Father To Son


|----------------------------------------| |----------------Bathory-----------------| |-------------Father-To-Son--------------| |-----------Hammerheart-(1990)-----------| |----------------------------------------| Tempo: 145 BPM (approx.) Tuning: Drop D (D A D G) ----- Info: ----- Sometimes the structure of this song is a little bit difficult to explain. Read the information in the "Structure" section, it's important. ------ Riffs: ------ Intro ("Father To Son...") H H H H H H H H G|-|------|------|------|------| D|4|----R-|----R-|----R-|----R-| A|4|------|------|------|------| D|-|-0----|-0----|-0----|-0----| Pre-Verse Q. E H Q. E Q E E G|-|--------| G|-|-------------| D|4|-R------| enter with the D|4|-R-----------| also enter A|4|--------| snare hits and wait A|4|-------------| with the snare D|-|----1-1-| a few seconds for this -> D|-|----1-1--1-1-| hits Verse 1 ("Now born my son I name thee...") E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E G|-|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| D|4|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| A|4|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| D|-|-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-6--3-|-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-1--1-1-| Bridge E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E G|-|-----------------|-----------------| D|4|-----------------|-----------------| A|4|-----------------|-----------------| D|-|-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-0-0-2-3-| Chorus/Interlude ("Father To Son...") Variation of bar 4 Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E Q G|-|------------|------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------| D|4|------------|------------|-------------|--------------| |-----------R-| A|4|-------5----|-------3----|-------1-----|-------0------| |-------0-0---| D|-|-0--0-----0-|-0--0-----0-|-0--0------0-|-0--0-----3-2-| |-0--0--------| Verse 2 ("Oh, hear the Thunder's roar...") Q. E Q E E Q E E E E. E. E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q Q 2x G|-|--------------|------------------|-------------|--------------| D|4|o-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------o| A|4|o-------------|------------------|-1--1-1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1--1-o| D|-|--1--1-1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1--1--1-|-------------|--------------| |-3-| Q. E Q E E Q E E E E. E. E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q. E E E E E H H G|-|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|------| D|4|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|------------R-|------| A|4|-------------|-------------------|-3--3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-|--------------|------| D|-|-3--3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3--3--3-|-------------|-------------|-3--3-3-3-3---|-1--0-| |-3-| Outro E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q G|-|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------| D|4|o-----------------|-----------------o|-----------------|-------R--R-| A|4|o-----------------|-----------------o|---------------5-|------------| D|-|--0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-0-0-2-3--|-0-0-2-3-2-0-0---|-0-0-0------| ---------- Structure: ---------- Intro 4x (during the fourth repeat -> don't play the last bar) Pre-Verse 1x Verse 1 2x Bridge 4x Verse 1 2x (during the second repeat -> don't play the last 2 notes) Chorus 2x Bridge 4x Verse 1 2x (during the second repeat -> don't play the last 2 notes) Verse 2 1x Chorus 2x Interlude 4x Verse 2 1x Chorus 2x (during the second repeat -> play the "variation" of the fourth bar) Bridge 4x Verse 1 2x (during the second repeat -> don't play the last 2 notes) Chorus 2x Verse 1 2x (during the second repeat -> don't play the last 2 notes) Verse 2 1x Chorus 4x Outro 1x ------------ Description ------------ H - half notes Q - quarter notes E - 8th notess R - pause |4| |4| - Time Signature (e.g. stands for 4/4) |o -> repeat start o| -> repeat end |-3-| -> 3-tuplet