Chords for Top 10 Iron Maiden Songs

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_ _ _ Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 Iron [Am] Maiden songs. _
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Number 10.
Run to the Hills
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[Am] _ As the first [Gm] single off their critically acclaimed [A] 1982 album, The [D] Number of the Beast,
Run to the Hills [Am] remains one of Iron [D] Maiden's most highly ranked songs on various [G] heavy metal lists. _
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_ [G#] [D] Touching on the conflicts between Native American tribes [F] and European settlers,
the Steve Harris [C] penned track provides both sides points of view
[D] and was the band's [A] first song to be released with Bruce Dickinson on vocals.
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Phantom of the Opera
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Though [A] the band's solid eponymous debut included notable songs [D] like [G] Prowler and Running Free,
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[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] it's Phantom of [D] the Opera that grabs us,
[Em] especially because it was a [D] precursor to decades of epic Steve Harris bass [C] lines.
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While [Em] the band later [D] derided the album's audio quality, the [C] release was commercially successful.
The seven [D]-minute track was [Em] particularly notable for its [E] progressive elements and its standing [A] as a live staple. _
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_ _ [E] _ Number 8.
Wrathchild
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[D] Pillar's track Wrathchild kicks off with one of Steve Harris' most [E] recognizable bass lines.
_ _ Despite the band's [Em] later lineup changes, this is usually the only track off this album that Iron Maiden still plays in concerts.
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[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] And this [C] shouldn't come as any surprise, since the chorus [B] and solo seem destined to [C] be performed live.
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Seventh Son of a Seventh Son _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son offered fans a slew of standout tracks,
including Can I Play With Madness and [D] The Evil That Men [E] Do.
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_ [D] But [C] weighing in at over nine minutes and including [Em] a chilling intro,
heart-pounding bass [E] line and haunting segment in between,
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_ _ _ _ it's hard to overlook the title [F#] track as one of [C#m] Maiden's greatest.
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Number 6.
[C] Alexander the Great
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[B] _ _ [E] Featuring synthesizers for the first time, _ [C] 1986's Somewhere in Time presented a new [E] sound
which pleased some [B] fans but [E] disappointed others.
Regardless, the album's track quality remained [B] high, [C] with the epic Caught Somewhere in [E] Time, _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ the lush [Bm] Stranger [C] in a Strange [D] Land,
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_ _ and the infectious [A] Wasted Year.
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But [G] the song that most represents the band's appeal is [D] Alexander the Great.
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[Em] Referencing history in a unique way, this eight-minute-plus opus is truly a [Am] masterpiece.
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[D] _ _ Number 5.
Number of the Beast
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The title track [C] to what is arguably the fan favorite from Iron Maiden's discography,
The Number of the Beast introduced us [D] to the vocal prowess of Bruce Dickinson.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Even the song's subject matter, it drew considerable [C] criticism,
but it didn't hurt its success one bit, and it [Dm] continues to be played live.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Number 4.
The [D] Trooper
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[C] Inspired by Lord Tennyson's [E] poem The Trooper, Peace of Mind's second single
chronicles the charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854.
Released after the first single, [D] Flight of Icarus,
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[C#] the heavy metal tune is [D] arguably the first Maiden [E] song to successfully cross over [A] into the mainstream.
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[E] _ _ _ It also [D] showcased Adrian Smith's and Dave Murray's [Em] multilayered guitars and Steve Harris' bass.
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Ace is [E] Hot _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] Recounting the adventures of a British RAF pilot [D] as he takes on [B] the mighty German Luftwaffe during 1940's [D] Battle of Britain,
[Em] this Power Slave number features chilling lyrics and [D] even more [A] chilling riffs.
They're a [G] fittingly fast-paced [D] onslaught of sound that display [G] Maiden's signature multi-guitar [E] sound. _ _
_ _ [G] _ [E] Ace is High became an even bigger fan [F] favorite when it served [G] as the opening track to [D#] Maiden's critically acclaimed [D]
1985 [Gm] live-after-death release.
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Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
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Another Steve Harris-written track off Power Slave, this 13-minute anthem was inspired by the [Em] Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem of the [E] same name. _
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_ _ _ Though it's one of the longest in Maiden's repertoire, Harris actually wrote it in a relatively short time.
To this day, it remains one of Dickinson's favorite songs to sing live. _
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_ _ [E] _ _ Number 1.
Hallowed Be [Em] Thy Name
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_ _ [Em] Featuring two guitar solos, this single from The Number of the Beast is perennially named as one of, if [C] not the, greatest [E] Maiden song ever.
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With lyrics about a prisoner's final moments [G] before being hanged, and featuring Bruce Dickinson in his signature storytelling mode,
it's also listed as one of the best heavy metal [B] songs ever.
Check it out for [E] yourself. _
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