Tabs
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner - transcribed by Gary Chapman
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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.
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Key:
' = 1/2 fret bend
= 7th fret harmonic
w\ = whammy dive
~ = vibrato
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Chords used:
C5C5 
D5D5 
E5E5 
A5A5 
E MajorE 
FF 
F# minorF#m 
G+G 
Cadd2Cadd2
E MajorE --- --- --- --- -0- -1- -2- -3- --3--
BB --- --- --- --- -0- -1- -2- -3- --3--
G+G -5- -7- -9- -2- -1- -2- -2- -4- --5--
D MajorD -5- -7- -9- -2- -2- -3- -4- -5- --5--
A augmentedA -3- -5- -7- -0- -2- -3- -4- -5- --3--
E MajorE --- --- --- --- -0- -1- -2- -3- -----
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Intro:
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ---------------------9------9------9------9------5---7---9\- etc.
D MajorD --5-4---------2------9------9------9------9------5---7---9\-
A augmentedA ------5-5-7\--2------7------7------7------7------3---5---7\-
E MajorE --------------0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0------------
Riff A:
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ----------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -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 augmentedA -------------------------------------------------------------5-7-9-7\-
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse:
E5E5
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 MajorE -----------------
BB -----------------
G+G -----------------
D MajorD -------0-2-4-0-2-
A augmentedA -----------------
E MajorE -----------------
three.
of the sea"
C5C5
And the music plays on ...
D5D5 Riff BB D5D5 E5E5
Caught by his spell and ...
Riff BB
Driven south the the land of ....
E5E5 C5C5
Through the snow fog flies on ...
Riff BB E5E5
hoping good ...
C5C5
And the ship sails on, ...
D5D5 Riff BB
Through the fog and ice and ...
Shanty A: (positions may be wrong - I haven't seen the video for ages)
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------------------
G+G ------------------------7~----------------------------
D MajorD -9-7-5-7-9--9-9-9-7-5-7-----9-7-5-7-9--9-9-9-7-5-7-4~-
A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith)
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------------------
G+G ------------------------4~----------------------------
D MajorD -5-4-2-4-5--5-5-5-4-2-4-----5-4-2-4-5--5-5-5-4-2-4----
A augmentedA ---------------------------------------------------5~-
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------
BB ----------------------------------------------------------
G+G ------------------------7~--------------------------------
D MajorD -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 augmentedA ----------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith)
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------
BB ----------------------------------------------------------
G+G ------------------------4~--------------------------------
D MajorD -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 augmentedA ----------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------
(lots of E5E5 power chordage)
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------------------
BB -----------------------------------------------------------------
G+G -----------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -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 augmentedA -----------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith)
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------
BB -------------------------------------------------------
G+G -------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -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 augmentedA -------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ---------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ---------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -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 augmentedA ---------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith)
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------
BB ----------------------------------------------------------
G+G ----------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -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 augmentedA ----------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------
(end Shanty A augmentedA)
E5E5 Riff BB
The mariner kills the bird....
E5E5
And makes themselves a ...
C5C5 D5D5
Sailing on and on ...
Shanty B:
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------
BB -------------------------------------------------------
G+G -4--4-4-7-5-4---4--4-4---4~--4-4-7-5-4---4--4-----4----
D MajorD --------------7--------7---------------7-------7-----5-
A augmentedA -------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith)
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------
BB -------------------------------------------------
G+G -------------------------------------------------
D MajorD --2--2-2-5-4-2---2--2-----2~--2-2-5-4-2---2-2----
A augmentedA ---------------5-------5----------------5------5-
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------
sea... Sailing on and ...
(Shanty BB)
'till all ...
E5E5 Riff BB
The albatross begins with his ....
C5C5 D5D5 Shanty BB
And the curse goes on and on ....
E5E5 Riff BB
Day after day, day after day we struck ....
C5C5 Riff BB
Water water everywhere, ....
E5E5 Riff A augmentedA
Water water ....
E5E5 E5E5
There, calls the mariner, there comes ....
E MajorE --------------------------------------------------------------
BB --------------------------------------------------------------
G+G --------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD ----------------------------7---------------------------7----- (Murray)
A augmentedA -------7-7-7--9-9-9--101010--10-9--7-7-7--9-9-9--101010--10-9- (Murray)
E MajorE -------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 MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA -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 MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith)
E MajorE ---------3--------------------------------3---------------------------------
BB ---------3----------------------------------3-------------------------------
G+G --5------5------------------------------------5-----------------------------
D MajorD --5---------------------------------------------5---------------------------
A augmentedA --3---------------------------------------------3---------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
See... Onward she comes...
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA -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 MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith)
E MajorE -------0--------------------------------------------------------------------
BB -------2--------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G -2-----2----------2---------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD -2----------------2---------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA -0----------------0---------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
nears out of the sun...
Cadd2Cadd2 A augmentedA
She, she life in death, she ....
F# minorF#m A5A5 E MajorE FF G+G (AS plays chords, DM plays single-note triplets)
F# minorF#m A5A5 E MajorE FF G+G
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------------------
BB -------------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G -------------------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD ----------------------------7-7-7--7-------------------------------------
A augmentedA -10-7-7--7-7-7-(repeat x 3)----------10-9-(1st measure x 2)--------6-6-6-
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------8-8-8--------
RHS (Adrian Smith)
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------------------------
BB ---------------------------------------------------------------------
G+G ------------------------------------------------------------5------8-
D MajorD ------------------------------------------------------------5------8-
A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------------------3------6-
E MajorE -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 MajorE ----------------------
BB --------------------5-
G+G --------------------6-
D MajorD --7---6^7^6-----8---6-
A augmentedA ------------7/9---9\4-
E MajorE ----------------------
Middle Section:
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE ------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------
G+G -------10-------------------------------7-
D MajorD ----11--------------------------------8---
A augmentedA -12---------------------------------9-----
E MajorE ------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith) (volume swells)
E MajorE ---------------------------------------
BB ---------------------------------------
G+G --5---------7---9---10---12---13\---8~-
D MajorD ---------------------------------------
A augmentedA ---------------------------------------
E MajorE ---------------------------------------
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE ------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------
G+G -------10-------------------------------8-
D MajorD ----11--------------------------------9---
A augmentedA -12--------------------------------10-----
E MajorE ------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith) (volume swells)
E MajorE ---------------------------------------
BB ---------------------------------------
G+G --5---------7---9---10---12---13\---6~-
D MajorD ---------------------------------------
A augmentedA ---------------------------------------
E MajorE ---------------------------------------
(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 MajorE --------------------------------------------
BB --------------------------------------------
G+G -10---------------------------------8-------
D MajorD ----12--------------------------------10----
A augmentedA -------12--------------------------------10-
E MajorE --------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith) (volume swells)
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------
BB --6\------------------------------------------
G+G --7\--------7---9---10---12---13\---8---w\-
D MajorD ----------------------------------------------
A augmentedA ----------------------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------
LHS (Dave Murray)
E MajorE ------------------------------------------
BB ------------------------------------------
G+G -10---------------------------------7-----
D MajorD ----12--------------------------------9---
A augmentedA -------12-------------------------------9-
E MajorE ------------------------------------------
RHS (Adrian Smith) (volume swells)
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------
BB --6\-------------------------------------------
G+G --7\--------7---9---10---12---13\---7~---w\-
D MajorD -----------------------------------------------
A augmentedA -----------------------------------------------
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------
(play twice)
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Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)
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