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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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