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Author/Artist: Iron Maiden
Title: Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Album: Powerslave
tab by: adb666

+ Tab Legend + 
+----------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Symbol | Explanation | 
+--------+-------------------------------------------------------+ 
| | | Bar line separating measures of music | 
| v(x) | Vibrato arm; number in ()'s is fret note to be | 
| | sounded, () is an unspecified dive | 
| ~ | Sustained/Held note | 
| x | Percussive note with no pitch; muted note | 
| ^ | Hammer on/Pull off | 
| b | Bend string up to indicated pitch/fret | 
| r | Release bend to indicated string/fret | 
| x/y | Slide from fret 'x' to 'y'; x/ is a slide to nowhere | 
| xy | Slide from fret 'x' down to 'y'; x is a slide to | 
| | nowhere | 
|  | Natural harmonic (lightly touch the string at fret | 
| | indicated in 's) | 
| |o o| | Repeat signs; play the measures between these an | 
| |o o| | additional time | 
|[xxxxxx]| Fret box; represents guitar neck: [EADGBe] | 
| PM --| | Palm Muting; lightly touch the strings at the bridge | 
+--------+-------------------------------------------------------+
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