Learn Music: Rime Of The Ancient Mariner guitar tab - Iron Maiden tabs

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  From: scary@zikzak.apana.org.au (Gary Chapman)
  
  Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner   - transcribed by Gary Chapman
  =========================================
  
  tablature Copyright (c)1994 Gary Chapman
  
  In my usual fashion, I got inspired by someone's posting (in this case,
  Andrew Kenter's), belted out half of the song in one go, and then lost 
  interest.  If I have the time and energy I'll finish the song in the
  not-too-distant future.
  
  Here's everything up to and including the slow section with the poem.
  Taken from Live After Death.
  
  ---
   
  Key:
   
   '  = 1/2 fret bend
  <7> = 7th fret harmonic
   w = whammy dive
   ~  = vibrato
   
  ---
   
  Chords used:
   
     C5  D5  E5  A5  E   F  F#m  G  Cadd2
  E --- --- --- --- -0- -1- -2- -3- --3--
  B --- --- --- --- -0- -1- -2- -3- --3--
  G -5- -7- -9- -2- -1- -2- -2- -4- --5--
  D -5- -7- -9- -2- -2- -3- -4- -5- --5--
  A -3- -5- -7- -0- -2- -3- -4- -5- --3--
  E --- --- --- --- -0- -1- -2- -3- -----
   
  ---
   
  Intro:
   
  E ------------------------------------------------------------
  B ------------------------------------------------------------
  G ---------------------9------9------9------9------5---7---9-  etc.
  D --5-4---------2------9------9------9------9------5---7---9-
  A ------5-5-7--2------7------7------7------7------3---5---7-
  E --------------0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0------------
   
  Riff A:
  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  D -5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4--5-4-2-4--5--5-----------
  A -------------------------------------------------------------5-7-9-7-
  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   
  Verse:
   
  E5
  Hear the rime of the ancient mariner, see his eye as he stops one of 
  Mesmerises one of the wedding guests - "stay here and listen to the nightmares
   
  Riff B:
  E -----------------
  B -----------------
  G -----------------
  D -------0-2-4-0-2-
  A -----------------
  E -----------------
    three.
    of the sea"
   
          C5                         
  And the music plays on as the bride passes by.
   
  D5                                  Riff B             D5  E5
  Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale.
   
                                                                      Riff B
  Driven south the the land of the snow and ice to a place where nobody's been.
   
  E5                                          C5
  Through the snow fog flies on the albatross hailed in God's name, 
   
              Riff B           E5
  hoping good luck it brings.
   
          C5
  And the ship sails on, back to the north.
   
  D5                                        Riff B
  Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on.
   
   
  Shanty A: (positions may be wrong - I haven't seen the video for ages)
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E ------------------------------------------------------
  B ------------------------------------------------------
  G ------------------------7~----------------------------
  D -9-7-5-7-9--9-9-9-7-5-7-----9-7-5-7-9--9-9-9-7-5-7-4~-
  A ------------------------------------------------------
  E ------------------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)
  E ------------------------------------------------------
  B ------------------------------------------------------
  G ------------------------4~----------------------------
  D -5-4-2-4-5--5-5-5-4-2-4-----5-4-2-4-5--5-5-5-4-2-4----
  A ---------------------------------------------------5~-
  E ------------------------------------------------------
   
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E ----------------------------------------------------------
  B ----------------------------------------------------------
  G ------------------------7~--------------------------------
  D -9-7-5-7-9--9-9-9-7-5-7-----9-7-5-7-9--9-9-9--9--4-5-7-5-
  A ----------------------------------------------------------
  E ----------------------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)
  E ----------------------------------------------------------
  B ----------------------------------------------------------
  G ------------------------4~--------------------------------
  D -5-4-2-4-5--5-5-5-4-2-4-----5-4-2-4-5--5-5-5--5--0-2-4-2--
  A ----------------------------------------------------------
  E ----------------------------------------------------------
  
  (lots of E5 power chordage) 
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E -----------------------------------------------------------------
  B -----------------------------------------------------------------
  G -----------------------------------------------------------------
  D -9-7-5-7-9--9-9-9-7-5-7-9~---12-10-9-10-12--12-12-12-10-9-10-12~-
  A -----------------------------------------------------------------
  E -----------------------------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)
  E -------------------------------------------------------
  B -------------------------------------------------------
  G -------------------------------------------------------
  D -5-4-2-4-5--5-5-5-4-2-4-5~--7-5-4-5-7--7-7-7--5-4-5-7~-
  A -------------------------------------------------------
  E -------------------------------------------------------
   
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  B ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  G ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  D -9-7-5-7-9--9-9-9-7-5-7-9~---12-10-9-10-12--12-12-12--12---7-9-10-9-
  A ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  E ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)
  E ----------------------------------------------------------
  B ----------------------------------------------------------
  G ----------------------------------------------------------
  D -5-4-2-4-5--5-5-5-4-2-4-5~--7-5-4-5-7--7-7-7--7---0-2-4-2-
  A ----------------------------------------------------------
  E ----------------------------------------------------------
  (end Shanty A)
   
  E5                                         Riff B
  The mariner kills the bird of good omen. 
  His shipmates cry against what he's done.
  But when the fog clears they justify him.
   
  E5
  And makes themselves a part of the crime.
   
