Countess Bathory

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 From: M C Vic Naughty  
  
   
 Subject: TAB:Venom - Countess Bathory 
 Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 15:29:36 -0500 (EST) 
  
  
 Countess Bathory - by Venom 
 Transcribed from album "Black Metal" (1982) 
 Words and music by Conrad Lant and Jeff Dunn 
  
 Transcribed by Mark Vignati (gs01mcv@panther.gsu.edu) 
  
 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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