Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden guitar tab (text):

- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner



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