The evil
that men do
Em - D - C -
D - C - Em
- D - C
+ Em - C - Em - C
Em C
1. Love is a razor and I walked the line on that silver blade,
Em
slept in the dust
with his daughter,
C
her
eyes red with the slaughter of innocence,
Em C - G D Em
And I will pray for her, I will call her name out loud,
C - G D C
I would bleed for her if I could only see her now.
C - Em
Living on a razor’s edge, balancing on a ledge,
D - C
living
on a razor’s edge, balancing on
a ledge.
Em - Em
Balancing on a ledge, living on a razor’s edge,
D C D
balancing
on a ledge, you know, you know.
Em
C - D
The evil that men do lives on and on,
Em
C - A
the evil that men do lives on and
on !
Em C - D
The evil that men do lives on and on,
Em C - A
the evil that men do lives on and
on !
Em C
2. Circle of fire, my baptism of joy at an end it seems,
Em C
the
seventh lamb slain, the book of life opens before me.
Em
C - G D Em
And I will pray for you, someday I may return,
C - G
D C
don’t
you cry for me, beyond is where I learn.
C - Em
Living on a razor’s edge, balancing on a ledge,
D
C D
living
on a razor’s edge, you know, you know.
Em C - D
The evil that men do lives on and on,
Em
C - A
the evil that men do lives on and
on !
Em
C - D
The evil that men do lives on and on,
Em
C - A
the evil that men do lives on and
on !
(instrumental passage left
out here)
C
- Em
+ Living on a razor’s
edge, balancing on a ledge,
D
C D
living
on a razor’s edge, you know, you know.
+ CHORUS
Em C D
+ The evil, the evil,
the evil that men do,
Em C D - Em
the
evil, the evil, the evil that men do.
(Iron Maiden)