Chords
[Intro]
E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5
E5
[Verse 1]
E5 Hear the rime of the ancient mariner
See his eye as he stops one of three
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests
C5Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea E5
And the C5music plays on, as the bride passes by
D5Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his E5tale
[Verse 2]
E5 Driven south to the land of the snow and ice
To a place where nobody's been
Through the snow fog flies on the albatross
C5Hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings E5
And the C5ship sails on, back to the north
D5Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on E5
[Break]
E5 C5 D5 C5
D5 E5
[Verse 3]
E5 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 C5on and on and northD5 across the sea E5
Sailing C5on and on and northD5 'til all is calm E5
[Verse 4]
E5 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 C5curse goes on and onD5 and on at sea E5
And the C5thirst goes on and onD5 for them and me E5
[Verse 5]
E5"Day after day, day after day
We stuck nor breath nor motion
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
D5Water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink
E5Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink"
[Verse 6]
E5 "There,"E5 calls the mariner, "There comes a ship over line
But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide?"
C5See... onward she comes
Onward she A5nears, out of the sun
C5See, she has no crew
She has no A5life, wait but there's two
[Verse 7]
E5Death and she life in death
They throw their dice for the crew
She wins the mariner and he belongs to her now
C5Then... crew one by one
They drop down A5dead, two hundred men
C5She... she, life in death
She lets him A5live, her chosen one
[Break 1]
F#5 A5 E5 F5
G5 F#5 A5 E5
F5 G5
[Break 2]
E5 C5 Eb5 E5 C5 Eb5
E5 C5 Eb5 E5
[Interlude]
A5 Aaug Gaug Aaug
F#aug Aaug Gaug
Aaug "One after one by the star dogged moon
Too quick for groan or sigh
F#augEach turned his face with a ghastly pang
And cursed me with his eye
Aaug Four times fifty living men
(And I heard nor sigh nor groan)
With heavy thump,Gaug a lifeless lump
They dropped down one by one."
Aaug F#aug Dm Cm
Dm Bm Dm Cm
Dm Bm
[Bridge]
D5
[Verse 8]
The D5curse 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 9]
D5And 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 10]
D5Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the sea
Then down in falls comes the A5rain
[Bridge 2]
A5 F5 G5 A5 G5 A5
F5 G5 A5 G5
[Solo]
A5 F5 G5 A5 G5 A5
F5 G5 A5 G5 A5 F5
G5 A5 G5 A5 F5 G5 A5 G5
E5 C5 D5 E5 D5 E5
C5 D5 E5 D5 E5 C5
D5 E5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 D5
[Break]
E5 C5 D5 E5 D5 E5
C5 D5 E5 D5 E5 C5
D5 E5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 D5
E5 C5 D5 E5 D5 E5
C5 D5 E5 D5
[Bridge]
E5
[Main Riff]
E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5
[Verse 11]
E5 Hear the groans of the long dead seamen
See them stir and they start to rise
Bodies lifted by good spirits
C5None of them speak and they're lifeless in their eyes E5
And reC5venge is still sought, penance starts again
D5Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on E5
[Verse 12]
E5 Now the curse is finally lifted
And the mariner sights his home
Spirits go from the long dead bodies
C5Form their own light and the mariner's left alone E5
[Break]
E5 C5 D5 C5
D5 E5
[Verse 13]
E5 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 C5ship is sinks like leadD5 into the sea E5
And the C5hermit shrieves the maD5riner of his sins E5
[Verse 14]
E5 The mariner's bound to tell of his story
To tell this tale wherever he goes
To teach God's word by his own example
That we must love all things that God made
And the C5wedding guest's a sadD5 and wiser man E5
[Outro]
And the C5tale goes on and onD5 and on and on E5