Artist: Iron Maiden Album: No Prayer For The Dying Mother Russia Intro e|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|------------------||-----------| B|------------11-------------|-18-17-18~------------|-----------11--------------|-18-17-18---17~---||-----------| G|*--------------12-14~------|----------------------|--------------12-14~-------|------------------||-15-14-15~-| D|*-12-12-12-----------------|----------------------|-12-12-12------------------|------------------||-----------| A|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|------------------||-----------| E|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|------------------||-----------| | | e|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|------------------||-----------| B|---------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|------------------||-----------| 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A||--5----------------------8--|-5-------------------------|-5----------------------8--|-3----------------------|| E||----------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|| Verse 1 D5 E5 F5 D5 G5 G5 F5 F5 D5 E5 F5 D5 G5 G5 F5 D5 E5 F5 D5 G5 G5 F5 D5 C5 D5 E5 C5 G5 G5 D5 e|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| B|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| G|-7----9--10-7--12-12-10-10-|-7----9--10-7--12-12-10----|-7----9--10-7--12-12-10-7--|-5----7--9--5--12-12-7-----| D|-7----9--10-7--12-12-10-10-|-7----9--10-7--12-12-10----|-7----9--10-7--12-12-10-7--|-5----7--9--5--12-12-7-----| A|-5----7--8--5--10-10-8--8--|-5----7--8--5--10-10-8-----|-5----7--8--5--10-10-8--5--|-3----5--7--3--10-10-5-----| E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| Mother Russia, how are you sleeping Middle winter cold wind blows From the snowflakes drifting Swirling round like ghosts in the snow F5 G5 A5 F5 Bb5 A5 F5 F5 G5 A5 F5 Bb5 A5 D5 E5 F5 D5 G5 G5 F5 D5 C5 D5 E5 C5 G5 G5 D5 e|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| B|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| G|---------------3--3--2-----|---------------3--3--2-----|-7----9--10-7--12-12-10-7--|-5----7--9--5--12-12-7-----| D|-3----5--7--3--3--3--2--3--|-3----5--7--3--3--3--2-----|-7----9--10-7--12-12-10-7--|-5----7--9--5--12-12-7-----| A|-3----5--7--3--1--1--0--3--|-3----5--7--3--1--1--0-----|-5----7--8--5--10-10-8--5--|-3----5--7--3--10-10-5-----| E|-1----3--5--1-----------1--|-1----3--5--1--------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| Mother Russia, poetry majestic Tells the time of a great empire Turning round the old man ponders Reminiscing an age gone by Repeat Riff 1 Riff 2 e||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| B||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| G||*-----4-4-5-5-----4-4-------------|-----4-4-5-5-----4-4-------------| D||*-------------7-7-----5-5-7-7-4-4-|-------------7-7-----5-5-4~------| A||-7-7------------------------------|-7-7-----------------------------| E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| G|-----4-4-5-5-----4-4-------------|---------------------------------*|| D|-------------7-7-----5-5-7-7-4-4-|-----5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-4-4---------*|| 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Riff 4 e||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| B||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| G||*---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D||*-------2---4/5--4-----7-7-5-4----|-------2---4/5--4-----7-7-5-4----| A||--2--5--------------5----------7--|-2--5--------------5----------7--| E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| G|------------------------------4--|-2-------------------------------*|| D|-----------4/5--4-----7-7-5-4----|---5-4-2---4/5--4--5--7-7-5-4----*|| A|-2--5--3-----------5-------------|------------------------------7---|| E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| 1st Solo (Rhythm Guitar) F#5 A5 (x4) e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*|| D||*-4---4-----4----4--4---4-----4----4--4---4-----4----4--4--4-4-4-4-7----*|| A||--4---4-----4----4--4---4-----4----4--4---4-----4----4--4--4-4-4-4-7-----|| E||--2---2-----2----2--2---2-----2----2--2---2-----2----2--2--2-2-2-2-5-----|| 2nd Solo (Rhythm Guitar) C5 Eb5 (x4) e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| G||*-5---5-----5----5--5---5-----5----5--5---5-----5----5--5--5-5-5-5-8----*|| D||*-5---5-----5----5--5---5-----5----5--5---5-----5----5--5--5-5-5-5-8----*|| A||--3---3-----3----3--3---3-----3----3--3---3-----3----3--3--3-3-3-3-6-----|| E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|| 3rd Solo (Rhythm Guitar) E5 E5 E5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 G5 A5 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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----4---5---|-4-----4-----4-----4-----5---7---| A|-2-----2-----2-----2-----4---5---|-4-----4-----4-----4-----5---7---| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---3---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3---5---| G5 G5 G5 G5 A5 B5 e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|---10-9-7-9-7--------------------------| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----7---9---|-7------------10-9-10-9-7----7---------| A|-5-----5-----5-----5-----7---9---|--------------------------10---10-7----| E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5---7---|------------------------------------10-| Verse 2 D5 E5 F5 D5 G5 G5 D5 D5 E5 F5 D5 G5 E5 E5 E5 F5 G5 E5 F5 G5 E5 F5 G5 F5 D5 e|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| B|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| G|-7----9--10-7--12-12-7-----|-7----9--10-7--12-9--9-----|-9----10-12----9--9-10-12--|----9--9-10-12----10-7-----| D|-7----9--10-7--12-12-7-----|-7----9--10-7--12-9--9-----|-9----10-12----9--9-10-12--|----9--9-10-12----10-7-----| A|-5----7--8--5--10-10-5-----|-5----7--8--5--10-7--7-----|-7----8--10----7--7-8--10--|----7--7-8--10----8--5-----| E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| Mother Russia, dance at the Tsars Hold up your heads be proud of what you are Now it has come freedom at last Turning the tides of history and your past D5 E5 F5 D5 G5 G5 D5 D5 E5 F5 D5 G5 E5 E5 E5 F5 G5 E5 F5 G5 E5 F5 D5 e|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| B|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| G|-7----9--10-7--12-12-7-----|-7----9--10-7--12-9--9-----|-9--9-10-12----9--9-10-12--|----9----------10----7-----| D|-7----9--10-7--12-12-7-----|-7----9--10-7--12-9--9-----|-9--9-10-12----9--9-10-12--|----9----------10----7-----| A|-5----7--8--5--10-10-5-----|-5----7--8--5--10-7--7-----|-7--7-8--10----7--7-8--10--|----7----------8-----5-----| E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| Mother Russia, dance at the Tsars Hold up your heads remember who you are Can you release the anger, the grief Can you be happy now your people are free Repeat Bridge (Clean Sound) Notation Legend ~ - Vibrato / - Slide