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From: M C Vic Naughty <gs01mcv@panther.Gsu.EDU>
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---|

