The Parchment chords by Iron Maiden

• Difficulty: Advanced

🤘 Intro:
| D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | (2x)
| E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 | E5 |
| F5 E5  F5 | E5  A5 G#5 | E5  F5 | E5  D5 E5 | (4x)
| Em | Em  G F | (2x)



🤘 Verse 1:
     Em
When the moon will rise again
                G  F
Until we read the Parthian skin
    Em                G  F
Broken fears warring days are here again
     Em
'Fore we all to dust descend
                G  F
Heaven knows when life will end
     Em                G  F
God to know in the mire, put out the fire

🤘 Verse 2:
      Em
Know there is a cross to bear
               G
In your primal quest of fear
    F  Em         G
No quarter now is given no less
  F   Em
Aslumber was my main ideal
              G
Asunder did my spirit steal
 F    Em              G
Sceptered race uttered words in disgrace


🤘 Verse 3:
 F   Em
Sweet revenge will be ours
               G
Vengeance of a shaken world
 F   Em              G
Just remember that patience is no sin
   F Em
And to find another way
              G
Live to breathe another day
 F    Em                G  F
Lord of light in the darkness, our guide


Instrumental
| Em | Em | Em | Em | 2x

| Em | Em | Bm  A/C# | D  Em | Em | Em | Bm | Bm  A/C# D | 2x

| Em | Em  G D | C | Am  C D | 4x


Guitar Solos
| Em | Em  G D | C | Am  C D | Em | Em  D | C | Am  C D | 2x

| Em | Em  D | C | Am  C D |


Instrumental
| F5 E5  F5 | E5  A5 G#5 | E5  F5 | E5  D5 E5 | 4x

| Em | C | Am | G/B | 2x


🤘 Verse 4:
Em
In a tempest never shaken
C
Edge of doom is not mistaken
 Am
Countenance is not a sin
 G/B
Gallant king, we bow to him
 Em
Fierce as wolf with a leopard skin
 C
Dark and bitter deep within
  Am
Invader punished with his life
 G/B
Vanquished in the morning


🤘 Verse 5:
     Em
Sea of blood in light divine
    C
Unholy reverence enjoyed
  Am
Intoxicated with their hell
 G/B
Man immortal sickness dwell
    Em
Savage beasts troops engage
      C
Assembled here to butcher blades
 Am
Smoke has darkened in the air
 G/B
Smell of death and deep despair


🤘 Verse 6:
 Em
Wilderness a tyrant dream
 C
Sell your soul not give them power
 Am
Slay upon imperial crown
 G/B
Witness now the witching hour
 Em
Bound himself to oath and king
   C
Such loyalty, a shameless thing
 Am
Youth of agony still burn
 G/B
Shedding parents blood


🤘 Verse 7:
    Em
Never say a prayer to me
      C
For this crime and treachery
      Am
Drinking from your cup of wisdom true
 G/B
Many men will follow you
    Em
Now an army is raised
     C
And our gods, they be praised
 Am
Death is but a guilted edge
    G/B
Shall no more than we will pledge


🤘 Bridge:
      C          D
Hear the cry we are ready to believe


🤘 Verse 8:
     Em
The prodigal has returned
    G
Give us our own revenge
     Am
With the power he learned
     C       Am
We will burn the same again
   Em       G
A betrayal of angels in a foreign land
   Am           C     Am
A revenge for the merciful destiny at hand


🤘 Verse 9:
     Em
For all those who have written
    G
In the sand will be told
     Am        C       Am
That the same will happen, searching for gold
    Em
Like a fire in the sky
    G
I can feel strength return
     Am       C  Am Em  C  Am  G/B C D
Heading for afterlife, meet me there


Instrumental
| Em | C | Am | G/B  C D |

| Em | C | Am | D | (2x)


Solo
| Em | G | C | D | Em | G | C | Am | (4x)


Instrumental
| E5 F#5 G5 A5 C5 D5 E5 F5 E5 D5 C5 A5 | E5 F#5 G5 A5 C5 D5 A5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 E5 | 3x

| E5 F#5 G5 A5 C5 D5 E5 F5 E5 D5 C5 A5 | E5 F#5 G5 A5 C5 D5 A5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 D5 |


Ending
| D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 | Dsus2 |