The Book Of Souls chords by Iron Maiden

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|E5 |E5 |E5 |E5 | 4x

|Em |Em |Em |Em | 4x


Verse 1:
Em    G  D/F#    Em  G D/F#
 Sacrifices buried with kings
Em      G D/F# Em         G D/F#
 Accompany them on a journey with no end
Em         G  D/F#    Em         G D/F#
 To an afterlife that’s rich with fruit of all the gods
Em      G  D/F#
 And to face the demons
     Em     G D/F#
Of their underworld haunts

Instrumental:
|Em |Em |Em |Em |


Verse 2:
Em      G D/F#   Em          G D/F#
 The sentient is sent to seek out all the truth
Em          G D/F# Em         G D/F#
 A flight to earth that is a given from his birth
Em      G D/F#    Em  G D/F#
 To rise from ashes of the dead
Em        G D/F#    Em      G D/F#
 Out of the fire is sent to fulfill man’s desire


Pre-Chorus:
C
 By power day and night and death he ruled them
Asus2
 The sky and earth and the fires too
C
 Two headed reptile, symbol of his reign
Asus2
 Universes of the underworld
C
 A life that’s full of all the wealth and riches
Asus2
 Can never last for an eternity
C                   D
 After living in a golden paradise, that's the ultimate sacrifice


Chorus:
Em   G D/F#  C   D C
 Prophecy of  sky gods,
Em  G D/F# C  D C
 The sun and moon
Em  G  D/F# C    D C
 Passing of  old ways
Em   G  D/F# C  D C
 Will come true soon
Em G  D/F# C  D C
Falling of  ages,
Em G  D/F# C  D C
Forest of  kings
Em  G   D/F# C    D C
The search for the truth,
Em  G  D/F# C  D C
The book of  souls


Instrumental:
|Em |Em |Em |Em |


Verse 3:
Em       G D/F#   Em G D/F#
 The rulers of planets and stars
Em       G  D/F#   Em       G D/F#
 The power of the kings of traders and the wars
Em     G D/F#     Em        G D/F#
 Planetary cycles and the phases of the moon
Em     G D/F#   Em           G D/F#
 Is in the document a kingdom they will learn


Pre-Chorus:
C
 They were praying to the gods of nature
Asus2
 And were living in the cities of stone
C
 Towers reaching upward to the heavens
Asus2
 Sacred wonders for the world unknown
C
 Make their lives be a mystery no more
Asus2
 Records kept and the passing of laws
C
 Sacred gods to the book of lies
    D
When a civilization dies


Chorus:
Em   G D/F#  C   D C
 Prophecy of  sky gods,
Em  G D/F# C  D C
 The sun and moon
Em  G  D/F# C    D C
 Passing of  old ways
Em   G  D/F# C  D C
 Will come true soon
Em  G  D/F# C  D C
 Falling of  ages,
Em G  D/F# C  D C
 Forest of  kings
Em  G  D/F# C    D C
The lost book of souls,
Em  G D/F#  C  D C
 Destruction begins


Instrumental Break:
|Em |Em |Em |Em |

|C |Asus2 |C |Asus2 |C |Asus2 |C |D |Em |

Solo:
|Em |Em |Em |Em | 2x

|D/F# |D/F# |D/F# |D/F# |

|Em |Em |Em |Em |

|C |Em |D |Em | 4x


Verse 5:
C       Em       D       Em
Ascending the throne wearing feathers and shells
   C        Em       D  Em
He brought back their lives from the void
C    Em      D      Em
Alien invasion brings nothing but death
 C        Em       D  Asus2
Mass exodus and plant life destroyed


Instrumental:
|C G |D |C G |Em | 4x

|Em |Em |Em |Em | 2x

|D/F# |D/F# |D/F# |D/F# |

|Em |Em |Em |Em |


Verse 6:
 C      Em      D     Em
Domain of the Earth to the journey of truth
  C     Em       D   Em
The underworld caves, Mayan slaves
  C      Em       D     Em
Defeat of the dark Lords, the ultimate proof
     C       Em     D  Em
In the place where the ancestors rule


Solo:
|C |Em |D |Em | 4x

|Em G |C |Em G |D | 4x


Instrumental:
|Em G |C |Em G |D | 4x

|Em G |C |

Outro:
   Em G  Em
The book of souls


Ending:
|E5 |E5 |E5 |E5 | 2x