WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Sacrifices buried with kings
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Accompany them on a journey with no end
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To an afterlife that’s rich with fruit of all the gods
Em G D/F#
And to face the demons
Em G D/F#
Of their underworld haunts
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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The sentient is sent to seek out all the truth
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A flight to earth that is a given from his birth
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To rise from ashes of the dead
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Out of the fire is sent to fulfill man’s desire
[Pre-Chorus]
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By power day and night and death he ruled them
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The sky and earth and the fires too
C
Two headed reptile, symbol of his reign
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Universes of the underworld
C
A life that’s full of all the wealth and riches
Asus2
Can never last for an eternity
C D
After living in a golden paradise, that's the ultimate sacrifice
[Chorus]
Em G D/F# C D C
Prophecy of sky gods,
Em G D/F# C D C
The sun and moon
Em G D/F# C D C
Passing of old ways
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Will come true soon
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Falling of ages,
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Forest of kings
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The search for the truth,
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The book of souls
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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The rulers of planets and stars
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The power of the kings of traders and the wars
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Planetary cycles and the phases of the moon
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Is in the document a kingdom they will learn
[Pre-Chorus]
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They were praying to the gods of nature
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And were living in the cities of stone
C
Towers reaching upward to the heavens
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Sacred wonders for the world unknown
C
Make their lives be a mystery no more
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Records kept and the passing of laws
C
Sacred gods to the book of lies
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When a civilization dies
[Chorus]
Em G D/F# C D C
Prophecy of sky gods,
Em G D/F# C D C
The sun and moon
Em G D/F# C D C
Passing of old ways
Em G D/F# C D C
Will come true soon
Em G D/F# C D C
Falling of ages,
Em G D/F# C D C
Forest of kings
Em G D/F# C D C
The lost book of souls,
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Destruction begins
[Instrumental Break]
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[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
C Em D Em
Ascending the throne wearing feathers and shells
C Em D Em
He brought back their lives from the void
C Em D Em
Alien invasion brings nothing but death
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Mass exodus and plant life destroyed
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 6]
C Em D Em
Domain of the Earth to the journey of truth
C Em D Em
The underworld caves, Mayan slaves
C Em D Em
Defeat of the dark Lords, the ultimate proof
C Em D Em
In the place where the ancestors rule
[Solo]
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|Em G |C |Em G |D | 4x
[Instrumental]
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|Em G |C |
[Outro]
Em G Em
The book of souls
[Ending]
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