Childhoods End chords by Iron Maiden

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🤘 Intro:

| F#m | A | E | Bm  A/C# | 4x



🤘 Verse 1:
   F#m
I'd sail across the ocean
   A
I'd walk a hundred miles
  E
If I could make it to the end
  D       E
Oh just to see a smile
   F#m
You see it in their faces
   A
The sadness in their tears
   E
The desperation and the anger
 Bm       A/C#
Madness and the fear

🤘 Chorus:
  F#m   A     E    D  E
No hope, no life, just pain and fear
  F#m   A      E    Bm  A/C#
No food, no love, just greed is here


🤘 Verse 2:
   F#m
Starvation and the hunger
   A
The suffering and the pain
  E
The agonies of all-out war
   D       E
When will it come again?
    F#m
The struggle for the power
  A
A tyrant tries again
    E
Just what the hell is going on?
   Bm     A/C#
When will it ever end?


🤘 Chorus:
  F#m   A     E    D  E
No hope, no life, just pain and fear
  F#m   A      E    Bm  A/C#
No food, no love, just greed is here


🤘 Instrumental:
| F#m | D | E | F#m  A/C# |

| F#m | D | E | Bm  A/C# | 2x


🤘 Solo:
| D  Bm | F#m | D  Bm | A | D  Bm | F#m | D  Bm | E |

| F#m | A | G |

| F#m | A | E | Bm  A/C# | 4x


🤘 Verse 3:
   F#m
You see the full moon float
   A
You watch the red sun rise
  E
We take these things for granted
   D          E
But somewhere someone's dying
  F#m
Contaminated waters
  A
Pollution and decay
   E
Just waiting for disease to strike
  Bm      A/C#
Oh will we learn someday?


🤘 Chorus:
  F#m   A     E    D   E
No hope, no life, just pain and fear
  F#m   A    E
No food, no love, no seed
      F#m
Childhood's end