Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name

Em C D
i’m waiting in my cold cell , when the bell begins to chime .
Em C D Em
reflecting on my past life and it doesn’t have much time .
C D Em
’cause at 5 o’clock they take me to the gallows pole ,
C D Em
the sands of time for me are running low .

Em
when the priest comes to read me the last rites ,
G C
i take a look through the bars at the last sights ,
A D B E B C
of a world that has gone very wrong for me .
Em
can it be that there’s some sort of error .
G C
hard to stop the surmounting terror .
A D B E B C
is it really the end , not some crazy dream?

Em
somebody please tell me that i’m dreaming ,
C
it’s not so easy to stop from screaming ,
D B E B C
but words escape me when i try to speak .
Em
tears flow but why Am i crying ,
C
after all i’m not afraid of dying .
D B E B C
don’t i believe that there never is an end .

Em
as the guards march me out to the courtyard ,
C
somebody cries from a cell “god be with you” .
D B E B C
if there’s a god then why has he let me go?

Em
as i walk all my life drifts before me ,
C
though the end is near i’m still not sorry .
D B E B C
catch my soul , it’s willing to fly away .

Em
mark my words believe my soul lives on .
C
don’t worry now that i have gone .
D
i’ve gone beyond to see the truth .

Em
when you know that your time is close at hand .
C
maybe then you’ll begin to understand ,
D B E B C Em Bm C
life down here is just a strangeillusion

B Em A D G C A D
yeah , yeah , yeah . . . hallowed be thy name