CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Run To The Hills, chord by chord.

Chords of: Run To The Hills by: Iron Maiden. (Em7b5, G, C, D) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.

About the chords of “Run To The Hills”

“Run To The Hills” by Iron Maiden is in C Major and runs at about 173 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 30 different chords across 108 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Em7b5, G, C, D.

G is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 24% of the 3:47 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bb/C → Dmaj7 → A → Dmaj7 → Am → Dm → Am → Dm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 3 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
G0:5524%
C0:2812%
Fmaj70:219%
Dmaj70:198%
Cmaj70:198%
A0:178%
D0:177%
Em70:063%

Chord progression, in order

Bb/C – A – Dmaj7 – A – C – Dmaj7 – G – A – Dmaj7 – A – C – Dmaj7 – G – Am – Dm – A – C – Dmaj7 – Gmaj7 – Am – Dm – Am – C – Dmaj7 – G – A – D – A – C – D – Bbm7b5 – G – D – C – Cmaj7 – Dmaj7 – Cmaj7 – A – C – Fmaj7 – D – G – F – C – G – Fmaj7 – C – Cdim – …