Iron Maiden

Darkest Hour(Chords)

Iron Maiden

Key: Em

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	        Intro Em  B4  Em  C  Am 

Em 
 We buried our sons 
    C7M 
We turned and fled 
Em 
 No growing old 
      C7M 
The glorious dead 
Em 
 But we came back 
        C7M 
Because one man said 
Em 
 Now on the beaches 
      C7M 
The blood runs red 

Em 
 I faced them down 
    C7M 
The only one 
Em 
 I stood alone 
     C7M 
And warned the day would come 
Em 
 But they were wrong 
   C7M 
Appeases every one 
Em 
 And not for the last time 
 C7M 
We all stand alone 

C9                      Em 
 I watch the sun move away 
         D9 
As I embrace the night 
         C9 
And my black dog has its day 
                               D   Em 
For six long yеars, you shall not pass 
           D9 
Barbarians at the gates 
        C9       D 
We will ovеrcome 

Em        C 
 Here I stand 
      G            Bm 
In a serenade of glory 
Em               C       G     Bm 
 Naked by the throne of kings 
Em              D 
 You sowed the wind 
     A/C#                    C 
And now you reaped the whirlwind 
Em           D                C9   D  C9 
 Before the dawn the darkest hour 
        D    Em 
The darkest hour 

Em                         C7M 
 To blaze in glory like a dying sun 
Em 
One last burning giant 
      C7M 
Till Jupiter moves on 
Am                            Em 
 Turn the ploughshares into swords 
            G        D 
You sons of Albion awake 
             C9         D 
Defend this sacred land 

Em        C 
 Here I stand 
      G            Bm 
In a serenade of glory 
Em               C       G     Bm 
 Naked by the throne of kings 
Em              D 
 You sowed the wind 
     A/C#                    C 
And now you reaped the whirlwind 
Em           D                C9  D  C9 
 Before the dawn the darkest hour 
        D    Em 
The darkest hour 

Solo 

Em        C 
 Here I stand 
      G            Bm 
In a serenade of glory 
Em               C       G     Bm 
 Naked by the throne of kings 
Em              D 
 You sowed the wind 
     A/C#                    C 
And now you reaped the whirlwind 
Em           D                C 
 Before the dawn the darkest hour 
Em        C 
 Here I stand 
      G            Bm 
In a serenade of glory 
Em               C       G     Bm 
 Naked by the throne of kings 
Em              D 
 You sowed the wind 
     A/C#                    C 
And now you reaped the whirlwind 
Em           D                C9   D  C9  D 
 Before the dawn the darkest hour 
C9                       D    Em 
 Before the dawn the darkest hour
	        

Written by Adrian Smith / Bruce Dickinson

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