Written by Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith.
Performed by IRON MAIDEN.
Taken from the album PIECE OF MIND.
Opening-riff:
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[A-]-4-7-4-2------|--(2)-------|
[E-]-2-5-2-0------|--(0)-------|
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[G-]------------------------------------------------|
[D-]------------------------------------------------|
[A-]-4-7-4-2-7---4---4------------------------------|
[E-]-2-5-2-0-5---2---2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
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[A-]-7---4---4------------------------2--|
[E-]-5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--0--|
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[G-]-----------------------------------------|
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[A-]-7---4---4-------------------------------|
[E-]-5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
[E-]------------------------------------|
[B-]------------------------------------|
[G-]------------------------------------|
[D-]------------------------------------|
[A-]-7---4---4-----------------4--7--4--|
[E-]-5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2--5--2--|
Verse:
You killed your first man at 13
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[A-]-2--2-------------------------------------|
[E-]-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|
Killer instict, animal supreme
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[A-]-2--2------------------------------4-7-4-2--|
[E-]-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--2-5-2-0--|
Riff 2:
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[A-]-7---4---4-------------------------------|
[E-]-5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--|
[E-]------------------------------------|
[B-]------------------------------------|
[G-]------------------------------------|
[D-]------------------------------------|
[A-]-7---4---4-----------------4--7--4--|
[E-]-5---2---2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2--5--2--|
Chorus:
Sunlight, falling on your steel. Death in life is...
[E-]-0-------------------|--3----------------------|
[B-]-2-------------------|--3----------------------|
[G-]-2-------------------|--0----------------------|
[D-]-2-------------------|--0----------------------|
[A-]-0-------------------|--2----------------------|
[E-]---------------------|--3----------------------|
..your ideal, life is like a wheel
[E-]-2----------------------|--0------------------|
[B-]-3----------------------|--1------------------|
[G-]-2----------------------|--0------------------|
[D-]-0----------------------|--2------------------|
[A-]------------------------|--3------------------|
[E-]----------------------------------|
[E-]-3-----2--------|
[B-]---3------3-----|
[G-]-----0-------2--|
[D-]----------------|
[A-]----------------|
[E-]----------------|
End of chorus.
Riff 3:
[E-]--------------------|
[B-]--------------------|
[G-]--------------------|
[D-]-9---7-9-10--|--9-7------4-5----|
[A-]-------------|------10-------5--|
[E-]--------------------|
[E-]--------------------------|
[B-]--------------------------|
[G-]---------------7----------|
[D-]-7-9-10---9-10-----4-5----|
[A-]-----------------------4--|
[E-]--------------------------|
[E-]-----------------------------|
[B-]-----------------------------|
[G-]---------------7---------11--|
[D-]-7-9-10---9-10-----10-12-----|
[A-]-----------------------------|
[E-]-----------------------------|
[E-]-------------------------------|
[B-]-----------------10---8-10-12--|
[G-]-9-11-12---11-12---------------|
[D-]-------------------------------|
[A-]-------------------------------|
[E-]-------------------------------|
End of riff 3.
Solo-riff:
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[G-]-------------------------------------------|
[D-]-------------------------------------------|
[A-]-4--------------------------------------2--|
[E-]-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---2-2-2--2-2-2--0--|
Riff 4:
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[B-]---------------------------------|
[G-]---------------------------------|
[D-]---------------------------------|
[A-]---------------------------------|
[E-]--2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5--6--7--|
[E-]-------------------------|
[B-]-------------------------|
[G-]-------------------------|
[D-]-------------------------|
[A-]-------------------------|
[E-]-3---4---5---6--7--8--9--|
End of riff 4.
Song-structure:
Opening-riff
Verse
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Verse
Riff 2
Chorus (2 times)
Riff 3 (2 times)
Solo-riff (3 times)
Riff 4
Chorus (4 times)
END
Lyrics:
You killed your first man at 13,
Killer instinct, animal supreme,
By 16 you had learned to fight
The way of the warrior, you took it as your right.
Chorus:
Sunlight, falling on your steel,
Death in life is your ideal,
Life is like a wheel, rolling on and on
Through earth and water, fire and wind,
You came at last-nothing was the end,
Make a cut by fire and stones,
Take you and your blade and brake you both
in two-break you both in two