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Band: Bathory
Song: Pace 'til Death
Transcribed by: Warrick McPherson
E-mail: sirwarrick@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard E

Notation:

/ - Slide
M  - Palm Mute
P  - Pull Off
H  - Hammer On

Riff 1 - Opening riff

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-4---85---2-4---84---2-4---8-5---2-4---84-|
|-0-2-0-63---0-2-0-62---0-2-0-63---0-2-0-62-|
  M M M       M M M       M M M       M M M


Fill 1
|-5-5-2-7-52-|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-4---85---2-4---84---2-4---8-5---2-4---8-|
|-0-2-0-63---0-2-0-62---0-2-0-63---0-2-0-6-|
  M M M       M M M       M M M       M M M

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-|
|-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-|

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44444444-4444/-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-22222222-2222/-|


Riff 2

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--------4---5---------------4---5----|
|-000000-2p0-3p0--0000000000-2p0-3p0--|


Riff 3 - Verse riff

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--------4---5---------------4---5----|
|-000000-2p0-3p0--0000000000-2p0-3p0--|

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--------4---5---------------4---5----|
|-000000-2p0-3p0--0000000000-2p0-3p0--|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4--4-4-4--4-5/8-8--6/8-8---4-4--4-4-4--4-5/8-8--6/8-8-|
|-4-4--4-4-4--4-5/8-8--6/8-8---4-4--4-4-4--4-5/8-8--6/8-8-|
|-2-2--2-2-2--2-3/6-6--4/6-6---2-2--2-2-2--2-3/6-6--4/6-6-|


Riff 4 - Chorus

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-66666666-66666666-66666666-66666666-|
|-44444444-44444444-44444444-44444444-|
|-------------------55555555-55555555-|

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-55555555-55555555-55555555-55555555--3------|
|-33333333-33333333-33333333-33333333--1--3-5-|
|-------------------44444444-44444444-----1-3-|


Riff 5

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3------3------3-3-3---------3------3------3-----|
|--------1------1------1-1-1---------1------1------1-3-5-|
|-000000---0000---0000--------000000---0000---0000---1-3-|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3------3------3-3-3---------3------3------3-----|
|--------1------1------1-1-1---------1------1------1-3-5-|
|-000000---0000---0000--------000000---0000---0000---1-3-|
                                                   Pace 'till

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3------3------3-3-3---------3------3------3-----|
|--------1------1------1-1-1---------1------1------1-3-5-|
|-000000---0000---0000--------000000---0000---0000---1-3-|
  Death!!

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------3------3------3-3-3---------3-3-3-|
|--------1------1------1-1-1---------1-1-1-|
|-000000---0000---0000--------000000-------|


Note: Watch out for that last bar, it ends quite abruptly

Now go back and play:

Riff 3
Riff 4, then move onto riff 6



Riff 6

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------4-------4-------4---4---4-|
|-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-2-0-2-|
  M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M


Riff 7 - Played underneath the solo

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------3-3----------3-3----------3-3----------3-----|
|-------1-1-3--------1-1-3--------1-1-3--------1-3-5-|
|-0-0-0-----1--0-0-0-----1--0-0-0-----1--0-0-0---1-3-|
  M M M        M M M        M M M        M M M


Riff 8 - Also played underneath the solo

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4---4-4--------4---4-4--------4---4-4--------4---4-4-|
|-0-0-0-2-0-2-2--0-0-0-2-0-2-2--0-0-0-2-0-2-2--0-0-0-2-0-2-2-|
  M M M   M      M M M   M      M M M   M      M M M   M


Now go back and play riff 7 again, but this time end it with
the fill below:

Fill 2
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-6---5---|
|-4-6-3-5-|
|---4---3-|


Now move onto riff 9


Riff 9

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------6-|
|---------------------------------------------------------4-|
|-000000-000000-1p00000-000000-2p00000-000000-3p00000-3p0---|

|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------6-|
|---------------------------------------------------------4-|
|-000000-000000-1p00000-000000-2p00000-000000-3p00000-3p0---|

Note: The spacing is simply for timing purposes, and to make it
      easier to read.


Riff 10 - Played underneath the solo

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------5-|
|-0h22222-5p22222-3p22222-222222-0h22222-222222-3p22222-3p2-3-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------5-|
|-0h22222-2222222-3p22222-222222-0h22222-222222-3p22222-3p2-3-|


Now go back and play:

Riff 9
Riff 10
Riff 9 - except this time end it with fill 2
Riff 3
Riff 4


Congratulations.....you have now finished the song.
Any questions/suggestions just e-mail me.

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