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Empire Of The Clouds

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Tempo 80 BPM

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Step 1 / 14Position: 2

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[Chords]
    Em D/F# D     D5     Dsus2  Am  G  Fmaj7   F   C   E5 D6/9 Cmaj7
e|--0---0---2-------------0-----0---3---0------1---0---0---0-----0--|
B|--0---3---3--3----------3-----1---3---1------1---1---0---0-----0--|
G|--0---2---2--2--or--7---2-----2---0---2------2---0---9---7-----5--|
D|--2---0---0--0------7---0-----2---0---3------3---2---9---7-----5--|
A|--2---x-------------5---------0---2---3------3---3---7---5-----3--|
E|--0---2---------------------------3----------1--------------------|
[Movement 1: 00:00-03:10]
[Intro]
  Em D/F#Em D  Em
|      |         |
  Em D/F#Em D
|      |      |
  Em D/F#Em D  Em
|      |         |
  Em D/F#Em D   D   D
|      |      |   |   |
  Em  Em D5Em  Em D   C   Em
|   |        |      |   |   | 2x
  Am  G   Em  Fmaj7
|   |   |   |   | 2x
  Em D/F#Em D  Em
|      |         |
  Em D/F#Em D
|      |      |
  Em D/F#Em D  Em
|      |         |
  Em D/F#Em D   D   D
|      |      |   |   |
[Verse 1]
    Em                                       D5 Em
To ride the storm to an empire of the clouds
                          D                   C           Em
To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost
Em                                            D5 Em
To ride the storm to a kingdom that will come
                       D               C     Em
To ride the storm and damn the rest oblivion
[Verse 2]
Am                         G
Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars
      Em
Grey lady giant of the skies
     Fmaj7
You hold them in your arms
     Am
The millionth chance they laughed
         G
To take down his majesty's craft
   Em                            Fmaj7
To India they say magic carpet float away
      Fmaj7
An October fateful day
[Movement 2: 03:10-06:58]
[Instrumental]
  Em  Em  Dsus2Csus2Em
|   |   |      |   | (x2)
[Verse 3]
                 Em
Mist is in the trees
Em
Stone sweats with the dew
             Dsus2    Csus2           Em
The morning sunrise, red before the blue
                Em
Hanging at the mast, waiting for command
              Dsus2        Csus2  Em
His Majesty's airship, the R10----1
[Verse 4]
           Am
She's the biggest vessel built by man
   G
A giant of the skies
    Em                         Fmaj7
For all you unbelievers, the Titanic fits inside
 Am                               G
Drum roll tight her canvas skin, silvered in the sun
       Em                            Fmaj7
Never tested with the fury, with the beating yet to come
     Fmaj7
The fury yet to come
[Verse 5]
                  E5
In the gathering gloom
          E5               D6/9 E5
The storm rising in the west
              E5
The coxswain stared
  D6/9            Cmaj7         E5
Into the plunging weather glass
[Verse 6]
E5
We must go now
        E5            D6/9   E5
We must take our chance with fate
E5
We must go now
       D6/9         Cmaj7        E5
For a politician, he can't be late
[Verse 7]
     Am                            G
The airship crew awake for thirty hours at full stretch
          Em
But the ship is in their backbone
       Fmaj7
Every sinew, every inch
     Am                           G
She never flew at full speed, a trial never done
     Em                       Fmaj7
Her fragile outer cover her Achilles would become
    Fmaj7
An Achilles yet to come
[Verse 8]
                 E5   D6/9  E5
Sailors of the sky,
                  D6/9  E5
A hardened breed
              D6/9       Cmaj7     E5
Loyal to the king and an airship creed
                  D6/9  E5
The engines drum
                     D6/9  E5
The telegraph sounds
             D6/9       Cmaj7           E5
Release the cords that bind us to the ground
[Verse 9]
          Am
Said the coxswain
                           G
"Sir, she's heavy, she'll never make this flight"
          Em
Said the captain
                          Fmaj7
"Damn the cargo, we'll be on our way tonight"
 Am
Groundlings cheered in wonder
        G
As she backed off from the mast
    Em                             Fmaj7
Baptizing them her water from the ballast fore and aft
         Fmaj7
Now she slips into our past
[Movement 3: 06:58-15:12]
[Instrumental Interlude]
  Em D/F#Em D  Em
|      |         |
  Em D/F#Em D
|      |      |
  Em D/F#Em D  Em
|      |         |
  Em D/F#Em D   D
|      |      |   |
  E5  E5  C5  B5  A5  G5
|   |   |   |   |   |   |
  G   G   Em  Em  C   C   G   G
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 2x
  G   G   Am  Bm  C   D   Em  Em
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  E5  E5
|   |   |
  Am  C   Em  C
|   |   |   |   | 3x
  Am  C   Em  Em
|   |   |   |   |
  Em  Em  Em  Em C   Em  Em  C   Am
|   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |
  D   C   Em  Em  Em  Em
|   |   |   |   |   |   |
  Em  C   Am  C
|   |   |   |   | 2x
  D   C   Em  Em  Em  Em
|   |   |   |   |   |   |
  Em  C   Am  C
|   |   |   |   | 4x
  Em  C   Am  C  D
|   |   |   |      | 2x
  Em  Em  C   Am
|   |   |   |   | 2x
  D   C   Em  Em  Em  Em
|   |   |   |   |   |   |
  Em  C   Am  C
|   |   |   |   | 2x
  D   C   Em  Em  C   Am
|   |   |   |   |   |   |
  Am  F   Dm  F
|   |   |   |   | 6x
[Verse 10]
 Em
Fighting the wind as it rolls you
 C
Feeling the diesels that push you along
 Am
Watching the channel below you
 C              D
Lower and lower into the night
 Em
Lights are passing below you
 C
Northern France asleep in their beds
  Am
Storm is raging around you
   C                D
A million to one, that's what he said
[Instrumental Break]
  Em  Em  D   D   C   C   Em  Em
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 2x
[Verse 11]
 Em
Reaper standing beside her
 C
With his scythe cuts to the bone
 Am
Panic to make a decision
   C               D
Experienced men asleep in their graves
     Em
Her cover is ripped and she's drowning
 C
Rain is flooding into the hull
  Am
Bleeding to death and she's falling
 C               D
Lifting gas is draining away
[Instrumental Break]
  Em  Em  D   D   C   C   Em  Em
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  F   Em  F   Dsus2F   Em  F   Csus2Dsus2
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |      |
  F   F   F   F
|   |   |   |   |
[Movement 4: 15:12-18:02]
[Verse 12]
        Am
"We're down lads" came the cry
      G
Bow plunging from the sky
        Em                            Fmaj7
Three thousand horses silent as the ship began to die
      Am                         G
The flares to guide her path, ignited at the last
    Em
The empire of the clouds
     Fmaj7
Just ashes in our past, just ashes at the last
[Instrumental]
  Em D/F#Em D  Em  Em D/F#Em D
|      |         |      |      | 2x
[Verse 13]
 E5              D6/9        Cmaj7       D6/9
Here lie their dreams as I stand in the sun
         E5               D6/9         Cmaj7        D6/9
On the ground where they built and the engines did run
        E5            D6/9
To the moon and the stars
      Cmaj7       D6/9
Now what have we done?
          E5          D6/9          Cmaj7     D6/9   Em   D/F#   Em   D
Oh, the dreamers may die, but the dreams live on
  Em            D/F#   Em   D
Dreams live on
          Em    D/F#   Em   D   Em   D/F#   Em   D
Dreams live on
[Instrumental Break]
  Em  Em  Dsus2C   Em
|   |   |      |   |
[Verse 14]
                   Em
Now a shadow on a hill, the angel of the east
                  Dsus2       Csus2   Em
The empire of the clouds may rest in peace
                   Em
And in a country churchyard laid head to the mast
                 Dsus2     Csus2           Em
Eight and forty souls who came to die in France
Ending
  Dsus2Csus2Em
|    |   |

