The Talisman Chords by Iron Maiden

[Start]

[Intro]
Dm Dsus4 Dm        Dm                           
■  ■     ■  When I stand and look about the port
    Dm                 
And contemplate my life
                                    Dsus4
Will I ever see my countrymen again ■    


[Verse]
Dm                                 
As the captain calls us on the deck
  Dm                                       
I take my things and walk to the harborside
  Dm                       
I glance back one last time
Dm                
Fleeing our nation
    Dm                      
Our problems we leave behind
             Dsus4   Dm                     
Ships by the tenfold ■  sail out on the tide
   Dm                                              
We are pleased to be out and embracing the open sea
     Dm                                       
Free from our troubles and more free from thee
Dm                                     
Inheritors unfulfilled reason behind us
        Dm                              
We flee from what is not what is will be
   Dm                                       
We flee the earth and face our harsh reality
Dm                                          
Will death be low mist that hangs on the sea


[Chorus]
            Dm              
We run from the evil tongues
     Dm                    
Rash judgements selfish men
      Dsus4         Dm                
Never to be seen on these shores again


[Verse]
Dsus4      Dm             
As we sail into ocean size
    Dm                
And lose sight of land
  Dm                                   
A face of contentment around in the air
Dm                                    
We're off now to seek all our fortunes
            D  Dsus4     D       
To the land of ■     our ■ dreams
D7 Dsus4 Dm7 Dsus4
■  ■     ■   ■    
D                        Dsus4    D    C 
Riding the waves and the storm is upon us
    D                   
The winds lash the sails
                        C    
But the ropes keep them tight
D                                C          
Off in the distance a dark cloud approaching


[Chorus]
D                                        
None could imagine what there was to come
C          D            Bb  
No there's no one going back
           F            C     
No there's not a second chance
      D              Bb  
As we strap onto the side
           F                 C  
We pray to God that we won't die


[Verse]
D                        
As we ride the rough seas
      Dsus4         Dm7   C    
As we soak from the ocean waves
D                            
I just hope for all our lives
    Dm   D    D7 D       D7
And pray that I  survive ■ 


[Chorus]
D                                 C         
Four ships are lost in the stormy conditions
    D                          
The spirits of the sunken crews
                      C 
Their phantoms follow us
        D          Dm       Bb
Spirits sails they drive us on
        F                 C    
Through the all consuming waves
     D            Bb    
Cold mortality no weapon
        F                 C   
Against these ever raging seas


[Inst]
Dm Bb G Am7 F Dm Bb A7
■  ■  ■ ■   ■ ■  ■  ■ 


[Verse]
D                Dm         Dsus4      C    
Four leagues and ten and we hit storms again
D                               Dsus4      D    
We just can't get away from the eye of the storm
    D                             
The birds outsoar the raging storm
              C        
But we cannot escape it
D                                
Abandoned earth that we now crave
G                    D   
Is many leagues from safe
C       D               Bb   
Holding on for our dear lives
          F            C    
And we're praying once again
       Dm           Bb     
Rotten luck or just jonahed
    F                 C   
The talisman is in my hand


[Solo]
Dm Bb G Am7 F Dm Bb G
■  ■  ■ ■   ■ ■  ■  ■
A7 Bbmaj7 C D Am Bb C Dm
■  ■      ■ ■ ■  ■  ■ ■ 
Am Bb C D A7 Bb C D
■  ■  ■ ■ ■  ■  ■ ■


[Verse]
      F                       C   
Limbs fatigues trembling with cold
        G                  D   
Blinded from the sea spray salt
F                        C   
Clasping anything we can hold
         G            D    
Heaven's rain upon us falls
       F              C   
Twenty days without a meal
        G                   D    
And ten without fresh water still
Dm    F                  C     
Those that didn't die in storms
           G                 
The scurvy rest did slaughter


[Chorus]
Bb C Bb C D Am7 Bb C
■  ■ ■  ■ ■ ■   ■  ■
D Am7 Bb C Dm
■ ■   ■  ■ ■ 
F             C   
Westwards the tide
Dm F            C       G
■  Westwards we sail on ■
Dm        F   C    G
Westwards the tide ■
Dm   F      C       
Sail by the talisman


[Solo]
E7 E G E7 E Em E Em
■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ 
E E7 G E7 Am E G E7
■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■ ■ ■ 
Am E7 E E7 Em Am Em G
■  ■  ■ ■  ■  ■  ■  ■
E A G E7 G E7 A7 G
■ ■ ■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■
E E7 G E7 E G E G
■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ ■ ■
A G Em7 Em G A D
■ ■ ■   ■  ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
                F     C   
We approach the other side
       G              D   
Of the ocean with the tide
       F              C   
In our favor just for once
        G                D   
Welcome greeting our new land
    F              C     
The elation in our hearts
    G                 D    
The excitement in our veins
Dm    F                C        
As we sail towards the coastline
       G               Dm  
Of our golden promised land


[Inst]
Bb G Am7 Dm Bb A7 Bb C
■  ■ ■   ■  ■  ■  ■  ■
D Dm Bb C D A Bb C
■ ■  ■  ■ ■ ■ ■  ■
D Am Bb C
■ ■  ■  ■


[Chorus]
      Dm             Bb  
Weary limbs fatigued away
       F               C 
I have no life left in me
        D                    Bb          
No more strength and nothing left to give
F                     C   
Must find the will to live
      D            Dm       Bb     
Never thought that we could make it
      F               C     
Truly sight of shores divine
    Dm            Bb        
The sickness I am dying from
F                           C  
Never wanted it to end this way
Dm        F   C    G
Westwards the tide ■
Dm        F  C    G 
Westwards we sail on
Dm        F   C    G
Westwards the tide ■
Dm   F      C        Dm
Sail by the talisman ■ 
F             C    G
Westwards the tide ■
Dm        F  C    G7
Westwards we sail ■ 
Dm        F C   G   
Westwards ■ the tide
Dm   F      C        G C
Sail by the talisman ■ ■