The Red And The Black chords by Iron Maiden

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|Em  C |Em  D | 2x

|E5 D5 G5 D5 |E5 D5 G5 A5 |E5 D5 G5 A5 |G5 D5 C5 A5 | 4x

|Em |Em |Em |Em | 2x

|Em |Em  C D | 2x

|Em |Em |Em |Em |


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

Instrumental:
|Em |C |G |D C D | 2x

|Em |Em |


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


Chorus:
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C           G   D C  Em
 Woah-oh-oh


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


Chorus:
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G                    D    C  Em
 I need somebody to save me


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


Chorus:
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G                    D    C  Em
 I need somebody to save me


Instrumental:
|E |A |E |G  D |E |A |C |D | 2x


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


Instrumental:
|Em  G |C  D |Em  G |D |Em  G |C  D |Am  C |D |


Solo:
|Em  G |C  D |Em  G |D |Em  G |C  D |Am  C |D | 2x

|E5 D5 G5 D5 |E5 D5 G5 A5 |E5 D5 G5 A5 |G5 D5 C5 A5 | 4x


Instrumental:

|Em |Am |C  Am |Em | 6x


Solo:
|Em |Am |C  Am |Em | 4x

|Em |Em |Am |D |Em |Em |Am |C  D |

|Em |Em |Am |D |Em |Em |Am |C  D |Em |Em |


Instrumental:

|C |D |Em |Em | 4x

|C |D |Em |Am |C |D |Em |Em | 2x

|C |D |Em |Em | 4x

|C |D |Em |Am |C |D |Em |Em | 2x

|C |D |Em |Em | 4x

|Em |Em |Em |Em |

|Em |C |G |D | 4x

|Em |


Chorus:
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G           D  C   D
 Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh woah
Em
 Woah-oh-oh
C
 Woah-oh-oh
G                    D    C
 I need somebody to save me


Outro:
|Em  C |Em  D |

|Em  C |Em |