Iron Maiden - Fear is the Key (Guitar)
Author: Edward Castaneda
Type: Guitar
Track no: 4
Album: Fear Of The Dark
Comments: This song is about HIV/AIDS
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Intro
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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.2 (Fig 2) I |hear your silent heartbeat and I hear
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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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