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Countess Bathory by Venom
Countess Bathory
Tuning C# F# B E G# C#
Main Riff
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|-9-9---------------7-7---------------------------------------------|
|-9-9--------10-----7-7---------9-----------------------------------|
|-7-7--------10-----5-5---------9-----------------------------------|
|-----888888-8--88-------777777-7-----------------------------------|
...... .. ......
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2------------2-2----------------2-2------------2*---------------|
|-2-2---------5--2-2---------7--5--2-2--------5---2*---------------|
|-0-0-000000--3--0-0-000000--5--3--0-0-000000-3---0*---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
...... ...... ...... *Drop Whammy Bar Slowly
Rhythm behind lyrics
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|-2----------------2--------5-------2----------------2-------5------|
|-2----------------2--------5-------2----------------2-------5------|
|-0-------5b-------0--------3-------0--------5b------0-------3------|
|---------3b---------------------------------3b---------------------|
"Countess.........
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|-4---4---------9-9----------------7-7------------------------------|
|-4---4---------9-9----------------7-7---------9--------------------|
|-2---2---------7-7---------10-----5-5---------9--------------------|
|--------------------888888-8--88-------777777-7--------------------|
...... .. ......
Bridge
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|-7--5--4--2-2-------------------------7--5--4--2-2-----------------|
|-7--5--4--2-2--2----------------------7--5--4--2-2-2---------------|
|-5--3--2--0-0--0--000-000-000-000-00--5--3--2--0-0-0---------------|
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. ... ... ... ... .. .
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|--------------------5--4----------9-9------------------------------|
|--------------------5--4--5b------9-9------------------------------|
|-000-000-000-000-00-3--2--5b------7-7------------------------------|
|--------------------------3b------0-0------------------------------|
... ... ... ... ..
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|---------------7---------------------------------------------------|
|-7--10--9--10-----10--9--7---10--9--7--9---10--12------------------|
|-------------------------------------------8---10------------------|
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|---------------7---------------------------------------------------|
|-7--10--9--10-----10--9--7---10--9--7--9---10----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------8-----------------------|
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|-9-9----------------7-7--------------------------------------------|
|-9-9----------------7-7---------9----------------------------------|
|-7-7---------10-----5-5---------9----------------------------------|
|------888888-8--88-------777777-7----------------------------------|
...... .. ......
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version 2
Tune guitar down three half-steps (to C#)
Note for rhythms: entire song in 4/4. timing for notes indicated
above notes: q=quarter note, e=eighth note, s=sixteenth, etc.
notes to PM (Palm Mute) are UNDER the staff, as are lyrics.
Intro - Guitar w/dist. & chorus (Bass enters on repeat)
q q s s s s s s s s q q s s s s s s s s
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o---------------------------------|-------------------------o|
|---9--9---------------------------|--7--7--------------------|
|o--9--9---------------------------|--7--7-------------------o|
|---7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5--5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|---------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
(Drums enter)
q q s s s s s s s s q q s s s s s s s s
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o----------------------------------|-------------------------o|
|----9--9---------------------------|--7--7--------------------|
|o---9--9---------------------------|--7--7-------------------o|
|----7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5--5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|----------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
Pre-Verse:
q q s s e q q q s s e e e q q s s e q
|------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--2--2---------5--|-2--2---------7--5--|--2--2---------5------|
|--2--2---------5--|-2--2---------7--5--|--2--2---------5------|
|--0--0--0-0-0--3--|-0--0--0-0-0--5--3--|--0--0--0-0-0--3------|
|------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
PM---| PM---| PM------------|
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
|--------------------------------------|
PM----------------------------------|
Verse:
w (h) h w (h) h
|--------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2------------|--(2)-------------|--2------------|--(2)---------5--|
|-2------------|--(2)--------5----|--2------------|--(2)---------5--|
|-0------------|--(0)--------5----|--0------------|--(0)---------3--|
|--------------|-------------3----|---------------|-----------------|
Welcoming the virgins fair In the castle known to all,
to live a noble life . . . the Count's infernal wife.
w (h) h w (h) h
|--------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2------------|--(2)-------------|--2------------|--(2)---------5--|
|-2------------|--(2)--------5----|--2------------|--(2)---------5--|
|-0------------|--(0)--------5----|--0------------|--(0)---------3--|
|--------------|-------------3----|---------------|-----------------|
She invites the peasants there But when evening spreads its wings
with endless lavish foods . . . she rapes them of their blood.
Chorus:
q q s s s s s s s s q q s s s s s s s s
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----9--9---------------------------|--7--7--------------------|
|o---9--9---------------------------|--7--7--------------------|
|----7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5--5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|----------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
C o u n t e s s - - - - - - ->
q q s s s s s s s s q q s s s s s s s s
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------o|
|----9--9---------------------------|--7--7--------------------|
|----9--9---------------------------|--7--7-------------------o|
|----7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5--5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|----------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
B a t h o r y - - - - - - - - >
Pre-verse (see above)
Verse 2 (see music above, add'l lyrics below)
Chorus (see above)
Bridge:
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---4------4------4------4-------|--4------4------4------4-------|
|o--4------4------4------4-------|--4------4------4------4-------|
|---2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
____________________ ____________________
/ 1.-3. / 4.
w h h w h h w (w)
|-------|------------||-------|-------------|----------|----------|
|-------|-----------o||-------|-------------|----------|----------|
|--7----|---6---5----||---7---|----6--------|----9-----|----(9)---|
|--7----|---6---5---o||---7---|----6---5----|----9-----|----(9)---|
|--5----|---4---3----||---5---|----4---5----|----7-----|----(7)---|
|-------|------------||-------|--------3----|----0-----|----(0)---|
Interlude:
e e e e e e e e e e e e q q
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o----------------7------------|--------------------------|
|---7--10--9--10-----10--9--7--|--10--9--7--9---10--12----|
|------------------------------|----------------8---10----|
___________________
/ 1.
e e e e e e e e e e e e h
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------7------------|-------------------------o||
|---7--10--9--10-----10--9--7--|--10--9--7--9---10--------||
|------------------------------|----------------8---------||
____________________
/ 2.
e e e e e e e e e e e e q q
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------7------------|--------------------------||
|---7--10--9--10-----10--9--7--|--10--9--7--9---10--12----||
|------------------------------|----------------8---10----||
Chorus (see above)
Pre-Verse (see above)
Verse 3 (see music above, add'l lyrics below)
Chorus (see above)
Bass Solo/Ending:
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---4------4------4------4-------|--4------4------4------4-------|
|o--4------4------4------4-------|--4------4------4------4-------|
|---2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
____________________ ____________________
/ 1.-3. / 4.
trem end on
w h h free time ------> pick---------------| cue
|-------|------------||-------|-------------|----------|------------|
|-------|-----------o||-------|-------------|----------|------------|
|--7----|---6---5----||---7---|----6---5----|----4-----|-----4------|
|--7----|---6---5---o||---7---|----6---5----|----4-----|-----4------|
|--5----|---4---3----||---5---|----4---3----|----2-----|-----2------|
|-------|------------||-------|-------------|----------|------------|
Additional lyrics
2. All day long the virgins sit
and feast on endless meals
The Countess Bath'ry sips her wine
Her skin doth crack and peel
But when night time fills the air
One must pay the price
The Countess takes her midnight bath
With blood that once gave life
3. Living in her self-styled hell
The Countess dressed in black
Life so distant death so near
No blood to turn thy bath
The castle walls are closing in
She's crippled now with age
She welcomes death with open arms
The reaper turns the page
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. - palm mute / - slide up to
- slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill