The Pagan Winter Tab by Dark Throne


'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-------|