The Number of the Beast Chords by Iron Maiden

[Start]

[Intro]
N.C.                       
Woe to you oh earth and sea
N.C.                                    
For the Devil sends the beast with wrath
N.C.                              
Because he knows the time is short
N.C.                                                         
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
N.C.                    
For it is a human number
                                       Eb D
Its number is six hundred and sixtysix ■  ■


[Verse]
       D                      
I left alone my mind was blank
C                                                 D      
■ I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind
         D                  
What did I see Can I believe
C                                                  D      
■ That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy
                D               
Just what I saw in my old dreams
C                                                 D         
■ Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me
          D                          
'cause in my dreams it's always there
C                                                    D      
■ The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair


[Inst]
     C D                                        
Yeah ■ ■ Night was black was no use holding back


[Verse]
                             C                D 
'cause I just had to see was someone watching me
       D                               
In the mist dark figures move and twist
                              C            D   
Was all this for real or just some kind of hell
C                        G C             D        
Six hundred and sixtysix ■ the number of the beast
C    Bm       C                 D       
Hell and fire was spawned to be released
        D                                    
Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
                           C           D  
As they start to cry hands held to the sky


[Chorus]
       D                                 
In the night the fires are burning bright
                     C                   
The ritual has begun Satan's work is done
    D           C        Bm C             D        
Six hundred and sixtysix ■  the number of the beast
C                     D      
Sacrifice is going on tonight


[Solo]
F D F D F D F Bb
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F Bb F F7 F Bb F Bb
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F D7 Bb7 F G Am D F
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G7 G C7 D C D F Bb
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D F G Bb C D F G
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Bb F G Bb
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[Verse]
C    D                                
This can't go on I must inform the law
                                    C     D    
Can this still be real or just some crazy dream
      D                                     
But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes
                        C           D   
Seem to mesmerize can't avoid their eyes
C                                          D    
Six hundred and sixtysix the number of the beast
C                                    D         
Six hundred and sixtysix the one for you and me


[Chorus]
D                            
I'm coming back I will return
C                                              D   
■ And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn
  D                             
I have the fire I have the force
C                                           D      C D
■ I have the power to make my evil take its course ■ ■


[Outro]