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
G|---------||-------------------------|----------------------|
D|-5-4-----||-------------------------|----------------------|
A|-----7-5-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-5--7-|
E|---------||-------------------------|----------------------|
  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

G|---------------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------|
A|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-5-|
E|---------------------------|-------------------|
   (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e e q

G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----|-5-4-----5-4-----5-5-----4---|
A|-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-|-----7-5-----7-5-----5-7---7-|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
   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
                                                    . .

G|---------------------------|-----------------------||
D|---------------------------|-----------------------||
A|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-||
E|---------------------------|-----------------------||
   (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
G||----------------------------|---------------------------|
D||-o--------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A||-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||----------------------------|---------------------------|
       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

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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 s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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
G|-------------------------|--------------------------||
D|-------------------------|------------------------o-||
A|-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|-------------------------|--------------------------||
   e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e


[Interlude]

G|-----------------------4-|-------------------------|
D|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|
A|-----7-------------7-----|-----7-------------7---5-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   s s s s e s s s s s s q   s s s s e s s s s s s q
           .                         .

G|-----------------------4-|---------------------------|
D|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-5-----4---|
A|-----7-------------7-----|-----7-------------5-7---7-|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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
           .                         .     . .

G|---------------------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------|
   (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e s s e e

G|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------4---|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---7-|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e e s s s s
                                       . .

G|---------------------------|-----------------------||
D|---------------------------|-----------------------||
A|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-||
E|---------------------------|-----------------------||
   (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]

G||----------------------------|---------------------------|
D||-o--------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A||-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||----------------------------|---------------------------|
       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

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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 s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4-------------|
A|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-7-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   e s s s s s s e s s e e   (e) s s s s s s e s s q
   .             .

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   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
G|-------------------------|--------------------------||
D|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4------------o-||
A|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-5--o-||
E|-------------------------|--------------------------||
   e s s s s s s e s s e e   (e) s s s s s s q e e
   .             .


[Verse 5]

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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 s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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 s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----|-5-4-----5-4-----5-5-----4---|
A|-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-|-----7-5-----7-5-----5-7---7-|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
   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
                                                     . .

G|---------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-(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) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
D|-5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----5-4-----|-5-4-----5-4-----5-5-----4---||
A|-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5-|-----7-5-----7-5-----5-7---7-||
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
   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]

G||----------|-------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-o--------|-------|-------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-5-4-|-------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-5-4-|
A||-o--7-----|-7-----|-7-7-7-------------------|-7-7-7-------------------|
E||----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 }

G|-------|-------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------|-------|-------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-5-4-|-------4-4-4-5-5-5-7-5-4-|
A|-7-----|-7-----|-7-7-7-------------------|-7-7-7-------------------|
E|-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 }

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
A|-3-3-0-------------5-5-5-|-3-3-0-------------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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
A|-3-3-0-------------5-5-5-|-3-3-0-------------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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
A|-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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
A|-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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
A|-3-3-0-------------5-5-5-|-3-3-0-------------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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
A|-3-3-0-------------5-5-5-|-3-3-0-------------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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|
A|-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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

                                                         2x
G|-------------------------|----------------------------||
D|-------5-5-5-4-5-4-------|-------5-5-5-4-5-4--------o-||
A|-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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G||----------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-o--4-6-7-5-4---4-6-7-5-4---|-4-6-7-5-4---4-6-7-5-4---|
A||-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 e
       { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7---|-7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7---|
A|------------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 e
   { 3 }  { 3 } { 3 }  { 3 }   { 3 }  { 3 } { 3 }  { 3 }

G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7---|-7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7---|
E|------------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
G|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------o-||
A|-8-10-11-10-8---8-10-11-10-8---|-10-12-13-12-10----10-12-13-12-10----o-||
E|--------------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  }

G||----------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-o--5-----------5-----------|-5-----------7-7-7-7-5-4-|
A||-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 e
       { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

 |1,2,3.                                             |
G|-------------------------|------------------------||
D|-5-----------5-----------|----------------------o-||
A|---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 e q
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }


 |4.                    q = q. 12/8
G|---------------------|--------------------|-6-------||
D|-5-----------5-------|-7--4-7-4-----8-----|-7-------||
A|---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|----------7-9-------|-0-------||
E|---------------------|--------------------|---------||
   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
G|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|
D|----11-------11-------11-------11----|----11-------11-------11-------11----|
A|-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  e
   {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

G|------8------8------8------8-|------8------8------8------8-||
D|----9------9------9------9---|----9------9------9------9---||
A|-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 e
   { 3  } { 3  } { 3  } { 3  }   { 3  } { 3  } { 3  } { 3  }


[Verse 8]    2nd time 

G||---------10-------10-------10-------10-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|
D||-o----11-------11-------11-------11----|----11-------11-------11-------11----|
A||-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  e
      {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

G|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|
D|---8-----8-----8-----8---|---8-----8-----8-----8---|
A|-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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|
D|----11-------11-------11-------11----|----11-------11-------11-------11----|
A|-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  e
   {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

                                                               2x
G|------8------8------8------8-|------8------8------8------8---||
D|----9------9------9------9---|----9------9------9------9---o-||
A|-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 e
   { 3  } { 3  } { 3  } { 3  }   { 3  } { 3  } { 3  } { 3  }

G|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|-------10-------10-------10-------10-|
D|----11-------11-------11-------11----|----11-------11-------11-------11----|
A|-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  e
   {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

G|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----7-----7-----7-----7-||
D|---8-----8-----8-----8---|---8-----8-----8-----8---||
A|-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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

