The Red And The Black chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
|E minorEm C majorC |E minorEm D MajorD | 2x

|E5E5 D5D5 G5G5 D5D5 |E5E5 D5D5 G5G5 A5A5 |E5E5 D5D5 G5G5 A5A5 |G5G5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5 | 4x

|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm | 2x

|E minorEm |E minorEm C majorC D MajorD | 2x

|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |


Verse:
   E minorEm
The morals of life and the perils of death
                C majorC    D MajorD
Take the wrong way out running out of breath
E minorEm
Meet my match in the afterlife
              C majorC     D MajorD
Suppress the demons that plague the night
 E minorEm
A augmentedA tortured mind is a safe place to go
                 C majorC   D MajorD
But the truth lurks down in the dark below
E minorEm
Step inside my inquisitive mind
              C majorC     D MajorD
Are you scared at what you just might find

Instrumental:
|E minorEm |C majorC |G+G |D MajorD C majorC D MajorD | 2x

|E minorEm |E minorEm |


Verse:
E minorEm
See myself in the hall of mirrors
             C majorC   D MajorD
A augmentedA different shape every step I take
 E minorEm
A augmentedA different mind every step of the line
          C majorC    D MajorD
But in the end they are all mine
E minorEm
Laughing sorrow inside your head
           C majorC      D MajorD
Can’t get out just a feeling of dread
  E minorEm
I know this burden's a heavy load
           C majorC    D MajorD
A augmentedA dark mistake never ending road

Chorus:
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G      D MajorD C majorC  D MajorD
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G      D MajorD C majorC  D MajorD
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC      G+G  D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh


Verse:
E minorEm
 The black jack king and the red queen clash
           C majorC      D MajorD
The artful dodger he counts his stash
E minorEm
 The joker’s wild like an impish child
             C majorC    D MajorD
While madame fortune she waits inside
E minorEm
 The good luck charm is overkill
              C majorC    D MajorD
The tired old soldier says fire at will
E minorEm
 Planes overhead go search destroy
         C majorC   D MajorD
The ones below human decoy


Chorus:
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G      D MajorD C majorC  D MajorD
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G      D MajorD C majorC  D MajorD
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G          D MajorD  C majorC E minorEm
 I need somebody to save me


Verse:
E minorEm
 Meanwhile we play the waiting game
             C majorC    D MajorD
The clock is struck the horse is lame
E minorEm
 And when we think that this is done
          C majorC     D MajorD
Chance your luck a four leafed one
E minorEm
 You hedge your bets the battle lost
           C majorC     D MajorD
To wait in vain and count the cost
E minorEm
 The thin edged line
E minorEm
 Between good and bad
           C majorC   D MajorD
And cast the luck be happy sad


Chorus:
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G      D MajorD C majorC  D MajorD
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G      D MajorD C majorC  D MajorD
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G          D MajorD  C majorC E minorEm
 I need somebody to save me


Instrumental:
|E MajorE |A augmentedA |E MajorE |G+G D MajorD |E MajorE |A augmentedA |C majorC |D MajorD | 2x


Bridge:
   E MajorE      A augmentedA
The red and the black
 E MajorE      G+G     D MajorD
People don’t want the truth
 E MajorE      A augmentedA       C majorC     D MajorD
Look in their eyes and you send them away
   E MajorE      A augmentedA
The red and the black
E MajorE      G+G  D MajorD
Fate and hypocrisy
 E MajorE     A augmentedA      C majorC     D MajorD
Burden’s a heavy load there is no doubt
   E MajorE      A augmentedA
The red and the black
E MajorE      G+G   D MajorD
All out of luck again
E MajorE     A augmentedA     C majorC    D MajorD
How many chances can anyone have
   E MajorE      A augmentedA
The red and the black
E MajorE     G+G    D MajorD
Treachery out to win
E MajorE       A augmentedA       C majorC       D MajorD
There in the wrong place and at the wrong time


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


Solo:
|E minorEm G+G |C majorC D MajorD |E minorEm G+G |D MajorD |E minorEm G+G |C majorC D MajorD |A minorAm C majorC |D MajorD | 2x

|E5E5 D5D5 G5G5 D5D5 |E5E5 D5D5 G5G5 A5A5 |E5E5 D5D5 G5G5 A5A5 |G5G5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5 | 4x


Instrumental:

|E minorEm |A minorAm |C majorC A minorAm |E minorEm | 6x


Solo:
|E minorEm |A minorAm |C majorC A minorAm |E minorEm | 4x

|E minorEm |E minorEm |A minorAm |D MajorD |E minorEm |E minorEm |A minorAm |C majorC D MajorD |

|E minorEm |E minorEm |A minorAm |D MajorD |E minorEm |E minorEm |A minorAm |C majorC D MajorD |E minorEm |E minorEm |


Instrumental:

|C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm |E minorEm | 4x

|C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm |A minorAm |C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm |E minorEm | 2x

|C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm |E minorEm | 4x

|C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm |A minorAm |C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm |E minorEm | 2x

|C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm |E minorEm | 4x

|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |

|E minorEm |C majorC |G+G |D MajorD | 4x

|E minorEm |


Chorus:
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G      D MajorD C majorC  D MajorD
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G      D MajorD C majorC  D MajorD
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
E minorEm
 Woah-oh-oh
C majorC
 Woah-oh-oh
G+G          D MajorD  C majorC
 I need somebody to save me


Outro:
|E minorEm C majorC |E minorEm D MajorD |

|E minorEm C majorC |E minorEm |

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