Sign Of The Cross chords by Iron Maiden

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Riffs:
Riff 1:
    Em                   Em
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------7--------|
D|----7-9-10-9--7-9-10-9---7-9-10-9-10----10-9--|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|--0--------------------0----------------------|


Riff 2:
    Em                    Em
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-----7-9-10-9--7-9-10-9----------------------|
A|----------------------------7-9-10-9-10-9-10-|
E|--0----------------------0-------------------|

Riff 3:
    Em                    Em
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-----7-9-10-9--7-9-10-9----------------------|
A|----------------------------7-9-10-9-10-9-7--|
E|--0----------------------0-------------------|



Intro:
|Riff 1 |Riff 2 |

Riff 1
 Eleven saintly shrouded men, silhouettes stand against the sky
Riff 3
 One in front with a cross held high, come to wash my sins away



Instrumental:
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Cadd9   Dadd9  | 3x


Verse 1:
  E5
Standing alone in the wind and rain
                           D5
Feeling the fear that is growing
 E5
Sensing the change in the tide again
                              D5
Brought by the storm that is brewing
 B5              C5
Feel the anxiety hold off the fear
 D5                        E5
Some of the doubt in the things you believe
 B5                         C5
Now that your faith will be put to the test
 D5                 E5
Nothing to do but await what is coming


Verse 2:
 E5
Why is then God still protecting me
                     D5
Even when I don't deserve it?
 E5
Though I am blessed with an inner strength
                            D5
Some, they would call it a penance
 B5                C5
Why am I meant to face this alone?
D5                  E5
Asking the question time and again
  B5                 C5
Praying to God won't keep me alive
D5                       E5
Inside my head feel the fear start to rise


Verse 3:
            E5
They'll be saying their prayers when the moment comes
             E5
There'll be penance to pay when it's judgement day
         C5
And the guilty'll bleed when that moment comes
            C5                         D5    E5
They'll be coming to claim, take your soul away


Chorus:
                  C
The sign of the cross
G                 D    Am
 The name of the rose
                C
A fire in the sky
G                  E5
 The sign of the cross


Verse 6:
            E5
They'll be coming to bring the eternal flame
             E5
They'll be bringing us all immortality
 C5
Holding comunion so the world be blessed
                            D5      E5
My creator, my God, lay my soul to rest


Chorus:
                  C
The sign of the cross
G                 D    Am
 The name of the rose
                C
A fire in the sky
G                  E5
 The sign of the cross


Instrumental:
|E5  |E5  |E5  |E5  |D5  |D5  |D5  |D5  |E5  |E5  |E5  |E5  |

|E5  |E5   Dadd9  |Cadd9  |Cadd9   Dsus2  |

|E5  |E5   Dadd9  |Cadd9  |Cadd9   Badd9  |Aadd9  |Aadd9   Cadd9  Dadd9  |E5 |Em |


Bass Break:
|N.C. |N.C. |N.C. |N.C. |


Instrumental:
|E5  |E5  |D5  |E5  | 2x

|E5  |E5  |D5  |D5  | 2x

|E5  |E5  |E5  |E5  |


Solo:
|E5   Dadd9  |Cadd9   Dadd9  |E5   Dadd9  |Am   Cadd9  Dadd9  | 4x

|G   F  |D   C  F  |G   F |D   F  G | 2x

|E5   Dadd9  |Cadd9   Dadd9  |E5   Dadd9  |Am   Cadd9  Dadd9  | 2x


Instrumental:
|Em  |Cadd9  |G  |D  | 6x


Chorus:
Em                 C
 The sign of the cross
G                 D    Am
 The name of the rose
                C
A fire in the sky
G                  D
 The sign of the cross
Am                 C
 The name of the rose
G                 Em
 The sign of the cross


Outro:
Riff 1
Lost the love of heaven above, chose the lust of the earth below
Riff 3
Eleven saintly shrouded men, came to wash my sins away