Empire Of The Clouds chords and lyrics

Free chords for Empire Of The Clouds by Iron Maiden. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Movement 1: 00:00-03:10]
[Intro]
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D   Em  |
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D  |
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D   Em  |
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D  | D  | D  |
| Em  | Em   D5  Em  | Em   D  | C  | Em  | 2x
| Am  | G  | Em  | Fmaj7  | 2x
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D   Em  |
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D  |
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D   Em  |
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D  | D  | D  |
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Movement 2: 03:10-06:58]
[Instrumental]
| Em  | Em  | Dsus2   Csus2  | Em  | (x2)
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Verse 7]
[Verse 8]
[Verse 9]
[Movement 3: 06:58-15:12]
[Instrumental Interlude]
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D   Em  |
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D  |
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D   Em  |
| Em   D/F#  | Em   D  | D  |
| E5  | E5  | C5  | B5  | A5  | G5  |
| G  | G  | Em  | Em  | C  | C  | G  | G  | 2x
| G  | G  | Am  | Bm  | C  | D  | Em  | Em  |
| E5  | E5  |
| Am  | C  | Em  | C  | 3x
| Am  | C  | Em  | Em  |
| Em  | Em  | Em  | Em   C  | Em  | Em  | C  | Am  |
| D  | C  | Em  | Em  | Em  | Em  |
| Em  | C  | Am  | C  | 2x
| D  | C  | Em  | Em  | Em  | Em  |
| Em  | C  | Am  | C  | 4x
| Em  | C  | Am  | C   D  | 2x
| Em  | Em  | C  | Am  | 2x
| D  | C  | Em  | Em  | Em  | Em  |
| Em  | C  | Am  | C  | 2x
| D  | C  | Em  | Em  | C  | Am  |
| Am  | F  | Dm  | F  | 6x
[Verse 10]

Empire Of The Clouds Chords by Iron Maiden

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