Father To Son bass

Father To Son

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------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----|


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------|


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Structure:
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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


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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
|-3-| -> 3-tuplet

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