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