Born for Burning Lyrics

As recorded by Bathory
(From the 1985 Album THE RETURN)
Words and Music by Quorthon
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Fast Metal Q=183
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E 8x
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||o-----1-----5-----|-5-----7-----7--|-----1-----5-----|-3-2-0---0h2p0-----o||
Pre-Verse
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------o||
||o-----1-----5-----|-5-----7-----7--|-----1-----5-----|-3-2-0---0h2p0------o||
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E 8x
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------o||
||o-----1-----5-----|-5-----7-----7--|-----1-----5-----|-3-2-0---0h2p0------o||
PM--| PM----------------------|
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||o---------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-3--2--------5-|-(5)--4----------|-----------------o||
Half Speed Q=91
Q Q Q Q Q Q S S S S T T S S S 8x
||o-------------|-------------------------o||
||o-2--2--5--5--|-2--2--3-2-0---0h2p0-----o||
Pre-Verse
Main Tempo Q=183
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------o||
||o-----1-----5-----|-5-----7-----7--|-----1-----5-----|-3-2-0---0h2p0------o||
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E 8x
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------o||
||o-----1-----5-----|-5-----7-----7--|-----1-----5-----|-3-2-0---0h2p0------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----5---4-----5-|---4-----5---4---|
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-4-----5---7-----|-5---4-----5---4---o||
Half Speed Q=91
Q Q Q Q Q Q S S S S T T S S S 4x
||o-------------|-------------------------o||
||o-2--2--5--5--|-2--2--3-2-0---0h2p0-----o||
H.=H
W W W W
||o----------|----------|----------|------o||
||o-2--------|-2--------|-2--------|-2----o||
+W +W 3x
||o------------|--------o||
||o-(2)--------|-(2)----o||
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths