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Rime Of The Ancient Mariner 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 -------


Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Rime Of The Ancient Mariner Bass Tab

Send "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/i/iron_maiden/120575.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Jordan Average	#1 by Jordan S. at Feb 23, 1972 at 11:04 AM EST
	This song is amazing. Its an epic and it goes through so many phases. Its easily one of their best.

No Picture Michael Average	#2 by Michael Balzary A.K.A FLEA at Oct 22, 1972 at 9:13 PM EST
	When I heard this song it was captivating. It IS great. I was frightend when it went past 10 minutes. It's the next longest song I've heard next to that Garden of Vida son by Iron Butterfly. But 13 minutes good God!

No Picture Brian Average	#3 by Brian Dempsey at Mar 27, 1977 at 8:40 AM EST
	This has to be the longest running song Maiden has ever made...and worth every minute!!!

No Picture Jesus Wanna Be	#4 by Jesus at Aug 30, 1979 at 5:41 PM EST
	thick as a brick by jethro tull (clocks at around 20 mins!) is the longest rock song I've heard and that is just about as amazing as this amazing song!

No Picture Steve Average	#5 by Steve at Apr 19, 1980 at 4:43 PM EST
	From what I heard it was also a strong reply to those that thougth that Iron Maiden were satanists after "Number of the Breast".

No Picture George Rhythm Player	#6 by George at Jul 12, 1985 at 1:11 PM EST
	This song is easily one of the best Maiden songs and the live version is in the ranking for my favourite song ever. My favorite bit has to be Bruce's hideous cackling after "then down in falls comes the raiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin" which leads into the blistering guitar solos from three guitars. An absolutely legendary song.

No Picture Green Day rocks Average	#7 by Green Day rocks!!!! at Dec 16, 1991 at 3:55 AM EST
	The poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a super awesome one. It's well worth the read especially if you really like this song. The poem is a great at sea adventure story and it has a lotta got literary devices and meanings such as punishment, justice, and redemption and the crap that the mariner go through after the albatross is killed and the gets revenge. A great song by a dope band. Go Iron Maiden.

No Picture Ashley Rhythm Player	#8 by Ashley 666 at Oct 15, 2005 at 4:38 AM EST
	This song is an absolutely remarkable paraphrase of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic poem by the same name. It is the song that got me hooked on Iron Maiden! I was in 9th grade English class in (gulp!) 1988, when we were studying the poem. Another student asked the teacher (an amazing and truly brilliant teacher who could keep an entire class captivated day after day) if he could bring in his Iron Maiden tape, which had the song. The teacher said he would review the lyrics first, and then we would listen the next day. I was floored by both the lyrics and the music. I became a fan that day. Anyhow, the teacher, who I might add again was a great mind IMHO, was thoroughly impressed with Steve Harris's job paraphrasing of the poem. JASGripen: The Simpsons is a show that truly does throw pearls at swine! For what it's worth, Maiden does, too.