Hallowed Be Thy Name

Iron Maiden

Tom: G

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