The Number Of The Beast

[Intro] D

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I left alone my mind was blank,
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I needed time to think, to get the memories from my mind.
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What did I see, can I believe,
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that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy.

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Just what I saw in my old dreams,
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were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?
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Cos in my dreams it's always there,
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the evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair.

D         C   D
  Yeeeah...

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The night was black was no use holding back
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Cos I just had to see was someone watching me
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In the mist dark figures move and twist
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was all this for real or some kind of hell

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Six-six-six the Number of the Beast
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Hell and fire was spawned to be released

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Torches blazed and sacred chants were phrased
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as they start to cry hands held to the sky
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In the night the fires are burning bright
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the ritual has begun, Satan's work is done

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Six-six-six the Number of the Beast
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Sacrifice is going on tonight

(D    Em    F     G)
(D    Em    F     G)

[Solo 1] Bb  Bb  F   F
         Bb  Bb  F   F
         Bb  Bb  F   F
         Bb  Bb  F   F

[Solo 2] D   F   G   Bb  C
         D   F   G   Bb  C
         D   F   G   Bb  C
         D   F   G   Bb  C

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This can't go on I must inform the law
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Can this still be real or some crazy dream
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But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes
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they seem to mesmerise ...can't avoid their eyes

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Six-six-six the Number of the Beast
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Six-six-six the one for you and me

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I'm coming back, I will return.
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And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn.
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I have the fire, I have the force,
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I have the power to make my evil take its course.

[Final] D  C  D C D