band: Bathory
song: Dragon's Breath
album: Nordland I
year: 2002
genre: viking metal
i own nothing, just a fan trying to bring awesome music to the rest of us
tuning - drop C (maybe a bit flat)
(intro riff - this can be played on the fifth string for more of the slidey feel that is
on the record, so i've tabbed it for both)
A
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------5-------------------------5-------|
C|---0--/5--4--0--/3--2--5-----0--/5--4--0--/3--2--5---1---|4x
G|---0--/5--4--0--/3--2--3-----0--/5--4--0--/3--2--3---1---|
C|---0--/5--4--0--/3--2--------0--/5--4--0--/3--2------1---|
or
B
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|---7--/12-11-7--/10-9--5-----7--/12-11-7--/10-9--5--/8---|
C|---7--/12-11-7--/10-9--5-----7--/12-11-7--/10-9--5--/8---|4x
G|---5--/10-9--5--/8--7--3-----5--/10-9--5--/8--7--3--/6---|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|
then...
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|4x
G|---1b2r1------------1b2r1------------1b2r1------------1b2r1------------|
C|---------0--1-0---0-------0--1-0-3---------0--1-0---0-------0--1-3-2---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------7--7--7-7---5-7--2----------------------------|
C|-----------7--7--7-7---5-7--2--0------2-----3-----5--3---|2x
G|-----------5--5--5-5---3-5--0--0------2-----3-----5--3---|
C|---000-000-0--0--0-0-----------0--000-2-000-3-000-5--3---|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
F|------------------------------5---|
C|---8--7-5-7--5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0-5---|
G|---8--7-5-7--5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0-3---|
C|---8--7-5-7--5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|---0h2-2-0-2-0-2---2p0---2---0h2-2-0-2-0-1---1p0---3---|4x
G|---0h2-2-0-2-0-2---2p0---2---0h2-2-0-2-0-1---1p0---3---|
C|---0h2-2-0-2-0-2---2p0-0-2---0h2-2-0-2-0-1---1p0-0-3---|
. .
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---0-6-3-0-6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-6-3-0-0--6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-1--4--0--3---|4x
G|---0-6-3-0-6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-6-3-0-0--6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-1--4--0--3---|
C|---0-6-3-0-6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-6-3-0-0--6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-1--4--0--3---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
C|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
G|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
C|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------5--4-2-----------2---|
C|---2--2--2-2---0-2--2--5--4-2--2--3--5--2---|4x
G|---2--2--2-2---0-2--2--3--2-0--2--3--5--0---|
C|---2--2--2-2---0-2--2----------2--3--5------|
(second guitar plays this over the first part of the previous measure)
D|---0-----0-----0------|
A|------0-----0-----0---|
F|----------------------|4x
C|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
C|----------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-------------------|
C|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---|
G|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---|
C|-----------------------------2---2-----------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------7--7--7-7---5-7--2----------------------------|
C|-----------7--7--7-7---5-7--2--0------2-----3-----5--3---|2x
G|-----------5--5--5-5---3-5--0--0------2-----3-----5--3---|
C|---000-000-0--0--0-0-----------0--000-2-000-3-000-5--3---|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
F|------------------------------5---|
C|---8--7-5-7--5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0-5---|
G|---8--7-5-7--5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0-3---|
C|---8--7-5-7--5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|---0h2-2-0-2-0-2---2p0---2---0h2-2-0-2-0-1---1p0---3---|4x
G|---0h2-2-0-2-0-2---2p0---2---0h2-2-0-2-0-1---1p0---3---|
C|---0h2-2-0-2-0-2---2p0-0-2---0h2-2-0-2-0-1---1p0-0-3---|
. .
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---0-6-3-0-6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-6-3-0-0--6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-1--4--0--3---|4x
G|---0-6-3-0-6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-6-3-0-0--6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-1--4--0--3---|
C|---0-6-3-0-6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-6-3-0-0--6-3-0-6-3-0-3-0-1--4--0--3---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
C|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
G|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
C|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------5--4-2-----------2---|
C|---2--2--2-2---0-2--2--5--4-2--2--3--5--2---|4x
G|---2--2--2-2---0-2--2--3--2-0--2--3--5--0---|
C|---2--2--2-2---0-2--2----------2--3--5------|
D|---0-----0-----0------|
A|------0-----0-----0---|
F|----------------------|4x
C|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
C|----------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-------------------|
C|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---|
G|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---|
C|-----------------------------2---2-----------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------7--7--7-7---5-7--2----------------------------|
C|-----------7--7--7-7---5-7--2--0------2-----3-----5--3---|4x
G|-----------5--5--5-5---3-5--0--0------2-----3-----5--3---|
C|---000-000-0--0--0-0-----------0--000-2-000-3-000-5--3---|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------5-------|
C|---8--7-5-7--5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0-5-0-----|
G|---8--7-5-7--5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0-3-0-----|
C|---8--7-5-7--5-3-5--3-2-3-2-0---0-----|
and there you go. a song to kill dragons to by the late, great Quorthon!
key
. - palm-muted note
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
r - bend return
/ - slide down (towards strumming hand)
ENJOY! \m/
