He is running from his everything
A minorAm          G9G9
 He is looking now to find something
 FF   G+G     A minorAm
Hoping he could be saved

Instrumental:
|E minorEm |D MajorD |Asus2Asus2 |Csus2Csus2  Bsus2Bsus2 | 4x

Verse 2:
E5E5               C5C5  B5B5  D5D5
 He's searching for the answer now
E5E5                  C5C5     B5B5  D5D5
 It's something that he's managed to avoid up to now
E5E5             C5C5  B5B5  D5D5
 Real conviction that he craves
E5E5              C5C5     B5B5  D5D5
 He needs to find the answer sooner than later


Instrumental:
|E MajorE |D MajorD |

Verse 3:
E5E5              C5C5  B5B5  D5D5
 Pushed himself to the limits
E5E5               C5C5       B5B5   D5D5
 He had to strive for all the harder things in life
E5E5               C5C5  B5B5  D5D5
 But what the cost to give in now?
E5E5                 C5C5      B5B5  D5D5
 His life, his time are the only things that he has


Pre-Chorus:
B5B5
 Life is not a rehearsal
C#5C#5                    D5D5
All he has is the one chance to get it right
           E5E5
Leaving really is the only way to know
B5B5             C#5C#5
 Maybe one day they'll forgive him what he's done
D5D5               E5E5
 But now the pain of lying too early in the grave


Chorus:
 B minorBm         G+G    E minorEm
Destiny, no good to hide away
 B minorBm           G+G    E minorEm
Penance now will be his only way
B minorBm           G+G    E minorEm
Understand, no good to run away
 B minorBm           G+G     E minorEm
Penance now will be his saving grace


Solo:
|E MajorE |G# minorG#m |D MajorD |E MajorE | 4x


Instrumental:
|E MajorE  G# minorG#m |D MajorD  E MajorE | 2x

|E MajorE |D MajorD |E MajorE |D MajorD |


Verse 4:
E5E5                C5C5  B5B5  D5D5
 He tries to make his peace with God
E5E5              C5C5      B5B5  D5D5
 All is forgivable but it's left a little late
E5E5             C5C5  B5B5  D5D5
 Trying something that he's not
E5E5          C5C5     B5B5  D5D5
 Is it possible to change such a lot?


Instrumental:
|E MajorE |D MajorD |


Verse 5:
E5E5             C5C5  B5B5  D5D5
 He's taken someone's life away
E5E5                C5C5       B5B5   D5D5
 There's not a day goes by he regrets what he's done
E5E5              C5C5  B5B5  D5D5
 He should have found another way
E5E5              C5C5     B5B5   D5D5
 But the good book says: "An eye for an eye"


Pre-Chorus:
B5B5         C#5C#5
 In reflecting on decisions that were made
D5D5              E5E5
 On the judgements that will haunt him till his grave
B5B5            C#5C#5
 No one has the right to take another life
D5D5              E5E5
 But in his mind he had no choice, so be it


Chorus:
 B minorBm         G+G    E minorEm
Destiny, no good to hide away
 B minorBm           G+G    E minorEm
Penance now will be his only way
B minorBm           G+G    E minorEm
Understand, no good to run away
 B minorBm           G+G     E minorEm
Penance now will be his saving grace
 B minorBm         G+G    E minorEm
Destiny, no good to hide away
 B minorBm           G+G    E minorEm
Penance now will be his only way
B minorBm           G+G    E minorEm
Understand, no good to run away
 B minorBm           G+G     E minorEm
Penance now will be his saving grace


Instrumental:
|E MajorE  C majorC |Dsus2Dsus2  Asus2Asus2 | 4x


Outro:
 E MajorE     C majorC    Dsus2Dsus2      Asus2Asus2
Far, far away, the man who would be king
 E MajorE     C majorC    Dsus2Dsus2      Asus2Asus2
Far, far away, the man who would be king
 E MajorE    C majorC    Dsus2Dsus2      Asus2Asus2
So far away, the man who would be king
 E MajorE    C majorC    Dsus2Dsus2      Asus2Asus2
So far away, the man who would be king
 E MajorE     C majorC    Dsus2Dsus2      Asus2Asus2
Far, far away, the man who would be king

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