G||---10-------10-------10-------10-------|-10-------10-------10-------10-------|
D||-o----12-------12-------12-------12----|----12-------12-------12-------12----|
A||-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  e
      {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

G|-8-------8-------8-------8-------|-8-------8-------8-------8-------|
D|---10------10------10------10----|---10------10------10------10----|
A|------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  e
   { 3  }  { 3  }  { 3  }  { 3  }    { 3  }  { 3  }  { 3  }  { 3  }

G|-10-------10-------10-------10-------|-10-------10-------10-------10-------|
D|----12-------12-------12-------12----|----12-------12-------12-------12----|
A|-------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  e
   {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }    {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }  {  3  }

 |1.
G|-7-----7-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7-----7-------||
D|---9-----9-----9-----9---|---9-----9-----9-----9---o-||
A|-----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 e
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } { 3 }

 |2.
G|-7-----7-----7-----7---7---|-(7)----------||
D|---9-----9-----9-----9---9-|-(9)----------||
A|-----9-----9-----9---------|--9-----------||
E|---------------------------|--------------||
   e e e e e e e e e e e s s
   { 3 } { 3 } { 3 } {  3  }

   ca 180 bpm
G|-11-----11-----11---|-12-----12-----12---|-14-----14-----14---|
D|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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

G|---14-----14---14---|-11-----11-----11---|-12-----12-----12---|
D|-0----0-0----0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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

G|-14-----14-----14---|---14-----14---14---||
D|----0-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0----0----0-||
A|--------------------|--------------------||
E|--------------------|--------------------||
   e  e e e  e e e  e   e e  e e e  e e  e


[Verse 9,10]

G||---11-----11-----11---|-12-----11-----12---|-14-----14-----14---|
D||-o----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
A||-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  e

G|---14-----14---14---|-11-----11-----11---|-12-----11-----12---|
D|-0----0-0----0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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

G|-14-----14-----14---|---14-----14---14---|-9-----9-----9---|
D|----0-0----0-0----0-|-0----0-0----0----0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|
A|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
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

G|-10-----10-----10---|-9-----9-----9---|-10-----10-----10---|
D|----0-0----0-0----0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|----0-0----0-0----0-|
A|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
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

                                                                        2x
G|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7---7-----||
D|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-o-||
A|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------o-||
E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------||


[Verse 11]

G|-5-----5-----5---|-3-------5-------|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7---7---|
D|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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 e

G|-5-----5-----5---|-3-------5-------|-7-----7-----7---|---7-----7---7---|
D|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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 e

G|-5-----5-----5---|-3-----3-----3---|-5-----5-----5---|-7-----7-----7---|
D|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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 e

G|-5-----5-----5---|-3-------5-5-|-7-----7-------7-|-(7)-7---7---7---7-||
D|---0-0---0-0---0-|---0-0-0-----|---0-0---0-0-0---|-------------------||
A|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------0---0---0---||
E|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------||
   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
G|---------------------|-------------------------|
D|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-|-------------------------|
A|-------0---------0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|---------------------|-------------------------|
   q e e e e q e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e

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-|
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

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-|
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

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-||
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

G||---------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
A||-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 e

                                                      2x
G|-------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
A|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
E|-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]

G||---------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
A||-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 e

                                                      4x
G|-------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
A|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
E|-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]

G||---------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
A||-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||-------------------------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
G|-------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
A|-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 e

   Harmony Guitar Interlude
G||---------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
A||-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 e

                                                       4x
G|-------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
A|-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 e

G||---------------------------|-------------------------|
D||-o-------------------------|-------------------------|
A||-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 e

                                                       2x
G|-------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
A|-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 e

    16/8
G||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||-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-----|
A||-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 E

   12/8
 |1,2.
G|-------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-------------------------|-------------------------o-||
A|-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-||
E|-----------------------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.
G|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
A|-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|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
   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]

G|-------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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 s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|-----------------------||
D|-------------------------|-----------------------||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-||
E|-------------------------|-----------------------||
   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]

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|---------------------4---|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---5-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e e s s s s

G|-----------------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7---5-|
E|-----------------------|---------------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e s s s s s s

G|-------------------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------------|---------------------||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
E|-------------------------|---------------------||
   e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s q


[Interlude]

G|-----------------------4-|-------------------------|
D|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|
A|-----7-------------7-----|-----7-------------7---5-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   s s s s e s s s s s s q   s s s s e s s s s s s q
          .                         .

G|-----------------------4-|---------------------------|
D|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-4---4---|-5-4---4-5-5-5-5-5-----4---|
A|-----7-------------7-----|-----7-------------5-7---7-|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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
          .                         .     . .

G|---------------------------|-----------------------|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------|
   (e) s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e e

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e s s e e

G|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------4---|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7---7-|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e e   e s s e s s e e s s s s
                                      . .

G|---------------------------|-----------------------||
D|---------------------------|-----------------------||
A|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-||
E|---------------------------|-----------------------||
   (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]

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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 s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4---------------|
A|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   e s s s s s s e s s e e   (e) s s s s s s e s s e e
   .             .

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4---------------||
A|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-5-||
E|-------------------------|---------------------------||
   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]

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------4---|
A|-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|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   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

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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 s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   e s s e s s e s s e s s   e s s e s s e s s e s s

G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------5-4---------------|---------5-4---------------|
A|-7-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7-5-7-7-7-5-5-|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
   e s s s s s s e s s e e   (e) s s s s s s e s s e e
   .             .

G|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|
   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.--------
G|--------------5---------------||
D|------------5---5-------------||
A|-7--------5-------5-----------||
E|-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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