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COUNTESS BATHORY

Artist: Venom
Album: Black Metal

Transcribed by Kostas Karvounis-Zoumpos


A classic song from a very influential band!

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Tuning: C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#

Guitar w/distortion & a chorus effect


Chorus                                                           X4
C#|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
G#|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
E |-9----9------------------------|-7----7----------------------*||
B |-9----9------------------------|-7----7----------------------*||
F#|-7----7--10-10-10-10-10--10----|-5----5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7--||
C#|---------8--8--8--8--8---8-----|---------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5--||
            *  *  *  *                      * * * * * * * * * *


Riff A
C#|-------------------------|----------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|----------------------------|
E |--------------------5----|----------------------7--5--|
B |-7----7-------------5----|-7----7---------------7--5--|
F#|-7----7--7-7-7-7-7--3----|-7----7--7-7-7-7-7-7--5--3--|
C#|-5----5--5-5-5-5-5-------|-5----5--5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
            * * * * *                 * * * * * *

C#|-------------------------|---------------------------------||
G#|-------------------------|---------------------------------||
E |-------------------------|---------------------------------||
B |-7----7-------------5----|---------------------------------||
F#|-7----7--7-7-7-7-7--3----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
C#|-5----5--5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
            * * * * *         * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Verse
C#|------------------|---------------------|
G#|------------------|---------------------|
E |------------------|---------------------|
B |-7----------------|-(7)--------5--------|
F#|-7----------------|-(5)--------5--------|
C#|-5----------------|-(5)--------3--------|

                                            x2
C#|------------------|---------------------||
G#|------------------|---------------------||
E |------------------|------------5-------*||
B |-7----------------|-(7)--------5-------*||
F#|-7----------------|-(7)--------3--------||
C#|-5----------------|-(5)-----------------||


Play Chorus

Play Riff A

Play Verse

Play Chorus


Riff Bi
C#|-------------------|-----------------------------|
G#|-------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-------------------|-----------------------------|
B |-9-----------------|-----------------------------|
F#|-9-----------------|-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-|
C#|-7-----------------|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|
                        *  * * *  * * *  * * *  * *

C#|-------------------|---------------------||
G#|-------------------|---------------------||
E |-------------------|---------------------||
B |-12----------------|-11--------10--------||
F#|-12----------------|-11--------10--------||
C#|-10----------------|-9---------8---------||


Riff Bii
C#|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G#|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |-9----9------9------9------|-9------9------9------9------|
F#|-9----9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-|-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9---|
C#|-7----7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|
         *  * * *  * * *  * *   *  * * *  * * *  * * *  * *

C#|-------------------|---------------------||
G#|-------------------|---------------------||
E |-------------------|---------------------||
B |-12----------------|-11--------10--------||
F#|-12----------------|-11--------10--------||
C#|-10----------------|-9---------8---------||


Play Riff Bii


Riff Biii
C#|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
G#|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |---------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |-9-------------------------|-----------------------------|
F#|-9----9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9---|-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-|
C#|-7----7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-|
         *  * * *  * * *  * *   *  * * *  * * *  * * *  * *

C#|------------------|--------------------|
G#|------------------|--------------------|
E |------------------|--------------------|
B |-12---------------|-11-----------------|
F#|-12---------------|-11--------5--------|
C#|-10---------------|-9---------3--------|


C#|------------------|--------------------||
G#|------------------|--------------------||
E |-9----------------|-(9)----------------||
B |-9----------------|-(9)----------------||
F#|-7----------------|-(7)----------------||
C#|------------------|--------------------||


Riff C
C#|----------------------------|---------------------------||
G#|----------------------------|---------------------------||
E |----------------------------|---------------------------||
B |---------------7------------|--------------10----12-----||
F#|-7--10--9--10-----10--9-----|-10--9--7--7--10----12-----||
C#|----------------------------|--------------8-----10-----||
    *  *   *   *  *  *   *  *     *  *  *


C#|----------------------------|---------------------------||
G#|----------------------------|---------------------------||
E |----------------------------|---------------------------||
B |---------------7------------|--------------10-----------||
F#|-7--10--9--10-----10--9--7--|-10--9--7--7--10-----------||
C#|----------------------------|--------------8------------||
    *  *   *   *  *  *   *  *     *  *  *

C#|----------------------------|---------------------------||
G#|----------------------------|---------------------------||
E |----------------------------|---------------------------||
B |---------------7------------|--------------10----12-----||
F#|-7--10--9--10-----10--9--7--|-10--9--7--7--10----12-----||
C#|----------------------------|--------------8-----10-----||
    *  *   *   *  *  *   *  *     *  *  *

C#|----------------------------|---------------------------||
G#|----------------------------|---------------------------||
E |----------------------------|---------------------------||
B |---------------7------------|--------------10----12-----||
F#|-7--10--9--10-----10--9--7--|-10--9--7--7--10----12-----||
C#|----------------------------|--------------8-----10-----||
    *  *   *   *  *  *   *  *     *  *  *

Play Chorus

Play Riff A

Play verse

Play Chorus

Play Riff Bii x4


Ending
   (.)
C#|---------------------------------------|----------||
G#|---------------------------------------|----------||
E |---------------------------------------|----------||
B |-9"------------------------------------|-9--------||
F#|-9"------------------------------------|-9--------||
C#|-7"------------------------------------|-7--------||


Notation Legend

* = palm mute
/ = slide
() = ghost note
(.) = hold (extend the duration of the note)
" = tremolo picking

-|
-|
-| = end of a bar
-|
-|
-|

-||
-||
-|| = end of a part
-||
-||
-||

xA
-||
-||
*|| = end of a part, play this part A times
*||
-||
-||

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