Bathory – Father To Son (Bass Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G)

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|----------------Bathory-----------------|
|-------------Father-To-Son--------------|
|-----------Hammerheart-(1990)-----------|
Tempo: 145 BPM (approx.) ----- Info: ----- Sometimes the structure of this song is a little bit difficult to explain. Read the information in the "Structure" section, it's important. ------ Riffs: ------ Intro ("Father To Son...")
     H  H   H  H   H  H   H  H
G|-|------|------|------|------|
D|4|----R-|----R-|----R-|----R-|
A|4|------|------|------|------|
D|-|-0----|-0----|-0----|-0----|
Pre-Verse
     Q. E H                                    Q. E Q  E E
G|-|--------|                             G|-|-------------| 
D|4|-R------| enter with the              D|4|-R-----------| also enter
A|4|--------| snare hits and wait         A|4|-------------| with the snare
D|-|----1-1-| a few seconds for this ->   D|-|----1-1--1-1-| hits
Verse 1 ("Now born my son I name thee...")
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E
G|-|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|4|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|4|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-6--3-|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-1--1-1-|
Bridge
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4|-----------------|-----------------|
A|4|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-0-0-2-3-|
Chorus/Interlude ("Father To Son...") Variation of bar 4
     Q  Q  Q. E   Q  Q  Q. E   Q  Q  Q.  E   Q  Q  Q  E E              Q  Q  E E Q
G|-|------------|------------|-------------|--------------|          |-------------|
D|4|------------|------------|-------------|--------------|          |-----------R-|
A|4|-------5----|-------3----|-------1-----|-------0------|          |-------0-0---|
D|-|-0--0-----0-|-0--0-----0-|-0--0------0-|-0--0-----3-2-|          |-0--0--------|
Verse 2 ("Oh, hear the Thunder's roar...")
      Q. E Q  E E   Q  E E E E. E. E   Q. E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  Q 2x
G|-|--------------|------------------|-------------|--------------|
D|4|o-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------o|
A|4|o-------------|------------------|-1--1-1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1--1-o|
D|-|--1--1-1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1--1--1-|-------------|--------------|
                       |-3-|

     Q. E Q  E E   Q  E E E  E. E. E   Q. E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  Q   Q. E E E E E   H  H
G|-|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|------|
D|4|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|------------R-|------|
A|4|-------------|-------------------|-3--3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-|--------------|------|
D|-|-3--3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3--3--3-|-------------|-------------|-3--3-3-3-3---|-1--0-|
                      |-3-|
Outro
      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E   E E E Q. Q
G|-|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------|
D|4|o-----------------|-----------------o|-----------------|-------R--R-|
A|4|o-----------------|-----------------o|---------------5-|------------|
D|-|--2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-0-0-2-3--|-2-0-2-3-2-0-0---|-0-0-0------|
---------- Structure: ---------- Intro 4x (during the fourth repeat -> don't play the last bar) Pre-Verse 1x Verse 1 2x Bridge 4x Verse 1 2x (during the second repeat -> don't play the last 2 notes) Chorus 2x Bridge 4x Verse 1 2x (during the second repeat -> don't play the last 2 notes) Verse 2 1x Chorus 2x Interlude 4x Verse 2 1x Chorus 2x (during the second repeat -> play the "variation" of the fourth bar) Bridge 4x Verse 1 2x (during the second repeat -> don't play the last 2 notes) Chorus 2x Verse 1 2x (during the second repeat -> don't play the last 2 notes) Verse 2 1x Chorus 4x Outro 1x ------------ Description ------------ H - half notes Q - quarter notes E - 8th notess R - pause |4| |4| - Time Signature (e.g. stands for 4/4) |o -> repeat start o| -> repeat end |-3-| -> 3-tuplet