Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner ========================================= 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---9\4-| 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)