Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden - Mother Russia bass tab
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Intro 1 Intro 2 G||-----------15--12--14------------| |-----------15--12--14----------------| D||--12-12-12--------------15-14-15-| |--12-12-12--------------15-14-15--14-| A||---------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| Intro 3 Play intro 1 again |-----------15--12--14--------------------------|| then play intro 3 |--12-12-12-------------15-14-15--14---12-11-12-|| |-----------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------|| Riff 1 G||---2--2--3--0--2--2--0--0-| play 3 |---------0-----0------|| D||--0--0--0--0--0--3--0--2--| times |---3--3-----3-----2-0-|| A||--------------------------| then play |--3--3--3--3--3--3----|| E||--------------------------| |----------------------|| riff 2 G||-------------------5-------| |-------------------5---| D||----7--7--5-7-8--8---7-5---| |----7--7--5-7-8--8---7-| A||--5----------------------8-| |--5--------------------| E||---------------------------| |-----------------------| |-------------------5-------| |------------------------|| |----7--7--5-7-8--8---7-5---| |----5--5--2-3-5-5-3-2-0-|| play riff 2 |--5----------------------8-| |--3---------------------|| 2 times |---------------------------| |------------------------|| verse 1 part 1 Mother russia how are you sleeping middle winter cold winds blow G||-------------------------------------| |------------------------------| D||-------------------------------------| |------------------------------| A||--5---7--8---5---10----10-----8--8---| |--5----7--8--5---10---10----8-| E||-------------------------------------| |------------------------------| from the trees the snowflakes driting |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |--5-----7---8-----5---10--10-----8---8--| |----------------------------------------| swirling round like ghosts in the snow |----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------|| |--3-----5----6---3------10-----10-------|| |------------------------------------12--|| verse 1 part 2 Mother Russia poetry majestic tells the time of a great empire G||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|| D||----------------8-8-8-10-8-7---| |--------------------8-8-8-10-7-|| A||--8--10--12--8---------------8-| |--8-----10--12---8-------------|| E||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|| turning round the old man ponders |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |--5-----7---8-----5---10--10-----8---8--| |----------------------------------------| reminiscing an age gone by |----------------------------|| |----------------------------|| |--3--5--6--3----10--10------|| |-------------------------12-|| Now play riff 2 two times Interlude 1 *1 *2 G||------4-4-5-5-----4-4-------------| |------4-4-5-5-----4-4-------| D||--2-2---------7-7-----5-5-7-7-4-4-| |--2-2---------7-7-----5-5-4-| A||----------------------------------| |----------------------------| E||----------------------------------| |----------------------------| repeat |------------------------| interlude 1 |------5-5-7-7-5-5-7-4---| *1 |--5-5-----------------5-| repeat entire interlude 1 then play |------------------------| Interlude 2 *1 *2 G||----------------------------------| |----------------------------| D||------5-5-6-6-3-3-5-5-1-1-3-3-0-0-| |------5-5-6-6-3-3-5-5-1-1-0-| A||--3-3-----------------------------| |--3-3-----------------------| E||----------------------------------| |----------------------------| repeat |----------------------------| Now play interlude 2 *1 interlude 2 |------1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-0-0---| then 2 *2 and 2 *1 again *1 |--3-3---------------------3-| then play |----------------------------| Then finally play this: G||--------------------------|| D||------1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-0-0-|| A||--1-1---------------------|| E||--------------------------|| The next riff goes along with the drums Listen to recording for exact timing Guitars play some notes in between the bass lines Pre solo G||----------------------------------------------| D||-------2-----------2---------------------4--2-| A||--2--5--------2--5--------2--5--3-------------| E||----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|| |-------2-----------2-----------------------2-|| |--2--5--------2--5--------2--5--3--------4---|| |---------------------------------------------|| Solo riff 1 G||----------------------------------------|| D||----------------------------------------|| play four times A||----------------------------------------|| E||--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-5-|| Solo riff 2 G||----------------------------------------|| D||----------------------------------------|| play four times A||--3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-6-|| E||----------------------------------------|| Solo riff 3 G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-9-9-10-10--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-10-10-12-12-| E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-12-12-14-14-| |---------------------------------------------------| |----8-7-5-7-5---------------------|| |--5-----------8-7-8-7-5---5-------|| play solo riff 3 three times |------------------------8---8-5---|| |--------------------------------8-|| verse 2 Mother Russia dance of the tsars hold up your head be proud of what you are G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D||---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A||--5-7---8---5---10--10-------------5------7----8--------5--------10-10---7-| E||----------------------------10---------------------------------------------| Now it has come freedom at last turning the tides of history and your past |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------8p7------7------------------------| |--7---7---8---10----7-7-7--8---10-----7-------10----10--8--7----8-8--7---5-| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|