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The Pagan Winter

Darkthrone
Tab
4.6(6)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

'The Pagan Winter' as performed by Darkthrone

on their 1992 album 'A Blaze In The Northern Sky'

Transcribed by Lord Upir on 1 December 2000

Normal tuning

Intro riff (timing is not correct)

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------3---2--3-4-5--|
D|-7----6-------2--3---2---------|
A|-7----6-------2--1---0---------|
E|-5----4-------0----------------|

Riff 2

d d u d u d d u d u d d u d u d d u d u

e|--------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------
G|-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6--
D|-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6--
A|-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-5---5-5-5-5-6---6-6-6-6--
E|--------------------------------------------------

strumming idem

  --------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------|
  -5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--|
  -5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--|
  -3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--|
  --------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4--4/5--5--5\2--2--2/5--4----4--4/9--9--9\8--8--8\5--/8\5--4---|
D|-2--2/3--3--3\0--0--0/3--2----2--2/7--7--7\6--6--6\3--/6\3--2---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-5----4----5----------|
A|-5----4----5----4~----|
E|-3----2----3----------|

Solo, play twice (riff 4 is played as rhythm)

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-11----11-------------------------------------------|
G|-------12----13-12-11\7---11-12-8--7~-------------6~---|
D|------------------------9--------------8~---7----------|
A|----------------------------------------------8-4------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 5 |-> 2nd part

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------____*____------------------____*____--|
G|-6-----5--555555--6-5-2-3-5------------------6-5-2-3-5--|
D|---7-3------------------------7-----6-666666------------|
A|--------------------------------8-4---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

* tremolo pick these notes. Play 2nd part another two times.

play intro riff

"Eternal winter..."

play riff 5

play riff 2

Riff 6a

1 1 e 2 e 3 e 4 e

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-8-7-------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-8-7-------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-6-5-------|

6b

d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u d u

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-2---2-------3-----2---2-2---2-------2---|
A|-2---2-2---2-------3-----2---2-2---2-------2---|
E|-0---0-0---0-6-5-3-1-----0---0-0---0-6-5-3-0---|

Ending

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-2-2-------|
A|-2-2-------|
E|-0-0-------|

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