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