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Band: Bathory
Album: Bathory
Song: The Reaper

Copyright (c)  Black Mark 1984


Transcribed By: Jeremy Fucking Leishman
Email: buriedbytimeanddust@yahoo.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tuning Eb, tune every string down one half step

Riff 1
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|----------------------------------------5-----5-7-7-----|
|-777-5-8-5-7--777-5-8-5-7--777-5-8-5-7--3-5-5-3-5-5-----|
|-555-3-6-3-5--555-3-6-3-5--555-3-6-3-5----3-3-----------|

Riff 2
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|-3"-------7"-------3"----2"----5"-----|
|-1"-------5"-------1"----0"----3"-----|

Riff 3 (solo riff)
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|----------------------------------------4---|
|-7"---------4-5-2--------7"---------4-5-2---|
|-5"---------2-3-0--------5"---------2-3-----|

Riff 4 (second solo riff)

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|-7"---10"-7"---10"-7"---10"-7"---10"-7"---10"-7"---10" cont...|

Solo
Very fast tremelo picking
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|-10-h12p-10-h12p-10-h12p-10-h12p-10-h12p-10 etc... 12b(13)--|
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|-10-h12p-10-h12p-10-h12p-10-h12p-10-h12p-10 etc... 15-17----|
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|-17"--15"--h17"--15-h17p-15-h17p-15-20b-19"-17"-19p-17-19p-17-19p-17-22-21-17-|
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Really fast tremelo picking
|22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22b22b|
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Really fast tremelo picking.
|-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22-21-19-22b~~|
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