Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden - Fear Is The Key guitar tab

Author/Artist: Iron Maiden

Title: Fear is the Key

Album: Fear of the Dark

Transcribed by: Daniel Di Filippo and Luis Felipe Pe?a (Forbidden Members)

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Gtr.2 s | | w e s e e s e || |

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Gtr.1 w s e

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Rhy.Fig 1

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We live our lives__ in fe-

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ver,__________ in a choking sweat of fear.__________

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_____ In the heat of the night you can feel so much__

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in the heat of the night I scream 'Don't touch!________(chorus)I

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remember a time when we used not abused, we fought all our battles in vain.

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I remember a time we thought that pas-sion was____ free,___ in the

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heat of the night____ bod - ies___ a - flame,_______________________

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_ we live in fever.______ (end chorus) w s e

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Repeat Rhy.Fig 1. (chorus)first 8 bars;then

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Gtr.1 we live______ in fever______ we

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live ___ in fe - ver.

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Gtr 1 and 2 Now we live in a world__ of uncertainty. fear is the

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key to what you want to be. You don't get a say, the majority gets

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its way, you're out numbered by the bastards 'til the day you die._________

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Gtr.1

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Gtr.1 Gtr.1&2

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your silent cries. Oh__________

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lies________________________________________ and lies.

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The kids have lost their freedom and nobody cares 'til

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somebody famous dies. They're telling lies_________ and lies__ and lies

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and lies and lies and lies______. rest (Oh) rest (Aagh) rest

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rest (end Fig) Repeat Fig.2 then Aagh_________ rest rest

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Gtr.1 Now we're living in, in a world of uncertainty,

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fear is the key to waht you want to be. You don't get to say, the

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majority gets its way, you're outnumbered by the bastards 'til the day you

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die.______________________________________________________________________

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