2 Minutes To Midnight chords by Iron Maiden
Guitar chords with lyrics
Key: Am
This includes the signature interlude, solo measures, and outro, to give the some some completion.
Check out the other chord tab by hiasinho, who identified the Fmaj7 and A7sus4 in the pre-chorus for me!
Hope you enjoy!
🤘 Interlude:
Am C D C D (bend last D slightly for effect)
Am C D C Am
Am C D C D (bend last D slightly for effect)
Am C D C Am
🤘 Verse 1:
Am C G D
Am C G D
Am C
Kill for gain, or shoot to maim
G D
But we don't need a reason
Am C
The golden goose is on the loose
G D
And never out of season
Am C
Blackened pride still burns inside
G D
This shell of bloody treason
Am C
Here's my gun for a barrel of fun
G D
For the love of living death
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🤘 Pre-Chorus:
Am Fmaj7 A7sus4 C
The killer's breed or the Demon's seed
F Bb C G
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Am Fmaj7 A7sus4 C
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
F Bb E
Don't you pray for my soul anymore?
🤘 Chorus:
Am G Am C G
2 minutes to midnight
D Dsus4 D F G
The hands that threaten doom
Am G Am C G
2 minutes to midnight
D Dsus4 D F G
To kill the unborn in the womb
🤘 Verse 2:
Am C G D
Am C G D
Am C
The blind men shout "Let the creatures out
G D
We'll show the unbelievers"
Am C
The napalm screams of human flames
G D
Of a prime time Belsen feast yeah!
Am C
As the reasons for the carnage
G D
Cut their meat and lick the gravy
Am C
We oil the jaws of the war machine
G D
And feed it with our babies
🤘 Pre-Chorus:
Am Fmaj7 A7sus4 C
The killer's breed or the Demon's seed
F Bb C G
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Am Fmaj7 A7sus4 C
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
F Bb E
Don't you pray for my soul anymore?
🤘 Chorus:
Am G Am C G
2 minutes to midnight
D Dsus4 D F G
The hands that threaten doom
Am G Am C G
2 minutes to midnight
D Dsus4 D F G
To kill the unborn in the womb
🤘 Solo:
(Listen to the solo for rhythm timing: I tried to space each section appropriately)
Am Fm G Fm E D
Am Fm G Fm E D
E Bm C D
E Bm C Am
🤘 Bridge:
C D
E D E G D E
C D
E D E G D E
C D
E
C D
E
🤘 Interlude:
Am C D C D (bend last D slightly for effect)
Am C D C Am
Am C D C D (bend last D slightly for effect)
Am C D C Am
🤘 Verse 3:
Am C
The body bags and little rags
G D
Of children torn in two
Am C
And the jellied brains of those who remain
G D
To put the finger right on you
Am C
As the madmen play on words and make us
G D
All dance to their song
Am C
To the tune of starving millions
G D
to make a better kind of gun
🤘 Pre-Chorus:
Am Fmaj7 A7sus4 C
The killer's breed or the Demon's seed
F Bb C G
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Am Fmaj7 A7sus4 C
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
F Bb E
Don't you pray for my soul anymore?
🤘 Chorus:
Am G Am C G
2 minutes to midnight
D Dsus4 D F G
The hands that threaten doom
Am G Am C G
2 minutes to midnight
D Dsus4 D F G
To kill the unborn in the womb
🤘 Outro:
G Am F G
Midnight, Midnight
C D C Am
Midnight, It's all night
G Am F G
Midnight, Midnight
C D C Am
Midnight, It's all night
G Am F G
C D C Am
G Am F G
C D C Am
Midnight, All night!