VENOM "Black Metal" 

album: Black Metal
year: 1982

translated by Michiel Hautus (michiels.gitaarparadijs@hccnet.nl), 
January 04, The Netherlands

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explanation signs:

\	= slide down
x	= percussionstrike
P.M.---	= mute strings
5p3	= pull-off

RIFF A/VERSE

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |-3--------------|----------------|-2--------------|----------------|
D |-3--------------|----------------|-2--------------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |-----3-3-3-3-3-3|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-----3-3-3-3-3-3|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
        P.M.----------------------        P.M.----------------------

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |-1--------------|----------------|----------------|-2----2----2----|
D |-1--------------|----------------|----------------|-0----0----0----|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |-----3-3-3-3-3-3|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-1----3----1----|----------------|
        P.M.----------------------    P.M.-------    

RIFF B/BRIDGE

  |			   3 times  | 4th time
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|-10\--7-------5-|---7-----7------|
E |-----5-5-5-5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-8-\--5-------3-|---5-----5------|
        P.M.----------------------        P.M.

RIFF C/CHORUS

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|-2--------------|----------------|
D |----------------|----------------|-3--------------|----------------|
A |-5--------------|----------------|-0--------------|-hold-----------|
E |-3---3-3-3-3-3-3|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|----------------|----------------|
        P.M.----------------------         

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |-3--------------|----------------|-4------------5-|-------4--------|
D |-3--------------|-hold-----------|-3------------5-|-------3--------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

ENDING CHORUS

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |----------------|----------------|-5-------5------|-5-------5------|
A |-5--------------|----------------|-5-------5------|-5-------5------|
E |-3---3-3-3-3-3-3|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|
        P.M.----------------------        

BREAK 1st time ("Lay down your souls to the gods rock'n roll")

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |-7--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |-7------r e s t-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------x\-|

BREAK 2st time ("Lay down your souls to the gods rock'n roll" etc....)

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |-7--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |-7------r e s t-|----------------|----------------|----------2-----|
A |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------2-----|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------0-----|

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |-3--------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|
A |-3------r e s t-|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|
E |-1--------------|----------------|----------------|----------1-----|

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-----|
D |-5------r e s t-|----------------|----------------|----------5-----|
A |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|
E |-3--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |-7--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |-7--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |-5--------------|-hold-----------|-hold-----------|-hold-----------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------x\-|

INTERLUDE

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |-7--------------|----------------|----------------|-5----5----6----|
E |-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----4----|
        P.M.-----------------------------------------

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |-7--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |-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|
        P.M.----------------------------------------------------------

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |-7-----------5--|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |-7-----------5--|-hold-----------|-hold-----------|-hold-----------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  |                    play 3 times | 4th time
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
E |-6p5p3-6p5p3-6p5p3-6p5p3--6-6-3--|-6p5p3-6p5p3-6p5p3-6p5p3|

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |-5------7-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |-5------7-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |-3------5-------|hold------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
                                      P.M.----------------------------

  |                    play 3 times | 4th time
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------|
E |-6p5p3-6p5p3-6p5p3-6p5p3--6-6-3--|-6p5p3-6p5p3-6p5p3-6p5p3|

E |----------------|----------------|
B |----------------|----------------|
G |-5------7-------|----------------|
D |-5------7-------|----------------|
A |-3------5-------|----------------|
E |----------------|-------------x\-|

END 

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---||
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---||
G |-7--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---||
D |-7------r e s t-|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|-5-||
A |-5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|-5-||
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------1-----|-3-||