{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2814452,"song":"Rime Of The Ancient Mariner","artist":"Iron Maiden","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2814452-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-chords-by-iron-maiden/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2814452?type=chord","rating":4.79315,"votes":13,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHear the rime of the ancient mariner[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSee his eye as he stops one of three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMesmerises one of the wedding guests[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nStay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the music plays on, as the bride passes by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCaught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDriven south to the land of the snow and ice[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo a place where nobody's been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThrough the snow fog flies on the albatross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the ship sails on, back to the north[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrough the fog and ice and the albatross follows on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude 1]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe mariner kills the bird of good omen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis shipmates cry against what he's done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut when the fog clears, they justify him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd make themselves a part of the crime[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSailing on and on and north across the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSailing on and on and north 'til all is calm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe albatross begins with its vengeance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA terrible curse, a thirst has begun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbout his neck, the dead bird is hung[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the curse goes on and on and on at sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the curse goes on and on for them and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Day after day, day after day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe stuck nor breath nor motion[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWater, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWater, water everywhere nor any drop to drink\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"There\", calls the mariner, \"There comes a ship over the line\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee... onward she comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOnward she nears, out of the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee, she has no crew[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe has no life, wait but there's two[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDeath and she life in death[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey throw their dice for the crew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe wins the mariner and he belongs to her now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen, crew one by one[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey drop down dead, two hundred men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe, she, life in death[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe lets him live, her chosen one[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude 2]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] x3\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Amaj7/C#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]A+[/ch] [ch]G+[/ch] [ch]A+[/ch] [ch]F#+[/ch]\r\n[ch]A+[/ch] [ch]G+[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A+[/ch]\r\nOne after one by the star dogged moon[/tab]\r\n\r\nToo quick for groan or sigh\r\n[tab][ch]F#+[/ch]\r\nEach turned his face with a ghastly pang[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd cursed me with his eye\r\n[tab][ch]A+[/ch]\r\nFour times fifty living men[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I heard nor sigh nor groan\r\n[tab]                [ch]G+[/ch]\r\nWith heavy thump, a lifeless lump[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey dropped down one by one\r\n\r\n[ch]A+[/ch] [ch]F#+[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm/A[/ch] [ch]Cm/G[/ch] [ch]Dm/A[/ch] [ch]Bm/F#[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude 3]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D5[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Dsus4[/ch]       [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nThe curse it lives on in their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Dsus4[/ch]          [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nThe mariner he wished he'd die[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dsus2[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAlong with the sea creatures[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus2[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nBut they lived on, so did he[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Dsus4[/ch]        [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nAnd by the light of the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus4[/ch]      [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nHe prays for their beauty not doom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus2[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith heart he blesses them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dsus2[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nGod's creatures all of them too[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]       [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nThen the spell starts to break[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nThe albatross falls from his neck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nSinks down like lead into the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen down in falls comes the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude 4]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo 1]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x4\r\n\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo 2]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x4\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude 5]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x4\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHear the groans of the long dead seamen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSee them stir and they start to rise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBodies lifted by good spirits[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNone of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd revenge is still sought, penance starts again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCast into a trance and the nightmare carries on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow the curse is finally lifted[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the mariner sights his home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSpirits go from the long dead bodies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nForm their own light and the mariner's left alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude 6]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then a boat came sailing towards him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was a joy he could not believe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe pilot's boat, his son and the hermit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPenance of life will fall onto him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the ship sinks like lead into the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe mariner's bound to tell of his story[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo tell this tale wherever he goes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo teach God's word by his own example[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat we must love all things that God made[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the tale goes on and on and on and on[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm C D x2\nEm G D Em D\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 1]\nEm G/B Em D x2\nEm D\n\nC D C D x2\nEm D\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm G D Em\nEm G D\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 2]\nF#m Am Em F G x2\n\nEm D Em C Eb x3\nEm D Em\nAm E F# Amaj7/C#\n\n\n[Bridge]\nA+ G+ A+ F#+\nA+ G+\n\n\n\nToo quick for groan or sigh\n\n\nAnd cursed me with his eye\n\n\nAnd I heard nor sigh nor groan\n\n\nThey dropped down one by one\n\nA+ F#+\n\nDm/A Cm/G Dm/A Bm/F# x2\n\n\n[Interlude 3]\nD Dsus4 D5 x2\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 4]\nAm F G Am G x2\n\n\n[Guitar Solo 1]\nAm F G Am G x4\n\n\n[Guitar Solo 2]\nEm C D Em D x4\n\n\n[Interlude 5]\nEm C D Em D x4\n\nEm C D Em D x2\n\nE Em E Em E\n\n\n[Verse 10]\nEm C D x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude 6]\nEm G/B Em D x2\nEm D\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 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