Iron Maiden - Rime Of The Acient Mariner guitar tab
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Source: 'Powerslave' - [Remastered CD]
'Live After Death' - [Remastered CD]
Music and Lyrics by: Harris
Tuning: Standard - [EADGBe] (low to high)
Key Signature: E, D, A, E
Tone/Effects: Distortion, phaser
Notes: I have taken the liberty of changing some of the positions of the
riffs here, and reformatting everything so it is printable. If
you use pull-offs instead of picking every note, this song is
easier to play, and it makes going to the E5 chord much easier. I
have added some of the bass lines, but if anyone would like to
pull them and create/update a separate bass tab, please do so,
and let me know so I can remove them from this tab. If you have
corrections as far as the fingering positions are concerned,
please send them to me. If you are crazy enough to recreate this
song live (I am and have!) then this tab should be very helpful,
even though it is somewhat wordy.
Jimmy Pena - jimmy@walrus.com
Chords used:
A5 : [x022xx] E5 : [x79xxx]
C5 : [x355xx] F5 : [133xxx]
D5 : [x577xx] F#5 : [244xxx]
Eb5 : [x688xx] G5 : [355xxx]
Csus2: [x35533]
[Intro]:
e:-------------|------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------|------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------|------------------------------------5---7---9--| etc.
D:--5^4--------|-2------9------9------9------9------5---7---9--|
A:------7-5-7-|-2------7------7------7------7------3---5---7--|
E:-------------|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-------------|
PM ----------------------------------|
[Riff A]:
e:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-5^4---4--5^4---4--5^4---4--5^4---4--5^4---4--5^4---4--5--5------4----|
A:-----7--------7--------7--------7--------7--------7----------5^7---7-|
E:----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Riff B]:
e:------------------|
B:------------------|
G:------------------|
D:--------4---------|
A:---5^7----5^7-----|
E:------------------|
Verse: (note that on the 'Live After Death' version, the guitars play
between D5 and E5, I think to make the song more interesting)
E5
Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner,
[Riff B]
see his eye as he stops one of three
E5
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests -
C5 [Riff B] E5
Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea.
C5
And the music plays on as the bride passes by
D5 [Riff B]* E5
Caught by his spell and the Mariner tells his tale.
(* = I would suggest faking that little fill on the studio version)
D5 E5
Driven south the the land of the snow and ice,
[Riff B]
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]: (Murray is left channel, Smith is right channel) >----.
e:--------------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------------|L |
G:-------------------------7~-----------------------------|E /
D:-9^7---7-9--9-9-9-7----7----9^7---7-9--9-9-9^7---7------|F
