The Man Who Would Be King chords by Iron Maiden

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|Am   G9  |Am   G9  |Am   G9  |F   G   Am  | 2x


Verse 1:
Am                   G9
 As he travels on the beast of burden
Am                 G9
 Moving up along the mountainside
Am                   G9
 As he gazes looking down the valley
 F        G         Am
No regrets but his pride
Am                     G9
 As he journeys across mountain passes
Am                G9
 Insignificance sweeps over him
Am                     G9
 His reflection of the beauty 'round him
 F         G    Am
Feeling empty inside
Am                     G9
 He is running from his wildest thoughts
Am                      G9
 He is running from his everything
Am                    G9
 He is looking now to find something
 F      G          Am
Hoping he could be saved

Instrumental:
|Em  |D  |Asus2  |Csus2   Bsus2  | 4x

Verse 2:
E5                              C5   B5   D5
 He's searching for the answer now
E5                                    C5          B5    D5
 It's something that he's managed to avoid up to now
E5                         C5    B5   D5
 Real conviction that he craves
E5                            C5          B5    D5
 He needs to find the answer sooner than later


Instrumental:
|E  |D  |


Verse 3:
E5                            C5   B5   D5
 Pushed himself to the limits
E5                             C5              B5     D5
 He had to strive for all the harder things in life
E5                             C5    B5   D5
 But what the cost to give in now?
E5                                 C5           B5    D5
 His life, his time are the only things that he has


Pre-Chorus:
B5
 Life is not a rehearsal
C#5                                       D5
All he has is the one chance to get it right
                      E5
Leaving really is the only way to know
B5                         C#5
 Maybe one day they'll forgive him what he's done
D5                             E5
 But now the pain of lying too early in the grave


Chorus:
 Bm                  G        Em
Destiny, no good to hide away
 Bm                     G        Em
Penance now will be his only way
Bm                      G        Em
Understand, no good to run away
 Bm                      G          Em
Penance now will be his saving grace


Solo:
|E  |G#m  |D  |E  | 4x


Instrumental:
|E   G#m  |D   E  | 2x

|E  |D  |E  |D  |


Verse 4:
E5                               C5    B5   D5
 He tries to make his peace with God
E5                           C5            B5    D5
 All is forgivable but it's left a little late
E5                          C5    B5   D5
 Trying something that he's not
E5                   C5          B5    D5
 Is it possible to change such a lot?


Instrumental:
|E  |D  |


Verse 5:
E5                          C5    B5   D5
 He's taken someone's life away
E5                               C5             B5     D5
 There's not a day goes by he regrets what he's done
E5                            C5    B5   D5
 He should have found another way
E5                           C5         B5     D5
 But the good book says: "An eye for an eye"


Pre-Chorus:
B5                  C#5
 In reflecting on decisions that were made
D5                            E5
 On the judgements that will haunt him till his grave
B5                       C#5
 No one has the right to take another life
D5                           E5
 But in his mind he had no choice, so be it


Chorus:
 Bm                  G        Em
Destiny, no good to hide away
 Bm                     G        Em
Penance now will be his only way
Bm                      G        Em
Understand, no good to run away
 Bm                      G          Em
Penance now will be his saving grace
 Bm                  G        Em
Destiny, no good to hide away
 Bm                     G        Em
Penance now will be his only way
Bm                      G        Em
Understand, no good to run away
 Bm                      G          Em
Penance now will be his saving grace


Instrumental:
|E   C  |Dsus2   Asus2  | 4x


Outro:
 E         C       Dsus2            Asus2
Far, far away, the man who would be king
 E         C       Dsus2            Asus2
Far, far away, the man who would be king
 E       C       Dsus2            Asus2
So far away, the man who would be king
 E       C       Dsus2            Asus2
So far away, the man who would be king
 E         C       Dsus2            Asus2
Far, far away, the man who would be king