The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden 1982 Live Chords

_ _ The world _ of earth and sea, of [Fm] devil's [B] symptoms, _ [N] _
and the number of his kind is short.
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number.
Its number is six hundred and [D] sixty-six. _ _ _ _
I lived too long.
_ _ My life was blank.
_ [C] I needed justice. _
In the [D] face of trauma, _ what did I see?
_ _ Could I believe _ [C]
that what I saw that night was a [D] ludicrous fantasy?
_ Just what I saw. _
In my own dreams, _ [C] I woke.
I still saw my mom, I still [D] live in agony. _
Is it magic?
_ _ It's always like _ _ [C] _ _ a twist.
My [D] final weeping whisper.
_ _ Yes! _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ My voice was loud and bustling, slowly dying.
The sound of _ [C] a [D] machine, _ and the drastic darkness that's moving this.
What's on this earth?
Will I [C] just abandon [D] her?
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ [C] Who are the [D] realists?
_ _ What's the name of Satan's transfiguration?
As he starts to cry, [C] as the [D] cold of _ _ winter nights.
A flame of burning bright, the ritual has begun.
[C] Satan's [Bm] world is now.
[C] _ _ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G]
Sacrifice, [C] _ [D] my heart, for God.
_ [E] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] Leave me.
_ [F] _
_ I'm [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[D] so alone.
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
[D] Yes, I am no one.
I must be far and alone.
Can this still be real?
That [C] is a crazy [D]
dream.
But now, in the dark, you are the chanting heart of Satan.
This new rise, [C] can _ [D]
evade [C] some [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] promises.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] Why [D] do you leave?
_ _ _ I'm coming back. _
I will return.
_ _ [C] The tears shall fall _ [D] when you will. _
I am the fire, _ _ and the frost.
_ _ [C] I have to be back, even [D] if it's lost. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _