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Father To Son

Bathory

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|----------------------------------------|
|----------------Bathory-----------------|
|-------------Father-To-Son--------------|
|-----------Hammerheart-(1990)-----------|
|----------------------------------------|


Tempo: 145 BPM (approx.)
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G)


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Info:
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Sometimes the structure of this song is a little bit difficult to explain.
Read the information in the "Structure" section, it's important.


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Riffs:
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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----|


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  Q
G|-|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|4|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
A|4|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|-|-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-6--3-|-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-1--1-|


Bridge

     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4|-----------------|-----------------|
A|4|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-|-0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-0-0-2-3-|


Chorus/Interlude ("Father To Son...")                      Variation of bar 4

     Q  Q  H   Q  Q  H   Q  Q  H   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-----3-2-|          |-0--0--------|


Verse 2 ("Oh, hear the Thunder's roar...")

     Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q Q
G|-|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|4|------------|------------|------------|------------|-1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1-|-3--3--3--3-|
A|4|------------|------------|-1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1-|------------|------------|------------|
D|-|-1--1--1--1-|-1--1--1--1-|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|


     Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   Q  Q  Q  Q   H  H
G|-|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------|
D|4|-3--3--3--3-|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------|
A|4|------------|------------|------------|-3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3-|------------|------|
D|-|------------|-3--3--3--3-|-3--3--3--3-|------------|------------|-3--3--3--3-|-1--0-|


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 E H
G|-|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------|
D|4|o-----------------|-----------------o|-----------------|---------R-|
A|4|o-----------------|-----------------o|---------------5-|-----------|
D|-|--0-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2-3-0-0-2-3--|-0-0-2-3-2-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---|


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Structure:
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Intro      4x  (during the fourth repeat -> don't play the last bar)
Break
Verse 1    2x  (enter with the drums)
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


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Description
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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

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