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Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden bass tab

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RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER - IRON MAIDEN
                -----------------------------------------

This piece of tab has been created using a big piece from a Hal Leonard
transcription to this song, that was once posted on the net.
I filled in the gaps (especially the first and last verses (at 114 bpm) and
the interludes at 114 bpm), with a little help from a guitar transcription.

Have fun playing it,  Wilbert Pol

Legend :
  w     - whole note          W - whole rest
  h     - half note           H - half rest
  q     - quarter note        Q - quarter rest
  e     - eigth note          E - eigth rest
  s     - sixteenth note      S - sixteenth rest
  t     - thirty-second note  T - thirty-second rest
  +     - sustain into next note
  .     - multiply note/rest length by 1.5 ie.  e.  = e + s
  {3}   - a triplet

ca 114 bpm
---------||-------------------------|----------------------|
-5-4-----||-------------------------|----------------------|
-----7-5-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-5--7-|
---------||-------------------------|----------------------|
 s s s s    e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e e e. s

|---------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-5-|
|---------------------------|-------------------|
  (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e e q

|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----|-5-4-----5-4-----5-5-----4---|
|-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-|-----7-5-----7-5-----5-7---7-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s   s s s s s s s s e e s s s s
                                                    . .

|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
  (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e

verse 1,2
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||-o--------------------------|-----------------------4---|
||-o--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
      e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

2x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o-||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--o-||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e

Interlude
|-----------------------4-|-------------------------|
|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|
|-----7-------------7-----|-----7-------------7---5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  s s s s e s s s s s s q   s s s s e s s s s s s q
          .                         .

|-----------------------4-|---------------------------|
|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-5-----4---|
|-----7-------------7-----|-----7-------------5-7---7-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  s s s s e s s s s s s q   s s s s e s s e e s s s s
          .                         .     . .

|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
  (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e s s e e

|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------4---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---7-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e e s s s s
                                      . .

|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
  (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e

verse 3,4
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||-o--------------------------|-----------------------4---|
||-o--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
      e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4-------------|
|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s s s s s e s s e e   (e) s s s s s s e s s q
  .             .

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

2x
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4------------o-||
|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-5--o-||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
  e s s s s s s e s s e e   (e) s s s s s s q e e
  .             .

verse 5
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----|-5-4-----5-4-----5-5-----4---|
|-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-|-----7-5-----7-5-----5-7---7-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s   s s s s s s s s e e s s s s
                                                    . .

|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
  (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----|-5-4-----5-4-----5-5-----4---||
|-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-|-----7-5-----7-5-----5-7---7-||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
  s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s   s s s s s s s s e e s s s s
                                                    . .

ca 162 bpm
  verse 6,7
||----------|-------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o--------|-------|-------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-5-4-|-------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-5-4-|
||-o--7-----|-7-----|-7-7-7-------------------|-7-7-7-------------------|
||----0-----|-0-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
      q  H.   q  H.   e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
      .       .       { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|-------|-------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------|-------|-------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-5-4-|-------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-5-4-|
|-7-----|-7-----|-7-7-7-------------------|-7-7-7-------------------|
|-0-----|-0-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  q  H.   q  H.   e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  .       .       { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
|-0-0-0-------------5-5-5-|-0-0-0-------------5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
|-0-0-0-------------5-5-5-|-0-0-0-------------5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|-3-3-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
|-0-0-0-------------5-5-5-|-0-0-0-------------5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

2x
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4--------o-||
|-0-0-0-------------5-5-5-|-0-0-0-------------5-5-5--o-||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o--4-6-7-5-4---4-6-7-5-4---|-4-6-7-5-4---4-6-7-5-4---|
||-o------------4-----------4-|-----------4-----------4-|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
      e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
      { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7---|-7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7---|
|------------7------------7-|------------7------------7-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
  e e e  e e e e e e  e e e   e e e  e e e e e e  e e e
  { 3 }  { 3 } { 3 }  { 3 }   { 3 }  { 3 } { 3 }  { 3 }

|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7---|-7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7---|
|------------7------------7-|------------7------------7-|
  e e e  e e e e e e  e e e   e e e  e e e e e e  e e e
  { 3 }  { 3 } { 3 }  { 3 }   { 3 }  { 3 } { 3 }  { 3 }

2x
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------o-||
|-8-10-11-10-8---8-10-11-10-8---|-10-12-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----o-||
|--------------8--------------8-|----------------10----------------10---||
  e e  e  e  e e e e  e  e  e e   e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
  { 3  }  { 3  } { 3  }  { 3  }   {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o--5-----------5-----------|-5-----------7-7-7-7-5-4-|
||-o----7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-7-7-------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
      e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
      { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|1,2,3.                                             |
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-5-----------5-----------|----------------------o-||
|---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6--o-||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e q
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|4.                    q = q. 12/8
|---------------------|--------------------|-6-------||
|-5-----------5-------|-7--4-7-4-----8-----|-7-------||
|---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|----------7-9-------|-0-------||
|---------------------|--------------------|---------||
  e e e e e e e e e q   q. e e e e q q  Q
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }        { 3 }
                        rit.-------------------------

