Iron Maiden - Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

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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 -----------------------------------------------
 
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