Tears of the Dragon (Bruce Dickinson)

Intro x2: Prechorus:

Am Em/Em4/Em
e ------------------------------------ I have no power over this
------1-----0-----1-----0-----0h1---
--------2-----2-----2-----2--------- G (2/4) D
----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------- You know I'm afraid
--0--------------------------------- Am (2/4) Em /Em4/Em
E ------------------------------------ The walls I built are crumblig
G
C Cadd9 The water is moving
e -------------------------------------
------1-----0h1----3-----1-----0h1--- D
--------0-------0----0-----0--------- I'm slipping away
----2-----2------------2-----2-------
--3---------------------------------- Chorus:
E ------------------------------------- Em / C G / D
I throw myself into the sea
Verse 1 (same as Intro): Em / C
Am Release the wave
For too long now G / D
C Cadd9 Am Let it wash over me
There were secrets in my mind, for too long now Em / C
C Cadd9 To face the fear
There were things I should have said G / D
Am I once believed
In the darkness Em / C
C Cadd9 Am The tears of the dragon
I was stumbling for the door, to find a reason G / D
C Cadd9 Am For you and for me
To find the time, the place, the hour
Prechorus:
Prechorus: Am Em/Em4/Em
Em/Em4/Em Slowly I awake
Waiting for the winter sun G (2/4) D
G (2/4) D Slowly I rise
And the cold light of day Am (2/4) Em /Em4/Em
Am (2/4) Em/Em4/Em The walls I built are crumblig
The misty ghosts of childhood fears G
G The water is moving
The pressure is building D
D I'm slipping away
And I can't stay away
Chorus
Chorus:
Em / C G / D Outro x2:
I throw myself into the sea e --------------------------------------
Em / C ----0----------1-----------1----------
Release the wave -------2-----------2----------2-------
----------2-----------2----------2----
G / D --------------------------------------
Let it wash over me E --------------------------------------
Em / C
To face the fear
G / D _________________
I once believed
Em / C
The tears of the dragon
G / D Optional chords on Prech. & Chorus:
For you and for me Amadd9 Em Em4 C Gmaj13 Gmaj7 Dadd4
e --0-----0-----0----3-----0------10----5--
Verse 2: --0----(8)----0----1-----8------8-----3--
Am --5-----0-----0----0-----11-----11----0--
--7-----5-----7----2-----9------9-----4--
Where I was
--0-----7-----7----3-----10-----10----5--
C Cadd9 Am E -------(0)---(0)-------------------------
I had wings that couldn't fly, where I was
C Cadd9
I had tears I couldn't cry
Am
My emotions
C Cadd9 Am
Frozen in an icy lake, I couldn't feel them
C Cadd9 Am
Until the ice began to break