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The Man Who Would Be King chords by
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden

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Intro 1
Am
G
Am
G
Am
G
F
G

Am
G
Am
G
Am
G
F
G

Am

G
As he travels on the beast of burden
Verse 1
Am

G

Moving up along the mountainside
Am
G

As he gazes looking down the valley
F
G
Am

No regrets but his pride
G

As he journeys across mountain passes
Am
G
Am

Insignificance sweeps over him
G

His reflection of the beauty

'round him
F
G

Feeling empty inside
Am

He is running from
G

his wildest thoughts
Am
G

He is running from his everything
Am
G

He is looking now to find something
F
G

Hoping he could be saved
Interlude 1
Am
Em
D
Am
C
Bm
Em
D

Am

C
Bm
Em
D
Am
C

Bm
Em
D
Am
C

Bm
Em

Verse 2
Em

He's searching for the answer
C
Bm
D
Em

now

It's something that he's managed
C
Bm
D
Em

to avoid up 'til now
C
Bm
D
Em

Real conviction that he craves
C

He needs to find the answer sooner
Bm
D
G
Em
G
D
Em

than later

Pushed himself to the limits
C
Bm
D
Em

He had to strive for all
C
Bm
D
Em

the harder things in life

But what the cost of give
C
Bm
D
Em

in now?

His life and his time are the only
C
Bm

things that he has
D
Verse 3
Bm


Life is is not a rehearsal
C#5

All he has is the one chance
D

to get it right
Em

Leaving really is the only
Bm

way to know
C#5

Maybe one day they'll forgive
D

him what he's done

But now the pain of lying too
Em

early in the grave
Verse 4
Bm
G

Destiny, no good to hide
Em
Bm

away

Penance now will be his
G
Em

only way
Bm

Understand,
G
Em
Bm

no good to run away
G
Em

Penance now will be his saving grace
Interlude 2
E
D
Em

E
G#m
E
D
Em

E
D

Em
E
D

Em
E
D

Em
E
D

E
Em
G
Em
G
D
G
Em

D
Em

Verse 5
Em

He tries to make his peace
C
Bm
D
Em

with God
C

All is forgivable but it's left
Bm
D
Em

a little late
C
Bm
D
Em

Trying something that he's not
C

Is it possible to change such a
Bm
D
A
G
Em
G
D
Em

lot?

He's taken someone's life
C
Bm
D
Em

away
C

There's not a day goes by he regrets
Bm
D
Em

what he's done

He should have found
C
Bm
D
Em

another way

But the good book says,
C
Bm
D
Bm

an eye for an eye
D

In reflecting on decision
C#5
D

s that were made
Em

On the judgments that will haunt
Bm

him 'til his grave

No one has the right to take
C#5
C#5
D

an other life
Em

But in his mind he had no choice,

so be it
Verse 6
Bm
G
Em

Destiny, no good to hide away
Bm

Penance now will be his
G
Em

only way
Bm

Understand,
G
Em
Bm

no good to run away

Penance now will be his
G
Em

saving grace
Verse 7
Bm
G
Em

Destiny, no good to hide away
Bm

Penance now will be his
G
Em

only way
Bm
G
Em

Understand, no good to run away
Bm
G
Em

Penance now will be his saving grace
Interlude 3
C

D
A
Em
C
D
A
Em
C
D
A
Em
C
D
A

Verse 8
Em
C
D
A

Far, far away, the man wo would be king
Em
E

Far, far away,
C
D
A

the man wo would be king
Em

So far away,
C
D
A

the man who would be king
Em
C
D
A

So far away, the man who would be king
E
C
D
A

Far, far away, the man wo would be king

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Chords
  • Am

  • G

  • F

  • Em

  • D

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • C#5

    4
  • E

  • G#m

    4
  • A

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