4/4  ca 66 bpm
|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|
|----11-------11-------11-------11----|----11-------11-------11-------11----|
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------|-12-------12-------12-------12-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

|------8------8------8------8-|------8------8------8------8-||
|----9------9------9------9---|----9------9------9------9---||
|-10-----10-----10-----10-----|-10-----10-----10-----10-----||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
  e  e e e  e e e  e e e  e e   e  e e e  e e e  e e e  e e
  { 3  } { 3  } { 3  } { 3  }   { 3  } { 3  } { 3  } { 3  }

2nd time verse 8
||---------10-------10-------10-------10-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|
||-o----11-------11-------11-------11----|----11-------11-------11-------11----|
||-o-12-------12-------12-------12-------|-12-------12-------12-------12-------|
||---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
     {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|
|---8-----8-----8-----8---|---8-----8-----8-----8---|
|-9-----9-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9-----9-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|
|----11-------11-------11-------11----|----11-------11-------11-------11----|
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------|-12-------12-------12-------12-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

2x
|------8------8------8------8-|------8------8------8------8---||
|----9------9------9------9---|----9------9------9------9---o-||
|-10-----10-----10-----10-----|-10-----10-----10-----10-----o-||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
  e  e e e  e e e  e e e  e e   e  e e e  e e e  e e e  e e
  { 3  } { 3  } { 3  } { 3  }   { 3  } { 3  } { 3  } { 3  }

|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|
|----11-------11-------11-------11----|----11-------11-------11-------11----|
|-12-------12-------12-------12-------|-12-------12-------12-------12-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----7-----7-||
|---8-----8-----8-----8---|---8-----8-----8-----8---||
|-9-----9-----9-----9-----|-9-----9-----9-----9-----||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

||---10-------10-------10-------10-------|-10-------10-------10-------10-------|
||-o----12-------12-------12-------12----|----12-------12-------12-------12----|
||-o-------12-------12-------12-------12-|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|
||---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
     e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
     {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

|-8-------8-------8-------8-------|-8-------8-------8-------8-------|
|---10------10------10------10----|---10------10------10------10----|
|------10------10------10------10-|------10------10------10------10-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  e e  e  e e  e  e e  e  e e  e    e e  e  e e  e  e e  e  e e  e
  { 3  }  { 3  }  { 3  }  { 3  }    { 3  }  { 3  }  { 3  }  { 3  }

|-10-------10-------10-------10-------|-10-------10-------10-------10-------|
|----12-------12-------12-------12----|----12-------12-------12-------12----|
|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

|1.
|-7-----7-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7-----7-------||
|---9-----9-----9-----9---|---9-----9-----9-----9---o-||
|-----9-----9-----9-----9-|-----9-----9-----9-----9-o-||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

|2.
|-7-----7-----7-----7---7---|-(7)----------||
|---9-----9-----9-----9---9-|-(9)----------||
|-----9-----9-----9---------|--9-----------||
|---------------------------|--------------||
  e e e e e e e e e e e s s
  { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } {  3  }

ca 180 bpm
|-11-----11-----11---|-12-----12-----12---|-14-----14-----14---|
|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  e  e e e  e e e  e   e  e e e  e e e  e   e  e e e  e e e  e

|---14-----14---14---|-11-----11-----11---|-12-----12-----12---|
|-0----0-0----0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  e e  e e e  e e  e   e  e e e  e e e  e   e  e e e  e e e  e

|-14-----14-----14---|---14-----14---14---||
|----0-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0----0----0-||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
  e  e e e  e e e  e   e e  e e e  e e  e

verse 9,10
||---11-----11-----11---|-12-----11-----12---|-14-----14-----14---|
||-o----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
||-o--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
     e  e e e  e e e  e   e  e e e  e e e  e   e  e e e  e e e  e

|---14-----14---14---|-11-----11-----11---|-12-----11-----12---|
|-0----0-0----0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
  e e  e e e  e e  e   e  e e e  e e e  e   e  e e e  e e e  e

|-14-----14-----14---|---14-----14---14---|-9-----9-----9---|
|----0-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0----0----0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
  e  e e e  e e e  e   e e  e e e  e e  e   e e e e e e e e

|-10-----10-----10---|-9-----9-----9---|-10-----10-----10---|
|----0-0----0-0----0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
  e  e e e  e e e  e   e e e e e e e e   e  e e e  e e e  e

2x
|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7---7-----||
|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-o-||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------o-||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------||

verse 11
|-5-----5-----5---|-3-------5-------|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7---7---|
|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

|-5-----5-----5---|-3-------5-------|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7---7---|
|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

|-5-----5-----5---|-3-----3-----3---|-5-----5-----5---|-7-----7-----7---|
|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e

|-5-----5-----5---|-3-------5-5-|-7-----7-------7-|-(7)-7---7---7---7-||
|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0-0-----|---0-0---0-0-0---|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------0---0---0---||
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------||
  e e e e e e e e   e e e e q q   e e e e e e e e   (e) e e e e e e e

