Iron Sky Chords & Tabs

by Paolo Nutini

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 70
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 202, 102, 202, 1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 102, 202, 202, 202]
This is a beautiful song, "Iron Sky".
It is completely different to any other song he has done.
The use of Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" is awesome.
Capo 4th Fret

[Intro]
Am G F Dm
Am G F Dm

[Verse]
         Am  G             
We are proud    individuals
F               Dm 
Living for the city
          Am  
But the flames
          G       F    Dm
Couldn't go much higher
        Am    G               
We find  God     and religions
F                     Dm 
To bait us with salvation
      Am       G     
But no one, no nobody
     F            Dm  
Can give you the power

[Chorus]
    Am 
To rise
    G    
Over love
    F    
Over hate
             Dm                               Am   
Through this iron sky that's fast becoming our mind
      G              F    Dm Dm
Over fear and into freedom

[Verse]
            Am 
Oh, that's life
                           G  
That's dripping down the walls
                          F   
Of a dream that cannot breathe
                Dm   
In this harsh reality
         Am                      G   
Mass confusion spoon fed to the blind
                 F               Dm  
Serves now to define our cold society

[Chorus]
                  Am 
From which we'll rise
    G    
Over love
    F    
Over hate
             Dm                                Am  
Through this iron sky that's fast becoming our mind
      G              F    
Over fear and into freedom
Dm                     Dm 
You've just got to hold on
                        AmGAm G
You've just got to hold on

[Interlude]
Am  (only 2 sec.) G  F  Dm
(Keep playing Am  G  F  Dm through the whole speech in broken chords.)
"To those who can hear me, I say... do not despair.
The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed,
the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die,
and the power they took from the people will return to the people.
And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men,
machine men with machine minds and machine hearts!
You are not machines! You are not cattle!
You are men! You, the people,
have the power to make this life free and beautiful,
to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Let us use that power, let us all unite."

[Chorus]
           Am 
And we'll rise
    G    
Over love
    F    
Over hate
             Dm                           Am       
Through this iron sky that's fast becoming our mind
      G              F    
Over fear and into freedom
     Dm     
Into freedom
                  Am 
From which we'll rise
    G    
Over love
    F    
Over hate
             Dm                           Am       
Through this iron sky that's fast becoming our mind
      G              F    
Over fear and into freedom
  Dm      Am   GFDm
Freedom, freedom

[Coda]
             Am G
Oh, rain on me
         FDm
Rain on me
         Am G F Dm
Rain on me

[Outro]
Am G F Dm
Am G F Dm