{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2760423,"song":"The Alchemist","artist":"Iron Maiden","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2760423-the-alchemist-chords-by-iron-maiden/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2760423?type=chord","rating":0.18836,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nStranger than the comet as it streaks across the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nStranger than the truth I know before my open eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI have dealt in mysteries and trickery of light to entertain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooked into the abyss, called it by its name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                            [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI have plundered time itself, put the world in-side it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm the mysteries, day and night, divide it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA plague of wonders, on your knees beside me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnow the secrets, you shall not deride us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMy dreams of empire from my frozen queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWill come to pass[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nKnow me, the Magus, I am Dr. Dee[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd this is my house[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n      I am the master of the tides[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI shame the mirror in my sight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat random music of the spheres[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAcross the years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKnow this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI will return to this land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRebuild where the ruins did stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChain up the demons set free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStrange alchemy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Re-Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nGather round the aimless and the feckless and the lame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHear the master summon up the spirits by their names[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI curse you Edward Kelley, your betrayal for eternity is damned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nKnow you speak with demons, you cannot command[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEven as I looked into the glass then I was blinded[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBurning by the Mortlake shore my house, my books inside it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou have taken up my wife and lain beside her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the black rain on my house, the timbers burning[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMy dreams of empire from my frozen queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWill come to pass[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nKnow me, the Magus, I am Dr. Dee[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd this was my house[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n      I was the keeper of the books[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had the knowledge of the scrolls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut now through ignorance and fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI cast a shadow through the years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKnow this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI will return to this land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRebuild where the ruins did stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChain up the demons set free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStrange alchemy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solos]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKnow this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI will return to this land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRebuild where the ruins did stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChain up the demons set free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStrange alchemy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKnow this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI will return to this land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRebuild where the ruins did stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRestore the knowledge memory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nStrange alchemy[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm Dm Am G\nAm Dm Em C G\n\nAm Dm Am G\nAm Dm Em C G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Re-Intro]\nAm Dm Am G\nAm Dm Em C G\n\nAm Dm Am G\nAm Dm Em C G\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Guitar Solos]\nAm C G D C Bm Am C G (x2)\n\nDm F C G F Em Dm F C (x2)\n\nEm G D Am Em G D (x2)\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Dm","G","Em","C","D","Gm","Bb","F","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}