The Number Of The Beast chords by Iron Maiden

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THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST - Iron Maiden

from The Number Of The Beast (1982) album
written by Steve Harris

Prologue:
"Woe to you, Oh Earth and Sea,
for the Devil sends the beast with wrath,
because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
for it is a human number, its number is Six hundred and sixty six."
-Revelations ch. XIII v.18

Intro:
DmDm

Verse 1:
    DmDm        DmDm
I left alone my mind was blank,
     C majorC                 DmDm
I needed time to think, to get the memories from my mind.

      DmDm      DmDm
What did I see, can I believe,
      C majorC                  DmDm
that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy.

Verse 2:
      DmDm      DmDm
Just what I saw in my old dreams,
      C majorC                  DmDm
were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?

     DmDm         DmDm
Cos in my dreams it's always there,
     C majorC                   DmDm
the evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair.

Interlude:
C majorC DmDm  C majorC DmDm  C majorC C  C majorC DmDm
 Yeeeah...

Verse 3:
  DmDm             DmDm
The night was black was no use holding back
      DmDm           C majorC    DmDm
Cos I just had to see was someone watching me

DmDm            DmDm
In the mist dark figures move and twist
    DmDm          C majorC    DmDm
was all this for real or some kind of hell

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G    C majorC       DmDm
Six-six-six the Number of the Beast
C majorC    G+G    C majorC        DmDm
Hell and fire was spawned to be released

Verse 4:
DmDm            DmDm
Torches blazed and sacred chants were phrased
    DmDm           C majorC    DmDm
as they start to cry hands held to the sky

DmDm             DmDm
In the night the fires are burning bright
      DmDm         C majorC    DmDm
the ritual has begun, Satan's work is done

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G    C majorC       DmDm
Six-six-six the Number of the Beast
C majorC  G+G    C majorC     DmDm
Sacrifice is going on tonight

Bridge:
DmDm  E minorEm  FF   G+G   x4

Solo 1:
Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb  FF   FF   x4

DmDm  N.C. Bb majorBb  N.C.
FF   FF   G+G   A augmentedA C majorC

Solo 2:
DmDm  FF   G+G   Bb majorBb C majorC x4

DmDm  FF   G+G   Bb majorBb C majorC x2

Verse 5:
   DmDm          DmDm
This can't go on I must inform the law
     DmDm          C majorC   DmDm
Can this still be real or some crazy dream

  DmDm            DmDm
But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes
       DmDm         C majorC     DmDm
they seem to mesmerise ...can't avoid their eyes

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G    C majorC       DmDm
Six-six-six the Number of the Beast
C majorC    G+G    C majorC        DmDm
Six-six-six the one for you and me

Verse 6:
      DmDm       DmDm
I'm coming back, I will return.
      C majorC                DmDm
And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn.
      DmDm        DmDm
I have the fire, I have the force,
      C majorC               DmDm
I have the power to make my evil take its course.

Outro:
C majorC DmDm  C majorC DmDm  C majorC C  C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm

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