Stratego chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

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

🤘 Intro:

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



🤘 Verse 1:
E5E5
 How do you read a madman's mind?
           C majorC
Teach me the art of war
E5E5                       C majorC
 For I shall bring more than you bargained for
E5E5
 Give me an ultimatum
            C majorC
That I could not dream of
E5E5                   C majorC
 Spills of a crying nation upon my soul

🤘 Pre-Chorus 1:
  B5B5  C5C5  G5G5  A5A5   E5E5
For I  have not a mortal soul
 B5B5 C5C5 G5G5  A5A5   E5E5
That you al--ready know
 C majorC  G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Look at my   eyes
 C majorC   G+G D/F#D/F# B minorBm  C majorC  D MajorD
There’s no sur--prise


🤘 Chorus:
E minorEm       C majorC
 Ocean is black, the devil's track
A minorAm     D MajorD
 Looking beyond beneath the sea
E minorEm        C majorC
 Eye of the storm is here again
A minorAm       D MajorD
 Been there before you were ever born
E minorEm        C majorC
Beyond the dark, I feel the pain
A minorAm      D MajorD
 It's hidden but I can’t explain
E minorEm        C majorC
 A augmentedA cross to bear, a heavy faith
A minorAm      D MajorD       E minorEm  C majorC
 My sorrow whispers time again

Post-🤘 Chorus:
  D5D5  E5E5 D5D5  G5G5  F#5F#5 E5E5  C5C5
I hear you cal--ling my  name
   D5D5 E5E5  D5D5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5  C5C5
Come to claim my life a---gain
   D5D5 E5E5 D5D5 G5G5  F#5F#5  E5E5  C5C5
Pray for me  I'm al---most there
     D5D5 E5E5  D5D5 G5G5  F#5F#5
The pain al-most too much to bear


🤘 Verse 2:
E5E5
 I try to find my way back home
          C majorC
To feel the same again
E5E5                     C majorC
 The voice of nothing listened far too long
E5E5
 Little by little eat away
           C majorC
I think I've lost my mind
E5E5                     C majorC
 Too late to change now what I left behind


🤘 Pre-Chorus 2:
 B5B5  C5C5 G5G5  A5A5   E5E5
Hear me, lis--ten my call
B5B5 C5C5 G5G5  A5A5  E5E5
I am rea--dy to fall
 C majorC  G+G  D/F#D/F# E minorEm
Lord hear me  now
 C majorC  G+G  D/F#D/F#
Let me
 B minorBm  C majorC  D MajorD
Go


🤘 Solo:
| E minorEm  D MajorD | E minorEm  D MajorD | 4x


🤘 Instrumental:
| E5E5 B5B5 C5C5 D5D5 C5C5 B5B5 | A5A5 E5E5 F5F5 A5A5 G#5G#5 F#5F#5 | E5E5 B5B5 C5C5 D5D5 C5C5 B5B5 | A5A5 E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 D5D5 E5E5 |

| E5E5 B5B5 C5C5 D5D5 C5C5 B5B5 | A5A5 E5E5 F5F5 A5A5 G#5G#5 F#5F#5 | E5E5 B5B5 C5C5 D5D5 C5C5 B5B5 | A5A5 E5E5 F5F5 A5A5 B5B5 |


🤘 Chorus:
E minorEm       C majorC
 Ocean is black, the devil's track
A minorAm     D MajorD
 Looking beyond beneath the sea
E minorEm        C majorC
 Eye of the storm is here again
A minorAm       D MajorD
 Been there before you were ever born
E minorEm        C majorC
 Beyond the dark, I feel the pain
A minorAm      D MajorD
 It's hidden but I can’t explain
E minorEm        C majorC
 A augmentedA cross to bear, a heavy faith
A minorAm      D MajorD       E minorEm  F#7F#7  C majorC  D MajorD
 My sorrow whispers time again


Ending:
| E minorEm  F#7F#7 | C majorC  A minorAm | E minorEm | E minorEm | E minorEm | E minorEm |