STILL LIFE - Iron Maiden
from Piece Of Mind (1983) album
written by Dave Murray and Steve Harris
[Intro]
Am Am Fmaj7 Fmaj7
Am Am G G
Am Am Fmaj7 Fmaj7
Am Am G G
[Verse 1]
Am Fmaj7 G
Take a look in the pool and what do you see
Am Fmaj7 G
In the dark depths there faces beckoning me
Am Fmaj7 G
Can't you see them it's plain for all to see
Am Fmaj7 G
They were there, oh I know you don't believe me
[Bridge]
C/G
Oh, I've never felt so strange
C/G
But I'm not going insane
[Verse 2]
Am Fmaj7 G
I've no doubt that you think I'm off my head
Am Fmaj7 G
You don't say but it's in your eyes instead
Am Fmaj7 G
Hours I spend out just gazing into that pool
Am Fmaj7 G
Something draws me there I don't know what to do
[Bridge]
C/G
Oh, they drain my strength away
C/G
Oh, they're asking me to stay
[Chorus]
Am F C Am F C
Nightmares - spirits calling me
Am F C Am F C
Nightmares - they won't leave me be
[Verse 3]
Am Fmaj7 G
All my life's blood is slowly draining away
Am Fmaj7 G
And I feel that I'm weaker every day
Am Fmaj7 G
Somehow I know I haven't long to go
Am Fmaj7 G
Joining them at the bottom of the pool
[Bridge]
C/G
Now I feel they are so near
C/G
I begin to see them clear
[Chorus]
Am F C Am F C
Nightmares - coming all the time
Am F C Am F C
Nightmares - Will give me peace of mind
[Riff]
D5 C5 D5 E5 F5 F5 }
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 A5 } x2
[Harmony]
Am Am F F
Am Am F G Am
[Solo 1]
D5 E5 D5 F5 D5 A5 G5 F5 x4
D5
[Solo 2]
E5 G5 E5 A5 E5 B5 A5 G5 x4
E5 G5 E5
[Verse 4]
Am Fmaj7 G
Now it's clear and I know what I have to do
Am Fmaj7 G
I must take you down there to look at them too
Am Fmaj7 G
Hand in hand then we'll jump right into that pool
Am Fmaj7 G
Can't you see not just me they want you too
[Bridge]
C/G
Oh, we'll drown together
C/G
It will be forever
[Chorus]
Am F C Am F C
Nightmares - forever calling me
Am F C Am G Am
Nightmares - Now we rest in peace.
-TTP