band: Bathory song: Wheel of Sun album: Nordland II year: 2003 genre: viking metal disclaimer: I do not own anything with the Bathory title on it, and I am not making any money off this guitar tab. I listened to this song over and over until I got it close to right (the quality sucks, so that's quite an achievement there, lol), and this is that version. Please don't feel afraid to leave some kind of correction at the bottom if you find something that isn't right (or actually figured out the shredding part at the end). tuning is drop C# (low to high: C# G# C# F# A# D#) acoustic intro D|---5-6\5-3---------------------------|---5-6\5-3----------7-8\7-5----------| A|---3-----3--3---3---5-6\5-6----------|---3-----3--3---3---8-----6----------| F|---2-----2----2---2-5-----7----------|---2-----2----2---2-5-----7----------| C|--------------------2-----7--7---7---|-----------------------------7---7---| G|-------------------------------8---8-|-------------------------------8---8-| C|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| D|---5-6/8-3----------6-5\3-5----------|---5-6/8-8-----------8-------10~-----| A|---3-----3--3---3---6-----3----------|---3-----8----------10-11\10-10~-----| F|---2-----2----2---2-7-----2--2---2---|---2-----7--7---7----7--------7~-----| C|-------------------------------3---3-|--------------7---7------------------| G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| riff 1 D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| F|--------------------------------------------------| C|---0------0-2-3-2-0-5--3--8------7-5-3-5-7-5--3---| G|---0------0-2-3-2-0-5--3--8------7-5-3-5-7-5--3---| C|---0------0-2-3-2-0-5--3--8------7-5-3-5-7-5--3---| verse riff D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------------------------| C|---0--0--3-0---0-3-0---0-3-0-2~-0--0--3-0--7--5--3p0--2--3---| G|---0--0--3-0---0-3-0---0-3-0-2~-0--0--3-0--7--5--3p0--2--3---| C|---0--0--3-0---0-3-0---0-3-0-2~-0--0--3-0--7--5--3p0--2--3---| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------------------------| C|---0--0--3-0---0-3-0---0-3-0-2~-0--0--3-0--7--5--3p0--2------| G|---0--0--3-0---0-3-0---0-3-0-2~-0--0--3-0--7--5--3p0--2------| C|---0--0--3-0---0-3-0---0-3-0-2~-0--0--3-0--7--5--3p0--2------| (chorus - guitar 1: semi-distorted) D|---------0------------0------------0------------0------| A|------3-----3------3-----3------3-----3------3-----3---| F|--------------2------------2------------2------------2-| C|---0------------0------------3------------3------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------| (chorus - guitar 2: distorted) D|-------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------------------| C|---0~------------------------3~------------------------| G|---0~------------------------3~------------------------| C|---0~------------------------3~------------------------| (let each chord ring out) (chorus fill) D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| F|--------14------14--12----------------------14------10--10/12--10--9---| C|---12-------------------15--14--10--10/12------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| (play this beneath the chorus fill) D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| F|--------------------------------5-----------------------------------| C|---0----7-------7---5---3---2---5---0----7-------3---3-/5---3---2---| G|---0----7-------7---5---3---2---3---0----7-------3---3-/5---3---2---| C|---0----7-------7---5---3---2-------0----7-------3---3-/5---3---2---| (solo 1) D|------------------------------------/15~~~------13h15--13--12--10\--| A|---/15~~~----------13--12--10--8~~----------------------------------| F|--------------------------------------------------------------------| C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| (solo 2) D|---------------------------------------5-6~-6~-6-5---5-6----------------| A|------------------------8-6-5-8~---6-8-------------8-----8-6-3~-3~-3~---| F|---5/7~---9-7-9-10-9~---------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------3---3-5--/8~-6h8p6p5-6-5-3-5-3-1-0-1-0-------------------------------| A|---3-5-6---6------------------------------------1-1/3~---3-5-6-5~--5-6-8-6~---| F|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------10----10-| A|---6-8-10-11~-11~-11-10-6-8-10-8-10-11-10~--10-8-10-11-10-11-13-11-13----13----| F|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---12-10-12-13-12-13-15-13-15-17-15-17-18-17-18-20-18-20-22~~~---| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| F|-----------------------------------------------------------------| C|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| C|-----------------------------------------------------------------| (outro lick) D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---/15~~~----------13--12--10--8~~-/15~~~----------13--12--10--8~~-| F|-------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---/15~~~----------13--12--10--8~~-/15~~~----------13--12--10--8~~-| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------| (vocalization riff) D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------7------7---5---3---2-----------7------7---5---3---2---| G|---5--------------------------3---5--------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------| (play with some variations) D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| F|--------14------14--12----------------------14------10--10/12--10--9---| C|---12-------------------15--14--10--10/12------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| (outro 1) D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| F|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| C|---0---7---3---5---0---3---0---|---7---2---3---7---2---3---0---| G|---0---7---3---5---0---3---0---|---7---2---3---7---2---3---0---| C|---0---7---3---5---0---3---0---|---7---2---3---7---2---3---0---| (outro 2) D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------10-8----8--------------------10-8----8----------10-8----8----------------------| F|---------------10---10-9-10-9h10p9----------10---10-9----------10---10-9-10-9------------| C|---0~~~----------------------------10~----------------10~---------------------10-8---8---| G|---0~~~----------------------------------------------------------------------------8-----| C|---0~~~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------10-8----8---------------10-8----8-----------| F|---------------------------------------10---10-9-10-9----------10---10-9------| C|---10----10-12----12-12h13p12-12~---------------------10~----------------10-~-| G|------10-------13-------------------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---10-8----8--------------------------------------------------------| F|--------10---10-9-10-9----------------------------------------------| C|-----------------------10-8---8-10----10-12----12-12h13p12-12~~-----| G|----------------------------8------10-------13----------------------| C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| (finale - just shred over this) D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| F|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------0~--0----| G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------0~--0----| C|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------0~--0----| ORDER OF PLAY acoustic intro riff 1 - 4x verse riff - 6x chorus - 4x chorus fill - 2x riff 1 - 2x (play solo 1 over it) verse riff - 2x chorus - 4x chorus fill - 2x verse riff - 2x (play solo 2 over it) chorus - 4x chorus fill - 2x chorus - 4x riff 1 - 4x (play outro lick over it) vocalization riff - 8 outro 1 - 2x outro 2 finale play it loud and play it from the heart, just like Quorthon it!
