Powerslave Chords by Iron Maiden
- Key: A
- BPM: 136
- Capo: no capo
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POWERSLAVE CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] C7 Cm Fm A7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] A7 Into the Abyss I'll fall the eye of Horus A7 Into the eyes of the night watching me go Am7 D7 Green is the cat's eye that glows in this Temple ■ A7 Enter the risen Osiris risen again [Inst] E Em Ab Em E Ab Em ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] Em Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave Cmaj7 Em7 E7 E I don't wanna die I'm a God why can't I live on ■ E7 Em Em7 E7 Em When the Life Giver dies all around is laid waste ■ A7 Em Em7 E7 A7 ■ And in my last hour I'm a slave to the Power of Death ■ [Verse] D7 A7 D7 ■ When I was living this lie fear was my game A7 D7 People would worship and fall drop to their knees ■ A7 ■ So bring me the blood and red wine for the one to succeed me D7 A7 A ■ For he is a man and a God and He will die too [Solo] D7 E7 E Ab E Ab E Em ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Ab E Ab E ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] Em E7 Em Em7 Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave ■ ■ E Em7 E7 Em7 Em Em7 I don't ■ wanna die I'm a God why can't ■ I live on [Solo] E7 Em Bm E7 Bm7 Esus4 Bm7 Esus4 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bm7 Bm Bm7 A Bm Bm7 Bm A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G Asus4 Bm Bm7 A G Bm D ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bm D G A Bm Bm7 Asus4 G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bm G A Bm7 G A Bm G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A Bm G A Bm Bm7 G A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bm7 G A D A7 Bm7 Bm A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G A Bm7 G A7 D Em Bm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G D A Bm G A Bm G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A Bm G E D Bm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ E E7 A A7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] D7 A7 D7 When the Life Now I am cold but a ghost lives in my veins ■ A7 C A7 D7 Silent the terror that reigned marbled in stone ■ A7 A shell of a man God preserved for a thousand ages A7 But open the gates of my Hell I will strike from my grave [Inst] E Ab E Ab E C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Ab E Ab ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] Em Cmaj7 D E7 Tell me why I had to be a Powerslave A7 Em D E7 E I don't ■ wanna die I'm a God why can't I live on ■ A7 E7 Em E7 Em Em7 Em ■ When the Life Giver dies all around is laid waste ■ ■ A7 Em E7 ■ And in my last hour I'm a slave to the Power of Death C D E7 Slave to the Power of Death C D E F E7 E Slave to the Power of Death ■ ■ ■ [Outro]