Rime of the ancient mariner - Iron Maiden

Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
By Iron Maiden
Vocals
Vocals
Guitar 1
Guitar 1
Guitar 2
Guitar 2
Guitar 3
Guitar 3
Clean Guitar 1
Clean Guitar 1
Clean Guitar 2
Clean Guitar 2

English

Hear the rime of the ancient mariner
See his eyes as he stops one of three
Mesmerize is one of the wedding guests
Stay here and listen to the nightmare of the sea
And the music plays on as the bride passes by
Caught by his spell and the Mariner tells his tale
Driven south to the land of 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 ships sails on, back to the North
Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on
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 on and North across the sea
Sailing on and on and North 'till all is calm
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 and on at sea
And the thirst goes on and on for them and me
"Day after day, day after day, we stuck 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"
There calls the Mariner, there comes a ship over the line
But how can she sails with no wind in her sails 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
Death and she Life in Death they throw the 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
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
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
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
Hear the groan of the long dead seamen
See them stear and they 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 starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on
Now the cruise is finally lifted
And the Mariner sights his home
Spirits go from the long dead bodies
From their own light and the Mariner's left alone
And revenge is still sought, penance starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on
And then a boat came sailing toward him
It was a joy he couln't believe
The pilots boat, his son and the hermit
Penance of life will fall onto him
And the ship sinks down like lead into the sea
And the hermit shrieves the Mariner of his sins
The Mariner's bound to tell of 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