Countess Bathory - by Venom
Transcribed from album "Black Metal" (1982)
Words and music by Conrad Lant, Tony Bray, and Jeff Dunn


Tune guitar and bass down three half-steps (to C#)


Intro - Guitar w/dist. & chorus   

   q  q  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s      q  q  s s s s s s s s 
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--9---------------------------|--7--7-------------------|
|--9--9---------------------------|--7--7-------------------|
|--7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5--5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|


   q  q  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s      q  q  s s s s s s s s 
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--9---------------------------|--7--7-------------------|
|--9--9---------------------------|--7--7-------------------|
|--7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5--5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|
|  h     h                           h     h        (drums enter)
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/7------------------------------|--5----------------------|
|--------8------------------------|--------6----------------|


     q  q  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s      q  q  s s s s s s s s 
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o----------------------------------|-------------------------o|
|----9--9---------------------------|--7--7--------------------|
|o---9--9---------------------------|--7--7-------------------o|
|----7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5--5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|----------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|
|                                                     |--3--|
|    h     h                           h     q         e e e
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o----------------------------------|-------------------------o|
|o---7------------------------------|--5---------------0-0-0--o|
|----------8------------------------|--------6-----------------|


Pre-Verse:

   q  q  s s e  q    q  q  s s e  e  e      q  q  s s e  q
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--2--2---------5--|-2--2---------7--5--|--2--2---------5----|
|--2--2---------5--|-2--2---------7--5--|--2--2---------5----|
|--0--0--0-0-0--3--|-0--0--0-0-0--5--3--|--0--0--0-0-0--3----|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|        PM---|            PM---|                PM---|
|
|  w                  (h..)         s s    w
|--9---------------|--(9)---------------|--9-----------------|
|--7---------------|--(7)---------------|--7-----------------|
|--0---------------|--(0)-----------0-0-|--0-----------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


   
   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s 
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|------------------------------------|
|  PM------------------------------|
|
|    w
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--/24-------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
   long slide


Verse:

  w                              (h)          h       
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|--(2)-------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|--(2)----------5--------------|
|-0---------------------------|--(0)----------5--------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------3--------------|
|
| e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s   e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  Welcoming the virgins fair     to live a noble life   
            

  w                              (h)          h       
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|--(2)----------5--------------|
|-2---------------------------|--(2)----------5--------------|
|-0---------------------------|--(0)----------3--------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s   e  s s e  s s   e  e   e  e
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------7-7--10--7--10--7--|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0---------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  In the castle known to all, the Count's infernal wife


  w                              (h)          h       
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|--(2)-------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|--(2)----------5--------------|
|-0---------------------------|--(0)----------5--------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------3--------------|
|
| e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s   e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  She invites the peasants there with endless lavish foods


  w                             e   q.r       q      q
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|-2-------------5------5-------|
|-2---------------------------|-2-------------5------5-------|
|-0---------------------------|-0-------------3------3-------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s   e  qr    s s  e  e  e  e
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-7-------------7-----7--------|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|----------0-0-----0-----0-----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
  But when evening spreads its wings she rapes them of their blood.

Chorus:

     q  q  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s      q  q  s s s s s s s s 
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----9--9---------------------------|--7--7--------------------|
|o---9--9---------------------------|--7--7--------------------|
|----7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5--5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|----------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|     
|    h      h                          h     h
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o---7------------------------------|--5-----------------------|
|-----------8-----------------------|--------6-----------------|

     C o u n t e s s - - - - - - ->

     q  q  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s      q  q  s s s s s s s s 
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------o|
|----9--9---------------------------|--7--7--------------------|
|----9--9---------------------------|--7--7-------------------o|
|----7--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5--5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|----------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---|--------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|     
|    h      h                          h     h
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------o|
|----7------------------------------|--5----------------------o|
|-----------8-----------------------|--------6-----------------|

     B a t h o r y - - - - - - - - >

Pre-verse (see above)
Verse 2 (see above)
All day long the virgins sit and feast on endless meals
The Countess Bath'ry sips her wine, her skin doth crack and peel
But when night time fills the air, one must pay the price
The Countess takes her midnight bath with blood that once gave life

Chorus (see above)

Bridge:

    e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s     e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---4------4------4------4-------|--4------4------4------4-------|
|o--4------4------4------4-------|--4------4------4------4-------|
|---2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|   e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s     e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|o--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

