Empire Of The Clouds Chords - Iron Maiden

Chords

Em D/F# D D5 Dsus2 Am G Fmaj7 F C E5 D6/9 Cmaj7

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Movement 1: 00:00-03:10 Instr 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 |

Intro

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 1

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

Instr

|Em |Em |Dsus2 C |Em | (2x)

Verse 2

Em Mist is in the trees Em Stone sweats with the dew Dsus2 C Em The morning sunrise, red before the blue Em Hanging at the mast, waiting for command Dsus2 C Em His Majesty's airship, the R101

Verse 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

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 7

E5 D6/9 E5 Sailors of the sky, E5 D6/9 E5 A hardened breed D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 Loyal to the king and an airship creed E5 D6/9 E5 The engines drum, E5 D6/9 E5 The telegraph sounds D6/9 Cmaj7 E5 Release the cords that bind us to the ground

Verse 8

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 Instr 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 9

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 Instr Break |Em |Em |D |D |C |C |Em |Em | (2x)

Verse 10

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 Instr Break |Em |Em |D |D |C |C |Em |Em | |F |Em |F |Dsus2 |F |Em |F |C Dsus2 | |F |F |F |F | Movement 4: 15:12-18:02 Verse 11 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

Instr

Outro

Em Now a shadow on a hill, the angel of the east Dsus2 C Em The empire of the clouds may rest in peace Em And in a country churchyard laid head to the mast Dsus2 C Em Eight and forty souls who came to die in France

Ending

|Dsus2 C |Em |