No Prayer for the Dying Chords
by Iron Maiden
No Prayer for the Dying by Iron Maiden is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Disco: No Prayer for the Dying (1990)
Riff 1:
E-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-------------------|
G-------------------|-------------------|
D------2-------5----|-------------------|
A----2---2---5---5--|--5---5---3---3----|
E--0-------3--------|----5---5---3---3--|
Riff 2:
E-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-------------------|
G-------------------|-------------------|
D----------2-2------|----------5-5------|
A------2-2-----2-2--|------5-5-----5-5--|
E--0-0--------------|--3-3--------------|
E-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-------------------|
G-------------------|-------------------|
D-------------------|-------------------|
A--5-5-----5-5------|--3-3-----3-3------|
E------5-5-----5-5--|------3-3-----3-3--|
Solo while riff 1 and riff 2:
E------------------------|-----------------------|
B--12-10----10-----------|-----------------------|
G--------12----12-11-----|-----------------12-9--|
D--------------------12--|-----12----10-12-------|
A------------------------|--12----12-------------|
E------------------------|-----------------------|
Verse:
...times when I've wondered and...
E--0------------|--2---3p2----|
B--0------------|--3-------3--|
G--0------------|--2----------|
D--2------------|--0----------|
A--2------------|-------------|
E--0------------|-------------|
...times when I've cried When my...
E--2------------|--0---------------2--|
B--3------------|--1---------------3--|
G--4------------|--0---------------2--|
D--4------------|--2---------------0--|
A--2------------|--3------------------|
E---------------|---------------------|
...prayers were answered at...
E--0---------|--2---3p2--------|
B--0---------|--3-------3------|
G--0---------|--2--------------|
D--2---------|--0--------------|
A--2---------|-----------------|
E--0---------|-----------------|
...times when I've lied
E--2------------|--0----------------|
B--3------------|--1----------------|
G--4------------|--0----------------|
D--4------------|--2----------------|
A--2------------|--3----------------|
E---------------|-------------------|
End of verse.
Riff 3:
E-----------------|-----------------|
B-----------------|-----------------|
G--9-9---7--------|--4-4---5--------|
D--9-9---7--------|--4-4---5--------|
A--7-7---5--------|--2-2---3--------|
E-----------------|-----------------|
Solo while riff 3:
E-------------------------------|
B------------10-----------------|
G----9-11-12----12-11-12-11-----|
D--9------------------------12--|
A-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|
E------------------------------|
B-----------10-----------------|
G-----11-12----12-11-9------9--|
D--12------------------12------|
A------------------------------|
E------------------------------|
On the fourth time of solo while riff 3:
E-------------------------------|
B------------10-----------------|
G----9-11-12----12-11-12-11-----|
D--9------------------------12--|
A-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|
E--------10----------------|
B--12-13----13-12----------|
G-----------------12---11--|
D--------------------------|
A--------------------------|
E--------------------------|
End of solo while riff 3.
Riff 4:
E--------------------|--------------------|
B--------------------|--------------------|
G--------------------|--------------------|
D--7-9-9--7-9--------|--7-9-9--7-9--------|
A--5-7-7--5-7--------|--5-7-7--5-7--------|
E--------------------|--------------------|
E--------------------|--------------------|
B--------------------|--------------------|
G--5--------7--------|--------------------|
D--5--------7--------|--7-9-9--7-9--------|
A--3--------5--------|--5-7-7--5-7--------|
E--------------------|--------------------|
Solo-riff 1:
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D----7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9--7-10--|
A--7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|
E---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D----7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9--7-10--|
A--7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|
E---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D----2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4---2-5--|
A--2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
E---------------------------------|
E---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G---------------------------|
D----3-5---3-5---5-7---5-7--|
A--3-----3-----5-----5------|
E---------------------------|
Solo-riff 2:
E--------------|--------------|
B--------------|--------------|
G--------------|--------------|
D--------------|--------------|
A--4-4-4-2--4--|--4-4-4-2--4--|
E--2-2-2-0--2--|--2-2-2-0--2--|
E--------------|-----------------|
B--------------|-----------------|
G--------------|-----------------|
D--------------|--5-4-2---0-2-4--|
A--4-4-4-2--4--|-----------------|
E--2-2-2-0--2--|-----------------|
E--------------|--------------|
B--------------|--------------|
G--------------|--------------|
D--------------|--------------|
A--4-4-4-2--4--|--4-4-4-2--4--|
E--2-2-2-0--2--|--2-2-2-0--2--|
E--------------|-------------------------|
B--------------|-------------------------|
G--------------|-------------------------|
D--------------|--5-4-2---0-2-4---5-4-2--|
A--4-4-4-2--4--|-------------------------|
E--2-2-2-0--2--|-------------------------|
Riff 5:
God give me the answer to my life
E------------------|-------------------------|
B------------------|-------------------------|
G--9------------7--|------4----------5---7---|
D--9------------7--|------4----------5---7---|
A--7------------5--|------2----------3---5---|
E------------------|-------------------------|
End of riff 5.
Second guitar on the two last times of riff 5:
E---------------|----------------|
B---------------|--12------------|
G--9-----11-----|---------7---9--|
D---------------|----------------|
A---------------|----------------|
E---------------|----------------|
E---------------|---------10---12--|
B---------------|--12--------------|
G--9-----11-----|------------------|
D---------------|------------------|
A---------------|------------------|
E---------------|------------------|
Song-structure:
Riff 1 (2 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Verse (2 times)
Riff 3 (4 times)
Verse (2 times)
Riff 3 (4 times)
Riff 1 (2 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
Riff 4 (2 times)
Solo-riff 1 (4 times)
Solo-riff 2 (2 times)
Riff 5 (4 times)
Riff 1 (2 times)
Riff 2 (2 times)
END
Lyrics:
There are times when I've wondered
And times when I've cried
When my prayers they were answered
At times when I've lied
But if you ask me a question
Would I tell you the truth
Now there's something to bet on
You got nothing to lose
When I've sat by the window
And gazed at the rain
With an ache in my heart
But never feeling the pain
And if you would tell me
Just what my life means
Walking a long road
Never reaching the end
God give me the answers to my life
God give me the answers to my dreams
God give me the answers to my prayers
God give me the answers to my being