 ____________________      ____________________
/ 1.-3.                   /  4.
   w        h   h         w        h   h         w          (w)  
|-------|------------||-------|-------------|----------|----------|
|-------|-----------o||-------|-------------|----------|----------|
|--7----|---6---5----||---7---|----6--------|----9-----|----(9)---|
|--7----|---6---5---o||---7---|----6---5----|----9-----|----(9)---|
|--5----|---4---3----||---5---|----4---5----|----7-----|----(7)---|
|-------|------------||-------|--------3----|----0-----|----(0)---|
|
|  w        h   h         w        h   h         w          (w)  
|-------|------------||-------|--------7----|----9-----|----(9)---|
|-------|-----------o||-------|--------5----|----9-----|----(9)---|
|--5----|---4---3---o||---5---|----4--------|----7-----|----(7)---|
|-------|------------||-------|-------------|----0-----|----(0)---|


Interlude:

    e   e  e   e  e   e  e  e      e  e  e  e   q    q
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|o----------------7------------|--------------------------|
|---7--10--9--10-----10--9--7--|--10--9--7--9---10--12----|
|------------------------------|----------------8---10----|
|   PM---------------------------------------|
|
|   (w)                           (h)           q   q
|---(9)------------------------|--(9)---------------------|
|o--(9)------------------------|--(9)---------------------|
|o--(7)------------------------|--(7)-----------3---5----|
|---(0)------------------------|--(0)---------------------|
    Note - this E chord on the bass does
    not ring on the repeat. It is a rest.
 ___________________
/ 1.

    e   e  e   e  e   e  e  e      e  e  e  e   h     
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------7------------|-------------------------o||
|---7--10--9--10-----10--9--7--|--10--9--7--9---10--------||
|------------------------------|----------------8---------||
|   PM---------------------------------------|
|
|  wr                              hr           h
|------------------------------|----------------5---------||
|------------------------------|----------------5--------o||
|------------------------------|----------------3--------o||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||

 ____________________
/ 2.

    e   e  e   e  e   e  e  e      e  e  e  e   q    q
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------7------------|--------------------------||
|---7--10--9--10-----10--9--7--|--10--9--7--9---10--12----||
|------------------------------|----------------8---10----||
|   PM---------------------------------------|
|
| wr                             hr             q   q
|------------------------------|----------------5---7-----||
|------------------------------|----------------5---7-----||
|------------------------------|----------------3---5-----||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||


Chorus (see above)
Pre-Verse (see above)
Verse 3 (see above)

Living in her self-styled hell, the Countess dressed in black
Life so distant death so near, no blood to turn thy bath
The castle walls are closing in, she's crippled now with age
She welcomes death with open arms, the reaper turns the page

Chorus (see above)

Bass Solo/Ending:

    e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s     e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---4------4------4------4-------|--4------4------4------4-------|
|o--4------4------4------4-------|--4------4------4------4-------|
|---2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

 ____________________      ____________________
/ 1.-3.                   /  4.
                                                 trem      end on
   w        h   h         free time ------>      pick        cue
|-------|------------||-------|-------------|----------|----------|
|-------|-----------o||-------|-------------|----------|----------|
|--7----|---6---5----||---7---|----6---5----|----4-----|-----4----|
|--7----|---6---5---o||---7---|----6---5----|----4-----|-----4----|
|--5----|---4---3----||---5---|----4---3----|----2-----|-----2----|
|-------|------------||-------|-------------|----------|----------|

Bass Solo - The guitar part above covers to the ending of the song.
The bass part is written separately below.

   e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s     e  s s e  s s e  s s e  s s
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

   w        h   h     q  e e q  e e    e e e e e e e e
|-------|----------|----------------|-------------------|
|-------|----------|--------------7-|--9-7---7-9-7------|
|--5----|---4---3--|--2--4-5-7--9---|------9-------9-7--|
|-------|----------|----------------|-------------------|
                     trem. pick each note through here-|

   w                h        h        w
|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|-10b12~~~-----|--11t12----10t11--|-9t10----------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|
                  trill    trill
                 Trem. pick---------------------|

  e e e e e e e e      h.      q        q      q      q      q
|------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
|-9-7---7-9-7------|---------------|------------------------------|
|-----9-------9-7--|-12b14---12b14-|--12b14--12b14--12b14--12b14--|
|------------------|---------------|------------------------------|
 trem.pick--------|

  h      q      q      q  q  q  q      w           h       h
|-------------------|----------12--|-19t20----|--18t19---17t18----|
|-------------------|----12-14-----|----------|-------------------|
|------12b14--12b14-|-14-----------|----------|-------------------|
|-0-----------------|--------------|----------|-------------------|
                      trem.pick---------------------------------|

   free time             hold until cue     on cue
|--16///---------------------------------|--------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------14///-----14~~~~--------|---14---------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------|
  trem.pick   slide
              up&down
               repeatedly