Iron Maiden - Mother Russia Chords & Tabs

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Bass tab 
Transcribed by Orsi Riccardo ( ygg@cln.it ) 

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"Mother Russia" by Steve Harris (from the album "No Prayer for the Dying")
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Intro 1					Intro 2G||-----------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 1G||---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 2G||-------------------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 blowG||-------------------------------------| |------------------------------|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 empireG||-------------------------------| |-------------------------------||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 timesInterlude 1	*1				    *2G||------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				*2G||----------------------------------| |----------------------------|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 linesPre soloG||----------------------------------------------|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 1G||----------------------------------------||D||----------------------------------------|| play four timesA||----------------------------------------||E||--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-5-||Solo riff 2G||----------------------------------------||D||----------------------------------------|| play four timesA||--3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-6-||E||----------------------------------------||Solo riff 3G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|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 areG||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|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-|  |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|repeat verse 2 and slow down last messureFinally play riff 1 two times and slow down at the end.