The Parchment chords by Iron Maiden

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Advanced

🤘 Intro:
| D5D5 | D5D5 | D5D5 | D5D5 | (2x)
| E5E5 | E5E5 | E5E5 | E5E5 | E5E5 | E5E5 | E5E5 | E5E5 |
| F5F5 E5E5  F5F5 | E5E5  A5A5 G#5G#5 | E5E5  F5F5 | E5E5  D5D5 E5E5 | (4x)
| E minorEm | E minorEm  G+G FF | (2x)


🤘 Verse 1:
     E minorEm
When the moon will rise again
                G+G  FF
Until we read the Parthian skin
    E minorEm                G+G  FF
Broken fears warring days are here again
     E minorEm
'Fore we all to dust descend
                G+G  FF
Heaven knows when life will end
     E minorEm                G+G  FF
God to know in the mire, put out the fire

🤘 Verse 2:
      E minorEm
Know there is a cross to bear
               G+G
In your primal quest of fear
    FF  E minorEm         G+G
No quarter now is given no less
  FF   E minorEm
Aslumber was my main ideal
              G+G
Asunder did my spirit steal
 FF    E minorEm              G+G
Sceptered race uttered words in disgrace


🤘 Verse 3:
 FF   E minorEm
Sweet revenge will be ours
               G+G
Vengeance of a shaken world
 FF   E minorEm              G+G
Just remember that patience is no sin
   FF E minorEm
And to find another way
              G+G
Live to breathe another day
 FF    E minorEm                G+G  FF
Lord of light in the darkness, our guide

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

| E minorEm | E minorEm | B minorBm  A/C#A/C# | D MajorD  E minorEm | E minorEm | E minorEm | B minorBm | B minorBm  A/C#A/C# D MajorD | 2x

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


Guitar Solos
| E minorEm | E minorEm  G+G D MajorD | C majorC | A minorAm  C majorC D MajorD | E minorEm | E minorEm  D MajorD | C majorC | A minorAm  C majorC D MajorD | 2x

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


Instrumental
| F5F5 E5E5  F5F5 | E5E5  A5A5 G#5G#5 | E5E5  F5F5 | E5E5  D5D5 E5E5 | 4x

| E minorEm | C majorC | A minorAm | G/BG/B | 2x


🤘 Verse 4:
E minorEm
In a tempest never shaken
C majorC
Edge of doom is not mistaken
 A minorAm
Countenance is not a sin
 G/BG/B
Gallant king, we bow to him
 E minorEm
Fierce as wolf with a leopard skin
 C majorC
Dark and bitter deep within
  A minorAm
Invader punished with his life
 G/BG/B
Vanquished in the morning


🤘 Verse 5:
     E minorEm
Sea of blood in light divine
    C majorC
Unholy reverence enjoyed
  A minorAm
Intoxicated with their hell
 G/BG/B
Man immortal sickness dwell
    E minorEm
Savage beasts troops engage
      C majorC
Assembled here to butcher blades
 A minorAm
Smoke has darkened in the air
 G/BG/B
Smell of death and deep despair


🤘 Verse 6:
 E minorEm
Wilderness a tyrant dream
 C majorC
Sell your soul not give them power
 A minorAm
Slay upon imperial crown
 G/BG/B
Witness now the witching hour
 E minorEm
Bound himself to oath and king
   C majorC
Such loyalty, a shameless thing
 A minorAm
Youth of agony still burn
 G/BG/B
Shedding parents blood


🤘 Verse 7:
    E minorEm
Never say a prayer to me
      C majorC
For this crime and treachery
      A minorAm
Drinking from your cup of wisdom true
 G/BG/B
Many men will follow you
    E minorEm
Now an army is raised
     C majorC
And our gods, they be praised
 A minorAm
Death is but a guilted edge
    G/BG/B
Shall no more than we will pledge


🤘 Bridge:
      C majorC          D MajorD
Hear the cry we are ready to believe


🤘 Verse 8:
     E minorEm
The prodigal has returned
    G+G
Give us our own revenge
     A minorAm
With the power he learned
     C majorC       A minorAm
We will burn the same again
   E minorEm       G+G
A augmentedA betrayal of angels in a foreign land
   A minorAm           C majorC     A minorAm
A augmentedA revenge for the merciful destiny at hand


🤘 Verse 9:
     E minorEm
For all those who have written
    G+G
In the sand will be told
     A minorAm        C majorC       A minorAm
That the same will happen, searching for gold
    E minorEm
Like a fire in the sky
    G+G
I can feel strength return
     A minorAm       C majorC  A minorAm E minorEm  C majorC  A minorAm  G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD
Heading for afterlife, meet me there


Instrumental
| E minorEm | C majorC | A minorAm | G/BG/B  C majorC D MajorD |

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


Solo
| E minorEm | G+G | C majorC | D MajorD | E minorEm | G+G | C majorC | A minorAm | (4x)


Instrumental
| E5E5 F#5F#5 G5G5 A5A5 C5C5 D5D5 E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5 | E5E5 F#5F#5 G5G5 A5A5 C5C5 D5D5 A5A5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5 | 3x

| E5E5 F#5F#5 G5G5 A5A5 C5C5 D5D5 E5E5 F5F5 E5E5 D5D5 C5C5 A5A5 | E5E5 F#5F#5 G5G5 A5A5 C5C5 D5D5 A5A5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 D5D5 |


Ending
| D5D5 | D5D5 | D5D5 | D5D5 | Dsus2Dsus2 |

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