The Legacy chords by Iron Maiden

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|Dm  C |A#  Am |Gm  F |Gm  Am |

|Am  Dm |Am  C | 2x


Verse:
 Dm     C     A#      Am
Tell you a thing that you ought to know
   Gm       F     Gm   Am
Two minutes of your time, then on you go
   Dm     C    A#     Am
Tell tale of the men all dressed in black
   Gm    F    Gm   Am
That most of them, not coming back
   Dm   C    A#     Am
Sent off to war to play little games
  Gm     F      Gm   Am
And on their return, can't name no names
    Dm      C    A#        Am
Some strange yellow gas has played with their minds
   Gm      F    Gm      Am
Has reddened their eyes, removed all the lies
    Dm     C       A#   Am
And strange as it sounds, death knows no bounds
   Gm    F
How many get well?
   Gm    Am
Only time will tell

|Dm  C |A#  Am |Gm  F |Gm  Am |

|Am  Dm |Am  C |Am  Dm |

   Am    D5/A
Only time will tell


Instrumental:
|Gm  Gm7  Gm  Gm7 |Gm  Gm7  Dsus2 | 2x

|Am |Am |Gm |Am | 2x

|Gm  Gm7  Gm  Gm7 |Gm  Gm7  Dsus2 | 2x

|Am |Am |Gm |Am | 2x

|Gm  Gm7  Gm  Gm7 |Gm  Gm7  Dsus2 | 2x

|Am |Am |Gm |Am | 2x

|Gm |F | 2x

|Gm  Gm7  Gm  Gm7 |Gm  Gm7  Dsus2 | 2x

|D5  F5 C5 |D5  F5 E5 | 2x


Verse 1:
D5        F5  C5  D5
 You lie in your death bed now
          F5     E5
But what did you bring to the table?
D5        F5 C5
 Brought us only holy sin
D5         F5   E5
 Utter trust is a deadly thing
D5         F5  C5
 To the prayer of holy peace
D5            F5  E5
 We didn't know what was lying underneath
D5        F5    C5
 So how could we be such fools?
D5           F5      E5
 And to think that we thought you the answer


Pre-Chorus:
Dsus2   Em               F
 I can't begin to understand in all the lies
       G               Dsus2
But on your death bed, I can see it in your eyes
     F                G
Just as clear as all the sweat upon your brow
      D
It really makes sense, I can really see it clearly now


Verse 2:
D5        F5   C5
 Tangled up in a web of lies
D5         F5   E5
 Could have been a way to prophesize
D5        F5  C5
 Unaware of the consequence
D5         F5    E5
 Not aware of the secrets that you kept
D5        F5   C5
 Nothing that we could believe
D5        F5   E5
 To reveal the facade of faceless men
D5          F5   C5
 Not a thing that we could foresee
D5           F5     E5
 Now a sign that would tell us the outcome


Pre-Chorus:
Dsus2    Em                F
 You had us all strung out with promises of peace
     G               Dsus2
But all along, your cover plan was to deceive
    F
Can it put to rights now?
        G
Only time will tell
      D
Your prophecies will send us all to Hell as well


Chorus:
D5        E5   C5
 Left to all our golden sons
G5       F5   D5
All to pick up on the peace
           E5   C5
You could have given all of them
G5        F5  D5
 A little chance, at least
          E5   C5
Take the world to better place
G5       F5      D5
Given them all just a little hope
          E5  C5
Just think what a lega--cy
G5    F5   D
 You now, will leave


Solo:
|Gm  Gm7  Gm  Gm7 |Gm  Gm7  Dsus2 | 2x

|Dm  Gm |Dm  Gm |Dm  Gm |F  Dm | 3x

|Em  C |D  G | 8x

|Em  Am |Em  Am |Em  Am |G  Em | 2x

|Em  C |Am  F | 2x


Verse 3:
Em          C
 We seemed destined to live in fear
   Am           F
And some that would say Armageddon is near
Em          C
 But where there's a life, while there's hope
   Am         F
That man won't self-destruct
Em         C
 Why can't we treat our fellow men
 D            G       D/F#
With more respect and a shake of their hands?
Em       C
 But anger and loathing is rife
   D           G     D/F#  Em
The death on all sides is becoming a way of life
       C
We live in an uncertain world
 D           G       D/F#    Em
Fear, understanding and ignorance is leading to death
     C
Only the corpses are left
   D              G   D/F#
For vultures that prey on their bones


Instrumental:
|Em  C |Am  F | 2x


Verse 4:
Em         C
 But some are just not wanting peace
    D      G     D/F#
Their whole life is death and misery
Em     C
 The only thing that they know;
    D            G   D/F#
"Fight fire with fire, life is cheap"
Em      C
 But if they do stop to think
   D           G    D/F#
That man is teetering right on the brink
Em      C
 But do you think that they care?
   D           G      D/F#
They benefit from death and pain and despair


Instrumental:
|Em  C |Am  F | 4x

|Dm  Gm |Dm  Gm |Dm  Gm |F  Dm | 2x


Ending:
|Gm  Gm7  Gm  Gm7 |Gm  Gm7  Dsus2 | 2x

|D5/A |