Mother Russia
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By Steve Harris for
Iron Maiden of the album
No prayer for the dying
Transcribed by Andreas Blomqvist, Sweden
Intro 1 Intro 2
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D||--12-12-12--------------15-14-15-| |--12-12-12--------------15-14-15--14-|
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Intro 3
Play intro 1 again |-----------15--12--14--------------------------||
then play intro 3 |--12-12-12-------------15-14-15--14---12-11-12-||
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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
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D||----7--7--5-7-8--8---7-5---| |----7--7--5-7-8--8---7-|
A||--5----------------------8-| |--5--------------------|
E||---------------------------| |-----------------------|
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|----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
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verse 1 part 1
Mother russia how are you sleeping middle winter cold winds blow
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from the trees the snowflakes driting
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swirling round like ghosts in the snow
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|--3-----5----6---3------10-----10-------||
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verse 1 part 2
Mother Russia poetry majestic tells the time of a great empire
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A||--8--10--12--8---------------8-| |--8-----10--12---8-------------||
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turning round the old man ponders
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reminiscing an age gone by
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|--3--5--6--3----10--10------||
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Now play riff 2 two times
Interlude 1 *1 *2
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D||--2-2---------7-7-----5-5-7-7-4-4-| |--2-2---------7-7-----5-5-4-|
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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
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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:
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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
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A||--2--5--------2--5--------2--5--3-------------|
E||----------------------------------------------|
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|-------2-----------2-----------------------2-||
|--2--5--------2--5--------2--5--3--------4---||
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Solo riff 1
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D||----------------------------------------|| play four times
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E||--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-5-||
Solo riff 2
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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
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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-|
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|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10-12-12-14-14-|
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|--5-----------8-7-8-7-5---5-------|| play solo riff 3 three times
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verse 2
Mother Russia dance of the tsars hold up your head be proud of what you are
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Now it has come freedom at last turning the tides of history and your past
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repeat verse 2 and slow down last messure
Finally play riff 1 two times and slow down at the end.
Finally Im done with this. Basically its the same scales throughout the song,
so if there are any misstakes they should be rather easy to correct
(if you bother doing so). I would also like to add that the bass fills in the
end of the verses arent 100% correct, but they are in the right scale so you
can play it without any notes sounding as if they werent ment to be there.
Thats all for now. C-ya, cheers!!
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