7 Chords used in the song: E, D, C, G, A, C/B, F

←
Intro (But can also be played during Verse 1)
A|-7-7-5---5-5-7---3-3-5-----------|
E|-------------------------3-3-5---|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
Verse 1:E
D
E
White man came across the sea
C
D
G
A
He brought us pain and misery
E
D
E
He killed our tribes, he killed our creed
C
D
G
A
He took our game for his own need
E
D
E
We fought him hard we fought him wellC
D
G
A
Out on the plains we gave him hell
E
D
E
But many came too much for creedC
D
G
A
Oh will we ever be set free?
Verse 2:D (Gallop)
Riding through dust clouds and barren wastesC (Gallop)
C/B
C
Galloping hard on the plainsD (Gallop)
Chasing the redskins back to their holesC (Gallop)
C/B
C
Fighting them at their own gameA
C
Murder for freedom a stab in the backF
D
Women and children and cowards attack
Chorus:G
F
C
G
E
Run to the hills run for your livesG
F
C
G
Run to the hills run for your lives
Verse 3:D (Gallop)
Soldier blue on the barren wastesC (Gallop)
C/B
C
Hunting and killing their gameD (Gallop)
Raping the women and wasting the menC (Gallop)
C/B
C
The only good Indians are tameA
C
Selling them whisky and taking their goldF
D
Enslaving the young and destroying the old
Chorus:G
F
C
G
E
Run to the hills run for your livesG
F
C
G
Run to the hills run for your lives
SOLOA note ascending to
B to
C then
D X4 times
Chorus:G
F
C
G
E
Run to the hills run for your livesG
F
C
G
Run to the hills run for your lives
Repeat Chorus x 2
Run to the hills run for your lives
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About this song: Run To The Hills
"Run to the Hills" is Iron Maiden's sixth single and the first single from their 1982 album The Number of the Beast. It was written by Steve Harris, bassist and founder of the band.The song itself is about the conflict between Native Americans and the invading white men. The first verse is written from the point of view of the native Cree, the second from the point of view of white soldiers, and the third from a more neutral observer point of view. Read more on Last.fm.