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Iron Maiden – Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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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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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- —–
 
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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”

 
And the  
C5 
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 
Through the snow fog flies on the albatross  
C5 
hailed in God’s name,
 
Riff  
B 
E5

hoping good luck it brings.

 
And the  
C5 
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.
 
Sailing  
C5 
on and on and  
D5 
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 
There, calls the  
E5 
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 
She, she life in death, she lets him  
A 
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—94-
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—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~—w-
D 
———————————————–
A 
———————————————–
E 
———————————————–

(play twice)

 
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Mr.Scary (Gary Chapman)

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[email protected]

 
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Zikzak public access UNIX, Melbourne, Australia.

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