2 Minutes to Midnight — Iron Maiden
Chords and lyrics for 2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden (key of F).
Verse 1
Chords used:
[E] [A] [D] [G] [B]
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
C x 3 2 0 1 0
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
D x x 0 2 3 2
Dm x x 0 2 3 1
Fmaj7 x 0 3 2 1 0
A7sus4 x 0 5 4 3 0
C/B x 2 2 0 1 0
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
Bb 1 1 3 3 3 1
Verse 1
[Am]Kill for gain, or [C]shoot to maim
But [G]we don't need a [D]reason
The [Am]golden goose is [C]on the loose
And [G]never out of [D]season
[Am]Blackened pride still [C]burns inside
This [G]shell of bloody [D]treason
[Am]Here's my gun for a [C]barrel of fun
For the [G]love of living [D]death
Pre-Chorus
The [Am]killer's [Fmaj7]breed or the [A7sus4]Demon's [C]seed[C/B]
The [F]glamour, the [Bb]fortune, the [C][G]pain
[Am]Go to war [Fmaj7]again, blood is [A7sus4]freedom's [C]stain[C/B]
[F]Don't you pray for my [Bb]soul [E]anymore?
Chorus
[Am]2 [G][Am]minutes to [C][G]midnight
The [Dm]hands that threaten [F][G]doo-oom
[Am]2 [G][Am]minutes to [C][G]midnight
To [Dm]kill the unborn in the [F][G]wo-omb
Verse 2
The [Am]blind men shout "Let the [C]creatures out
We'll [G]show the [D]unbelievers"
The [Am]napalm screams of [C]human flames
Of a [G]prime time Belsen [D]feast ... yeah!
As the [Am]reasons for the carnage cut their [C]meat and lick the gravy
We oil the [G]jaws of the war machine and [D]feed it with our babies
Pre-Chorus
The [Am]killer's [Fmaj7]breed or the [A7sus4]Demon's [C]seed[C/B]
The [F]glamour, the [Bb]fortune, the [C][G]pain
[Am]Go to war [Fmaj7]again, blood is [A7sus4]freedom's [C]stain[C/B]
[F]Don't you pray for my [Bb]soul [E]anymore?
Chorus
[Am]2 [G][Am]minutes to [C][G]midnight
The [Dm]hands that threaten [F][G]doo-oom
[Am]2 [G][Am]minutes to [C][G]midnight
To [Dm]kill the unborn in the [F][G]wo-omb
Verse 3
The [Am]body bags and [C]little rags of [G]children torn in [D]two
And the [Am]jellied brains of those [C]who remain to put the [G]finger right on [D]you
As the [Am]madmen play on [C]words and make us all [G]dance to their [D]song
To the [Am]tune of starving [C]millions to make a [G]better kind of [D]gun
Pre-Chorus
The [Am]killer's [Fmaj7]breed or the [A7sus4]Demon's [C]seed[C/B]
The [F]glamour, the [Bb]fortune, the [C][G]pain
[Am]Go to war [Fmaj7]again, blood is [A7sus4]freedom's [C]stain[C/B]
[F]Don't you pray for my [Bb]soul [E]anymore?
Chorus
[Am]2 [G][Am]minutes to [C][G]midnight
The [Dm]hands that threaten [F][G]doo-oom
[Am]2 [G][Am]minutes to [C][G]midnight
To [Dm]kill the unborn in the [F][G]wo-omb
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