Hey peeps, this is my first written tab.
It will not include the Solo or the leads, though the basic riffs are damn near 100% perfect.
if anyone tabs out the solo feel free to msg me...
Artist: Avenged Sevenfold
Song: This Means War
Album: Hail To The King
Tuning: drop D (D a d g b e)
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
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Intro:
|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------5------------||--5-------------5-5-5-5-5---1---------5-------8-7--||--5(let ring)---5-5-5-5-5---1(ring)---3(ring)-8-7--||--5-------------5-5-5-5-5---1-----------------8-7--|
|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||--5---------5-5-5-5-5---0-------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--5(ring)---5-5-5-5-5---0(ring)-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--5---------5-5-5-5-5---0-------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Riff:
|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||--0------------x-0----------------0------------||--0--8*7*8*5~--x-0 8p7h8h5~10\5~--0--8p7h8p5~--||--0------------x-0----------------0------------|
|------------------------ |----------||------------------------ |----------||--3-x-5-x-7------------- |----------||--3-x-5-x-7--x-x-x-1/3-- |--1-------||--1-x-3-x-5--x-x-x-1/3-- last time |--1(ring)-||-------------x-x-x-1/3-- |--1-------|
Verse:
|-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------| X 2|--0-xxx-xxx-0-----------0-xxx-xxx-0-xx---------------||--0-xxx-xxx-0--8p7h8p5~-0-xxx-xxx-0-xx8p7h8p5~10\5~--||--0-xxx-xxx-0-----------0-xxx-xxx-0-xx---------------|
Prechorus:
xxxx xx xxxx xx xxxx xx|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------| X 2|--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1-------7-8--||--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1(ring)-7-8--||--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1-------7-8--|
Chorus:
|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8--||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8--||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8--|
|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||------------------5-5-5-5----------||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8--||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-7-7-8-8--||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------7-7-8-8--|
Solo Rhythm:
xx xx xx xx xx xx|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------3-x-5-x-7-------------||--0-00-00-1-0-00-00-1-0-00-00-3--3-x-5-x-7--x-x-x-1/3--||--0-00-00-1-0-00-00-1-0-00-00-3--1-x-3-x-5--x-x-x-1/3--||--0-00-00-1-0-00-00-1-0-00-00-3-------------x-x-x-1/3--|
xxxx xx xxxx xx xxxx xx|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------| X 2|--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1-------7-8--||--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1(ring)-7-8--||--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1-------7-8--|
Outro
|---------------------||---------------------||---------------------||--1-----------3-1-0--||--1(let ring)-3-1-0--||--1-----------3-1-0--|
Song order:
INTRO
RIFF
VERSE
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
RIFF
VERSE
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
SOLO RYTHM
INTRO
VERSE
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
RIFF
OUTRO
