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Hallowed Be Thy Name

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  I'm waitEming in my cold cellC, when the bell begDins to chime. 
  EmReflecting on my Cpast life and it doDesn't have much timeEm. 
C'Cause at 5 o'clock they Dtake me to the Gallows Empole, 
CThe sands of time Dfor me are running Emlow. 
EmWhen the priest comes to read me the last rites, 
GI Ctake a look through the bars at the last sights, 
AOf Da world that has gone very wrong for me. B  E  B  C  
EmCan it be that there's some sort of error. 
GHaCrd to stop the surmounting terror. 
AIs Dit really the end, not some crazy dream? B  E  B  C  
EmSomebody please tell me that I'm dreaming, 
CIt's not so easy to stop from screaming, 
DBut words escape me when i try to speak. B  E  B  C  
EmTears flow but why am I crying, 
CAfter all I'm not afraid of dying. 
DDon't I believe that there never is an end. B  E  B  C  
EmAs the guards march me out to the courtyard, 
CSomebody cries from a cell "God be with you". 
DIf there's a God then why has he let me go? B  E  B  C  
EmAs I walk all my life drifts before me, 
CThough the end is near I'm still not sorry. 
DCatch my soul, it's willing to fly away. B  E  B  C  
EmMark my words believe my soul lives on. 
CDon't worry now that I have gone. 
DI've gone beyond to see the truth. 
EmWhen you know that your time is close at hand. 
CMaybe then you'll begin to understand, 
DLife down here is just a strangeillusion  B  E  B  C  Em  Bm  C  
BYeaEmh, YAeahD, YGeahC... AHaDllowed Be Thy Name 

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Hallowed Be Thy Name

by Iron Maiden

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Em C D

I'm waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begins to chime.

Em C D Em

Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time.

C D Em

'Cause at 5 o'clock they take me to the Gallows pole,

C D Em

The sands of time for me are running low.

When the priest comes to read me the last rites,

G C

I take a look through the bars at the last sights,

A D B E B C

Of a world that has gone very wrong for me.

Can it be that there's some sort of error.

G C

Hard to stop the surmounting terror.

A D B E B C

Is it really the end, not some crazy dream?

Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming,

It's not so easy to stop from screaming,

D B E B C

But words escape me when i try to speak.

Tears flow but why am I crying,

After all I'm not afraid of dying.

D B E B C

Don't I believe that there never is an end.

As the guards march me out to the courtyard,

Somebody cries from a cell "God be with you".

D B E B C

If there's a God then why has he let me go?

As I walk all my life drifts before me,

Though the end is near I'm still not sorry.

D B E B C

Catch my soul, it's willing to fly away.

Mark my words believe my soul lives on.

Don't worry now that I have gone.

I've gone beyond to see the truth.

When you know that your time is close at hand.

Maybe then you'll begin to understand,

D B E B C Em Bm C

Life down here is just a strangeillusion

B Em A D G C A D

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah... Hallowed Be Thy Name

About Hallowed Be Thy Name Chords by Iron Maiden

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The chords for "Hallowed Be Thy Name" show the original chord names (including Em, C, D, G, A, B). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.