The Book Of Souls chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
|E5E5 |E5E5 |E5E5 |E5E5 | 4x

|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm | 4x


Verse 1:
E minorEm    G+G  D/F#D/F#    E minorEm  G+G D/F#D/F#
 Sacrifices buried with kings
E minorEm      G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm         G+G D/F#D/F#
 Accompany them on a journey with no end
E minorEm         G+G  D/F#D/F#    E minorEm         G+G D/F#D/F#
 To an afterlife that’s rich with fruit of all the gods
E minorEm      G+G  D/F#D/F#
 And to face the demons
     E minorEm     G+G D/F#D/F#
Of their underworld haunts

Instrumental:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |


Verse 2:
E minorEm      G+G D/F#D/F#   E minorEm          G+G D/F#D/F#
 The sentient is sent to seek out all the truth
E minorEm          G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm         G+G D/F#D/F#
 A augmentedA flight to earth that is a given from his birth
E minorEm      G+G D/F#D/F#    E minorEm  G+G D/F#D/F#
 To rise from ashes of the dead
E minorEm        G+G D/F#D/F#    E minorEm      G+G D/F#D/F#
 Out of the fire is sent to fulfill man’s desire


Pre-Chorus:
C majorC
 By power day and night and death he ruled them
Asus2Asus2
 The sky and earth and the fires too
C majorC
 Two headed reptile, symbol of his reign
Asus2Asus2
 Universes of the underworld
C majorC
 A augmentedA life that’s full of all the wealth and riches
Asus2Asus2
 Can never last for an eternity
C majorC                   D MajorD
 After living in a golden paradise, that's the ultimate sacrifice

Chorus:
E minorEm   G+G D/F#D/F#  C majorC   D MajorD C majorC
 Prophecy of  sky gods,
E minorEm  G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
 The sun and moon
E minorEm  G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC    D MajorD C majorC
 Passing of  old ways
E minorEm   G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
 Will come true soon
E minorEm G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
Falling of  ages,
E minorEm G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
Forest of  kings
E minorEm  G+G   D/F#D/F# C majorC    D MajorD C majorC
The search for the truth,
E minorEm  G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
The book of  souls


Instrumental:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |


Verse 3:
E minorEm       G+G D/F#D/F#   E minorEm G+G D/F#D/F#
 The rulers of planets and stars
E minorEm       G+G  D/F#D/F#   E minorEm       G+G D/F#D/F#
 The power of the kings of traders and the wars
E minorEm     G+G D/F#D/F#     E minorEm        G+G D/F#D/F#
 Planetary cycles and the phases of the moon
E minorEm     G+G D/F#D/F#   E minorEm           G+G D/F#D/F#
 Is in the document a kingdom they will learn


Pre-Chorus:
C majorC
 They were praying to the gods of nature
Asus2Asus2
 And were living in the cities of stone
C majorC
 Towers reaching upward to the heavens
Asus2Asus2
 Sacred wonders for the world unknown
C majorC
 Make their lives be a mystery no more
Asus2Asus2
 Records kept and the passing of laws
C majorC
 Sacred gods to the book of lies
    D MajorD
When a civilization dies


Chorus:
E minorEm   G+G D/F#D/F#  C majorC   D MajorD C majorC
 Prophecy of  sky gods,
E minorEm  G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
 The sun and moon
E minorEm  G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC    D MajorD C majorC
 Passing of  old ways
E minorEm   G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
 Will come true soon
E minorEm  G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
 Falling of  ages,
E minorEm G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
 Forest of  kings
E minorEm  G+G  D/F#D/F# C majorC    D MajorD C majorC
The lost book of souls,
E minorEm  G+G D/F#D/F#  C majorC  D MajorD C majorC
 Destruction begins


Instrumental Break:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |

|C majorC |Asus2Asus2 |C majorC |Asus2Asus2 |C majorC |Asus2Asus2 |C majorC |D MajorD |E minorEm |

Solo:
|E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm |E minorEm | 2x

|D/F#D/F# |D/F#D/F# |D/F#D/F# |D/F#D/F# |

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

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


Verse 5:
C majorC       E minorEm       D MajorD       E minorEm
Ascending the throne wearing feathers and shells
   C majorC        E minorEm       D MajorD  E minorEm
He brought back their lives from the void
C majorC    E minorEm      D MajorD      E minorEm
Alien invasion brings nothing but death
 C majorC        E minorEm       D MajorD  Asus2Asus2
Mass exodus and plant life destroyed


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

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

|D/F#D/F# |D/F#D/F# |D/F#D/F# |D/F#D/F# |

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


Verse 6:
 C majorC      E minorEm      D MajorD     E minorEm
Domain of the Earth to the journey of truth
  C majorC     E minorEm       D MajorD   E minorEm
The underworld caves, Mayan slaves
  C majorC      E minorEm       D MajorD     E minorEm
Defeat of the dark Lords, the ultimate proof
     C majorC       E minorEm     D MajorD  E minorEm
In the place where the ancestors rule


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

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


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

|E minorEm G+G |C majorC |

Outro:
   E minorEm G+G  E minorEm
The book of souls


Ending:
|E5E5 |E5E5 |E5E5 |E5E5 | 2x

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