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Band: Bathory
Song: Massacre
Album: Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Transcribed by: Warrick McPherson
E-Mail: sirwarrick@hotmail.com
Notation:
/\ - Slide
Note: Just watch the start and end points of the riffs in this song,
Sometimes they come in a bit earlier or later than expected.
Riff 1 - Verse
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------5----------5----------5-5-6-6-5-|
|-----4-4-5------4-4-5------4-4-5-5-6-6-5-|
|---2-4-4-3----2-4-4-3----2-4-4-3-3-4-4-3-|
|-2---2-2----2---2-2----2---2-2-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------5----------5----------5-5-6-6-5-|
|-----4-4-5------4-4-5------4-4-5-5-6-6-5-|
|---2-4-4-3----2-4-4-3----2-4-4-3-3-4-4-3-|
|-2---2-2----2---2-2----2---2-2-----------|
Riff 2 - Chorus
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-7-7-6-6----------7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-7-7-6-6-4-4-4-4--7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------2-2-2-2------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-7-7-6-6----------7-7-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-7-7-6-6-4-4-4-4--7-7-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------2-2-2-2----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bathory/massacre_tab.html ]
Riff 3
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-3-|
|-------------2---------------2---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-3-|
|-------------2---------------2---|
Riff 4
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-4---7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-10-|
|-7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-4---7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-10-|
|-5/6-5--5/6-5--5/6-5--5/6-2---5/6-5--5/6-5--5/6-5--5/6-8--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-4---7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-10-|
|-7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-4---7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-7--7/8-10-|
|-5/6-5--5/6-5--5/6-5--5/6-2---5/6-5--5/6-5--5/6-5--5/6-8--|
Riff 5
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-4-4-5-5-6-6-5-5--4-4-5-5-6-6-5-5-|
|-4-4-5-5-6-6-5-5--4-4-5-5-6-6-5-5-|
|-2-2-3-3-4-4-3-3--2-2-3-3-4-4-3-3-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-4-4-5-5-6-6-5-5--4-4-5-5-6-6-5-5-|
|-4-4-5-5-6-6-5-5--4-4-5-5-6-6-5-5-|
|-2-2-3-3-4-4-3-3--2-2-3-3-4-4-3-3-|
|----------------------------------|
Well that's all the riffs, here's the structure:
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 1
Riff 3
Riff 4
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 1
Riff 5
Riff 1
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