12/8
 q. = ca 140
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-|-------------------------|
|-------0---------0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
  q e e e e q e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-2-0-|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
     e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

2x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3---||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

Guitar Solo #1
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-2-0-|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
     e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3---||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

Guitar Solo #2
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||-------------------------0-|-----------------------0-|
     e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-o-||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

Harmony Guitar Interlude
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
     e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

4x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-o-||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

||---------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||---------------------------|-------------------------|
     e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

2x
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-o-||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

16/8
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-o-9-9-9-7-7-7-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-5-----|-9-9-9-7-7-7-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-5-----|
||-o-----------------------------8---|-----------------------------8---|
||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
     e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e E   e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e E

12/8
|1,2.
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o-||
|-----------------------0-|-----------------------0---||
  e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

4/4  ca 114 bpm (Intro feel)
|3.
|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-5--7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e e e e e. s   (e) s s e s s e s s e s s

verse 12
|-------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-5-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e e q    e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e

verse 13
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e e s s s s

|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7---5-|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------------------|---------------------||
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s q

interlude
|-----------------------4-|-------------------------|
|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|
|-----7-------------7-----|-----7-------------7---5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  s s s s e s s s s s s q   s s s s e s s s s s s q
          .                         .

|-----------------------4-|---------------------------|
|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-5-----4---|
|-----7-------------7-----|-----7-------------5-7---7-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  s s s s e s s s s s s q   s s s s e s s e e s s s s
          .                         .     . .

|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
  (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e s s e e

|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------4---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---7-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e e s s s s
                                      . .

|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
  (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e

verse 14
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4---------------|
|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s s s s s e s s e e   (e) s s s s s s e s s e e
  .             .

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4---------------||
|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-5-||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
  e s s s s s s e s s e e   (e) s s s s s s e s s e e
  .             .

verse 15
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4---------------|
|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-5-|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
  e s s s s s s e s s e e   (e) s s s s s s e s s e e
  .             .

|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
  e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e
                    rit-----------------------------

Harm.--------
|--------------5---------------||
|------------5---5-------------||
|-7--------5-------5-----------||
|-0------------------5---------||
          let ring -------

verse 1.
  Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner
  see his eyes as he stops one of three
  mesmerises one of the wedding guests
  stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea

and the music plays on as the bride passes by
  caught by his spell and the Mariner tells his tale

verse 2.
  Driver south to the land of the snow and ice
  to a place where nobody's been
  through the snow fog flies on the albatross
  hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings

and the ship sails on, back to the North
  through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on

verse 3.
  The Mariner kills the bird of good omen
  his shipmates cry against what he's done
  but when the fog clears, they justify him
  and make themselves a part of the crime

sailing on and North across the sea
  sailing on and North 'til all is calm

verse 4.
  The albatross begins with its vengeance
  a terrible curse a thirst has begun
  his shipmates blame bad luck on the Mariner
  about his neck, the dead bird is hung

and the curse goes on and on at sea
  and the curse goes on and on for them and me

verse 5.
  "Day after day, day after day, we struck nor breath nor motion
  as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
  water, water, everywhere and all the boards did shrink
  water, water, everywhere nor any drop to drink"

verse 6.
  There, calls the Mariner, there comes a ship over the line
  but how can she sail with no wind and no tide

See ...onward she comes
  onward she nears, out of the sun
  See ...she has no crew
  she has no life, wait but there's two

verse 7.
  Death and she Life in Death, they throw their dice for the crew
  she wins the Mariner and he belongs to her now

Then ...crew one by one
  they drop down dead, two hundred men
  She ...she, Life in Death
  she lets him live, her chosen one

verse 8. (Narrative)
  "One after one by the star dogged moon, too quick for 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"

verse 9.
  The curse it lives on in their eyes
  the Mariner he wished he'd die
  along with the sea creatures
  but they lived on, so did he

verse 10.
  And by the light of the moon
  he prays for their beauty not doom
  with heart he blesses them
  God's creatures all of them too

verse 11.
  Then the spell starts to break
  the albatross falls from his neck
  sinks down like lead into the Sea
  then down in falls comes the rain

verse 12.
  Hear the groans of the long dead seaman
  see them stir and start to rise
  bodies lifted by good spirits
  none of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyes

And revenge is still sought, penance start again
  cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on

verse 13.
  Now the curse is finally lifted
  and the Mariner sights his home
  spirits go from the long dead bodies
  form their own light and the Mariner's left alone

verse 14.
  And then a boat came sailing towards him
  it was a joy he could not believe
  the Pilot's boat, his son and the hermit
  penance of life will fall onto Him

and the ship it sinks like lead into the sea
  and the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins

verse 15.
  The Mariner's bound to tell his story
  to tell his tale wherever he goes
  to teach God's word by his own example
  that we must love all things that God made

And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man
  and the tale goes on and on and on
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Song nameRime Of The Ancient Mariner »
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