          C5            D5
  Sailing on and on and on across the 
   
   
  Shanty B:
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E -------------------------------------------------------
  B -------------------------------------------------------
  G -4--4-4-7-5-4---4--4-4---4~--4-4-7-5-4---4--4-----4----
  D --------------7--------7---------------7-------7-----5-
  A -------------------------------------------------------
  E -------------------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)
  E -------------------------------------------------
  B -------------------------------------------------
  G -------------------------------------------------
  D --2--2-2-5-4-2---2--2-----2~--2-2-5-4-2---2-2----
  A ---------------5-------5----------------5------5-
  E -------------------------------------------------
    sea...                                         Sailing on and on and on...
   
               (Shanty B)
  'till all is calm.
   
  E5                                          Riff B
  The albatross begins with his vengeance.
  A terrible curse, a thirst has begun.
  His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner.
  Around his neck the dead bird is hung.
   
          C5                D5                  Shanty B
  And the curse goes on and on and on at sea.
  And the curse goes on and on for them and me. 
   
  E5                                                             Riff B
  Day after day, day after day we struck nor breath nor motion.
  As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.
   
  C5                                                     Riff B
  Water water everywhere, and all the boards did shrink
   
  E5                                                Riff A 
  Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.
   
  E5                       E5
  There, calls the         mariner, there comes a ship over the
  how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no 
   
  E --------------------------------------------------------------
  B --------------------------------------------------------------
  G --------------------------------------------------------------
  D ----------------------------7---------------------------7-----  (Murray)
  A -------7-7-7--9-9-9--101010--10-9--7-7-7--9-9-9--101010--10-9-  (Murray)
  E -------0-0-0--2-2-2--3-3-3--5-3-2--0-0-0--2-2-2--3-3-3--5-3-2-  (Smith)
    line.                                                       But
    tide ?
   
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  A -3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--(etc)
  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)
  E ---------3--------------------------------3---------------------------------
  B ---------3----------------------------------3-------------------------------
  G --5------5------------------------------------5-----------------------------
  D --5---------------------------------------------5---------------------------
  A --3---------------------------------------------3---------------------------
  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     See...                                    Onward she comes...  Onward she
   
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  A -0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--(etc)
  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)
  E -------0--------------------------------------------------------------------
  B -------2--------------------------------------------------------------------
  G -2-----2----------2---------------------------------------------------------
  D -2----------------2---------------------------------------------------------
  A -0----------------0---------------------------------------------------------
  E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     nears out of the sun...
   
  Cadd2                                A 
  She, she life in death, she lets him live, her chosen one.
   
  F#m  A5  E   F   G     (AS plays chords, DM plays single-note triplets)
  F#m  A5  E   F   G
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  G -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D ----------------------------7-7-7--7-------------------------------------
  A -10-7-7--7-7-7-(repeat x 3)----------10-9-(1st measure x 2)--------6-6-6-
  E ------------------------------------------------------------8-8-8--------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)
  E --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  B ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  G ------------------------------------------------------------5------8-
  D ------------------------------------------------------------5------8-
  A ------------------------------------------------------------3------6-
  E -3'-0-0--0-0-0-(repeat x 3)-5-5-5--5-3-2--(1st measure x 2)----------
   
  (play the above section 4 times - on 4th time through, play the following
  instead of the 2 chords)
   
  E ----------------------
  B --------------------5-
  G --------------------6-
  D --7---6^7^6-----8---6-
  A ------------7/9---94-
  E ----------------------
   
   
  Middle Section:
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E ------------------------------------------
  B ------------------------------------------
  G -------10-------------------------------7-
  D ----11--------------------------------8---
  A -12---------------------------------9-----
  E ------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)    (volume swells) 
  E ---------------------------------------
  B ---------------------------------------
  G --5---------7---9---10---12---13---8~-
  D ---------------------------------------
  A ---------------------------------------
  E ---------------------------------------
   
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E ------------------------------------------
  B ------------------------------------------
  G -------10-------------------------------8-
  D ----11--------------------------------9---
  A -12--------------------------------10-----
  E ------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)    (volume swells) 
  E ---------------------------------------
  B ---------------------------------------
  G --5---------7---9---10---12---13---6~-
  D ---------------------------------------
  A ---------------------------------------
  E ---------------------------------------
   
  (alternate between the two combinations above)
   
  One after one by the star-dogged moon, too quick for a groan or sigh.
  Each turned his face with a ghastly pang and cursed me with his eye.
  Four times fifty living men, and I heard nor sigh nor groan.
  With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, they dropped down one by one.
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E --------------------------------------------
  B --------------------------------------------
  G -10---------------------------------8-------
  D ----12--------------------------------10----
  A -------12--------------------------------10-
  E --------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)    (volume swells) 
  E ----------------------------------------------
  B --6------------------------------------------
  G --7--------7---9---10---12---13---8---<7>w-
  D ----------------------------------------------
  A ----------------------------------------------
  E ----------------------------------------------
   
   
  LHS (Dave Murray)
  E ------------------------------------------
  B ------------------------------------------
  G -10---------------------------------7-----
  D ----12--------------------------------9---
  A -------12-------------------------------9-
  E ------------------------------------------
   
  RHS (Adrian Smith)    (volume swells) 
  E -----------------------------------------------
  B --6-------------------------------------------
  G --7--------7---9---10---12---13---7~---<5>w-
  D -----------------------------------------------
  A -----------------------------------------------
  E -----------------------------------------------
   
  (play twice)
   
  ---
  
  Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)
  -------------------------
  scary@zikzak.apana.org.au
  
  -- 
  		Zikzak public access UNIX, Melbourne, Australia.
  
  

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