Darkest Hour chords by Iron Maiden

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Em
B
Bsus4
C
Am
D
G
C#
A

Intro 1
Em 
 (E minor) 
B 
Bsus4 
 (B major)  (Bsus4) 
Em 
C 
Am 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (A minor) 
Bsus4 
Em 
B 
Bsus4 
 (Bsus4)  (E minor)  (B major)  (Bsus4) 
B 
Em 
 (B major)  (E minor) 
C 
Am 
Bsus4 
 (C major)  (A minor)  (Bsus4) 
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 1
C 
We buried our sons  (C major) 
We turned and fled
Em 
 (E minor) No growing old
C 
Em 
 (C major) The glorious dead  (E minor) 
But we came back
C 
Because  (C major) one man said
Em 
 (E minor) Now on the beaches
C 
The blood  (C major) runs red

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Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) I faced them down
C 
The  (C major) only one
Em 
 (E minor) I stood alone
C 
And  (C major) warned the day would come
Em 
But  (E minor) they were wrong
C 
Ap (C major) peases every one
Em 
 (E minor) And not for the last time
C 
We  (C major) all stand alone
Am 
I watch the sun  (A minor) move away

Verse 3
Em 
 (E minor) 
D 
As I em (D major) brace the night
C 
And my  (C major) black dog has it's day
For six long years,
Em 
you shall not  (E minor) pass
D 
Barbarians  (D major) at the gates
C 
D 
Em 
We will  (C major) overcome  (D major)  (E minor) 
C 
Here I  (C major) stand In a

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) 
B 
Em 
serenade of  (B major) glory  (E minor) 
C 
G 
B 
Naked  (C major) by the throne of kings  (G major)  (B major) 
Em 
D 
 (E minor) You sowed the wind  (D major) 
C# 
C 
Em 
And  (C sharp major) now you reaped  (C major) the whirlwind  (E minor) 
D 
C 
Before the dawn  (D major) the darkest  (C major) hour
D 
The  (D major) darkest

Verse 5

hour

Verse 6
Em 
 (E minor) 
C 
To blaze in glory like a  (C major) dy ing sun
Em 
 (E minor) One last burning giant
C 
Am 
'Til  (C major) Jupiter moves on  (A minor) 
Em 
Turn the ploughshares into swords  (E minor) 
G 
You sons of  (G major) Albion awake
D 
C 
Em 
 (D major) Defend this sac (C major) red land  (E minor) 
C 
Here I stand  (C major) In a

Verse 7
G 
 (G major) 
B 
Em 
serenade of glory  (B major)  (E minor) 
C 
G 
B 
Naked by  (C major) the throne of  (G major) kings  (B major) 
Em 
D 
 (E minor) You sowed the wind  (D major) 
C# 
C 
And  (C sharp major) now you reaped the whirlwind  (C major) 
Em 
D 
C 
 (E minor) Before the dawn,  (D major) the darkest  (C major) hour
D 
The  (D major) darkest

Verse 8

hour

Interlude 1
Em 
 (E minor) 
C 
D 
Em 
C 
Am 
Em 
 (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
C 
Am 
Em 
C 
Am 
Em 
 (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
C 
Em 
C 
 (C major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Am 
Em 
C 
Am 
Em 
 (A minor)  (E minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
C 
Am 
Em 
G 
 (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor)  (G major) 
D 
Am 
Em 
G 
D 
 (D major)  (A minor)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major) 
C 
D 
C 
Em 
 (C major)  (D major)  (C major)  (E minor) 
C 
Here I  (C major) stand In a

Verse 9
G 
 (G major) 
B 
Em 
serenade of  (B major) glory  (E minor) 
C 
G 
B 
Naked  (C major) by the throne of kings  (G major)  (B major) 
Em 
D 
 (E minor) You sowed the wind  (D major) 
A 
C 
And  (A major) now you reaped  (C major) the whirlwind
Em 
D 
C 
Em 
 (E minor) Before the dawn,  (D major) the darkest  (C major) hour  (E minor) 
C 
Here I stand  (C major) In a

Verse 10
G 
 (G major) 
B 
Em 
serenade of glory  (B major)  (E minor) 
C 
G 
Naked  (C major) by the throne of kings  (G major) 
B 
Em 
D 
You  (B major)  (E minor) sowed the wind  (D major) 
A 
C 
And  (A major) now you reaped the whirl (C major) wind
Em 
D 
C 
 (E minor) Before the dawn,  (D major) the darkest  (C major) hour