Iron Maiden - Mother Russia bass tab

Intro 1 Intro 2

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D||--12-12-12--------------15-14-15-| |--12-12-12--------------15-14-15--14-|

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Intro 3

Play intro 1 again |-----------15--12--14--------------------------||

then play intro 3 |--12-12-12-------------15-14-15--14---12-11-12-||

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Riff 1

G||---2--2--3--0--2--2--0--0-| play 3 |---------0-----0------||

D||--0--0--0--0--0--3--0--2--| times |---3--3-----3-----2-0-||

A||--------------------------| then play |--3--3--3--3--3--3----||

E||--------------------------| |----------------------||

riff 2

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D||----7--7--5-7-8--8---7-5---| |----7--7--5-7-8--8---7-|

A||--5----------------------8-| |--5--------------------|

E||---------------------------| |-----------------------|

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|----7--7--5-7-8--8---7-5---| |----5--5--2-3-5-5-3-2-0-|| play riff 2

|--5----------------------8-| |--3---------------------|| 2 times

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verse 1 part 1

Mother russia how are you sleeping middle winter cold winds blow

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from the trees the snowflakes driting

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swirling round like ghosts in the snow

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verse 1 part 2

Mother Russia poetry majestic tells the time of a great empire

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D||----------------8-8-8-10-8-7---| |--------------------8-8-8-10-7-||

A||--8--10--12--8---------------8-| |--8-----10--12---8-------------||

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turning round the old man ponders

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reminiscing an age gone by

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Now play riff 2 two times

Interlude 1 *1 *2

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D||--2-2---------7-7-----5-5-7-7-4-4-| |--2-2---------7-7-----5-5-4-|

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repeat |------------------------|

interlude 1 |------5-5-7-7-5-5-7-4---|

*1 |--5-5-----------------5-| repeat entire interlude 1

then play |------------------------|

Interlude 2 *1 *2

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D||------5-5-6-6-3-3-5-5-1-1-3-3-0-0-| |------5-5-6-6-3-3-5-5-1-1-0-|

A||--3-3-----------------------------| |--3-3-----------------------|

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repeat |----------------------------| Now play interlude 2 *1

interlude 2 |------1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-0-0---| then 2 *2 and 2 *1 again

*1 |--3-3---------------------3-|

then play |----------------------------| Then finally play this:

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D||------1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-0-0-||

A||--1-1---------------------||

E||--------------------------|| The next riff goes along with the drums

Listen to recording for exact timing

Guitars play some notes in between the

bass lines

Pre solo

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Solo riff 1

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D||----------------------------------------|| play four times

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E||--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-5-||

Solo riff 2

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D||----------------------------------------|| play four times

A||--3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-6-||

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Solo riff 3

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D||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-9-9-10-10--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-10-12-12-|

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|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-12-12-14-14-|

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|--5-----------8-7-8-7-5---5-------|| play solo riff 3 three times

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verse 2

Mother Russia dance of the tsars hold up your head be proud of what you are

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Now it has come freedom at last turning the tides of history and your past

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