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Empire of the Clouds chords by 
Iron Maiden
Intro 1
Em
D
C
D
Em
D
C
G
D
Em
D
C
Em
D
Em
D
C
Em
D
Em
D
C
Em
D
C
Em
Am
G
Em
F
Am
G
Em
F
Em
C
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
Em
To ride the storm,
Verse 1
to an empire of the clouds
To ride the storm,
D
C
Em
they climbed aboard their silver ghost
To ride the storm,
to a kingdom that will come
D
To ride the storm, and damn the rest,
C
Em
oblivion
Verse 2
Am
G
Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars
Em
Grey lady giant of the skies,
F
you hold them in your arms
Am
The millionth chance they laughed,
G
to take down his majesty's craft
Em
F
To India they say, magic carpet float away,
Interlude 1
an October fateful day
F
Em
D
C
D
Em
D
Verse 3
Em
Mist is in the trees,
stone sweats with the dew
D
The morning sunrise,
C
Em
red before the blue
Hanging at the mast, waiting for command
D
C
Em
His majesty's airship, the R101
Verse 4
Am
She's the biggest vessel built by man,
G
a giant of the skies
Em
For all you unbelievers,
F
the Titanic fits inside
Am
Drum rolled tight, her canvas skin,
G
silvered in the sun
Em
Never tested with the fury,
F
with a beating yet to come
Verse 5
F
The fury yet to come
Em
In the gathering
Verse 6
gloom,
a storm rising in the west
D
The coxswain stared into
C
Em
the plunging weather glass
We must go now,
we must take our chance with fate
We must go now,
D
C
Em
for a politician he can't be late
Am
The airship crew awake for thirty
G
hours at full stretch
Em
But the ship is in their backbone,
F
every sinew, every inch
Am
She never flew at full speed,
G
a trial never done
Em
Her fragile outer cover,
F
her Achilles would become
Verse 7
F
An Achilles yet to come
Verse 8
Em
Sailors of the sky, a hardened breed
D
Loyal to the king,
C
Em
and an airship creed
Verse 9
Em
The engines drum,
the telegraph sounds
D
C
Release the cords that bind
Em
us to the ground
Am
Said the coxswain, sir, she's heavy,
G
she'll never make this flight
Em
Said the captain, damn the cargo,
F
we'll be on our way tonight
Am
Groundlings cheered in wonder,
G
as she backed up from the mast
Em
Baptizing them her water,
F
from the ballast fore and aft
Verse 10
F
Now she slips into our past
Interlude 2
F
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
C
D
Em
D
C
D
Em
D
G
Em
D
Em
Am
Em
D
G
F
Em
Am
F
Em
G
Em
C
D
G
D
G
Em
C
G
Am
Bm
C
D
Em
Am
C
Em
C
Em
C
D
Em
C
Em
Am
C
Em
C
Em
C
D
Em
Am
Em
C
Am
Em
D
C
D
Em
C
Am
C
D
Em
C
Am
C
D
C
Am
Em
C
Am
C
D
Em
C
Am
C
D
Em
C
Am
C
D
Em
C
Am
C
D
Em
C
G
C
Am
C
Am
D
Em
C
G
C
Am
C
D
Em
Am
D
Em
C
Am
D
C
Em
C
Am
C
D
Em
C
Am
C
D
C
Em
Am
C
Am
D
Am
F
D
F
Am
F
D
F
Am
F
D
F
Am
F
D
Am
F
G
Am
F
D
F
G
Am
F
D
F
G
Verse 11
Em
Fighting the wind as it rolls you
C
Feeling the diesels that push
Am
you along
Watching the channel below you
C
D
Lower and lower, into the night
Verse 12
Em
Lights are passing below you
C
Northern France, asleep in their beds
Am
Storm is raging around you
C
D
Em
A million to one, that's what he said
Interlude 3
D
Bm
Em
D
C
Em
D
C
Em
Verse 13
Em
Reaper standing beside her
C
With his scythe cuts to the bone
Am
Panic to make a decision
C
Experienced men,
D
asleep in their graves
Verse 14
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
Interlude 4
Em
D
C
Em
F
Em
F
D
F
Em
F
C
D
F
Fm
F
Fm
F
Em
Am
We're
Verse 15
down lads, came a cry,
G
bow plunging from the sky
Em
Three thousand horses silent
F
as the ship began to die
Am
The flares to guide her path
G
ignited at the last
Em
The empire of the clouds,
F
just ashes in our past
Em
Just ashes at the last
Interlude 5
D
C
D
Em
D
C
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
Verse 16
Em
D
C
D
Here lie their dreams as I stand in the sun
Em
D
On the ground where they built,
C
D
and the engines did run
Em
D
To the moon and the stars,
C
D
now what have we done?
Em
D
Oh the dreamers may die,
C
D
but the dreams live on
Em
D
Verse 17
C
D
Em
D
C
D
Dreams live on
Em
D
C
D
Em
D
Dreams live on
Interlude 6
Oh
C
D
Em
D
C
Em
Verse 18
Em
Now a shadow on a hill,
the angel of the east
D
The empire of the clouds
Em
may rest in peace
And in a country churchyard,
laid head to the mast
D
C
Eight and Forty souls who came
Em
to die in France
Outro 1
D
C
D
Em
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