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