Artist/Song: Asking Alexandria - Not The American Average Album: Stand Up And Scream Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E) Gtr I - Left (D A D G B E) Gtr II - Right (D A D G B E) Gtr III - Center (D A D G B E) This is how I play Not The American Average. Sounds close to me, you be the judge. :p **Please rate and comment!** Intro [0:00-0:10] (1, 2, 3, 4...) Verse [0:10-0:20] ("Come on baby...") Gtrs I & II |----------------------|-------------------------|| |----------------------|------------------------o|| |----------------------|-------------------------|| |-5-0.--0.-------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.--------|| x2 |-5-0.--0.-------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-------o|| |-5-0.--0.-------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.--------|| [0:21-0:40] ("Clothes trailing...") Gtrs I & II |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------8p0---------|-------------------8p0---------| |-5-0.--0.------------7p0-----|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.------7p0-----| |-5-0.--0.----------------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.----------8p0-| |-5-0.--0.--------------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.--------------| N.H. 1st Time Only |----------------------------|------------------|-----------------|| |----------------------------|------------------|----------------o|| |-----------5*---8p0---------|------------------|-8p0-------------|| |-5-0.--0.--5*-------7p0-----|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-|-----7p0---------|| x2 |-5-0.--0.---------------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-|---------8p0----o|| |-5-0.--0.-------------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-|-----------------|| *[0:42-1:03] ("My time...") Gtrs I & II N.H. |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------8p0---------|------------------5*----| |-5-0.--0.-----------7p0-----|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-5*----| |-5-0.--0.---------------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-------| |-5-0.--0.-------------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-------| |-------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------o|| |-8p0---------|---------------8p0---------|-------------------8p0-------------|| |-----7p0-----|-5-0.--0.----------7p0-----|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.------7p0---------|| x2 |---------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--------------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.----------8p0----o|| |-------------|-5-0.--0.------------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.------------------|| *Note: This is the same riff as the verse, but it's all switched around, (And there's an extra measure :o) so the timing may seem weird. Careful! Pre-Chorus [1:04-1:06] ("More...") Gtr I Lightly mute these frets |---------------------5-5-5-5------| |---------------------5-5-5-5------| |---------------------5-5-5-5------| |---------------------5-5-5-5------| |-000--0--0-000--0--0-5-5-5-5------| |-000--0--0-000--0--0--------------| PM... . . ... . . | |Gtr II |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |---------------------x-x-x-x------| |-000--0--0-000--0--0-x-x-x-x------| |-000--0--0-000--0--0-x-x-x-x------| PM... . . ... . . Chorus [1:06-1:27] ("You're thighs were made...") Gtr I D5 (xx023x@1) A5 (x022xx@1) Bb5 (x133xx@1) C5|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|| (x355xx@1)|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------o|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|| x4 |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|| | |Gtr II |---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| |-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|| |-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|| x4 |-5-5-5-5-8--8--8--8--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o|| |---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|| Bridge [1:27-1:50] ("To your knees...") Gtrs I & II 1st Time Only 2nd Time Only |-----------------------------|---------------|--------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------|---------------|------------------------7h8h10--|| |--------------------8--------|---7-----------|-----------------7h8h10---------|| x2 |---8-7-8-10-8-7h8---8--8-7h8-|---7--8-10-8-7-|---7h8h10-7h8h10---------------o|| |-00-0-0-0--0-0----0-8-8-8----|-8-7-7-7-------|-00-----------------------------|| PM.. . . . . . . . . . . . .. | |Gtr III Starts 2nd time through | N.H. (Whammy bar dip) N.H. |-7*--/------////--|-------------------------| |-7*-/--(-1)/---------|-------------------------| |----------/----------|-------------------------| |---------/-----------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|--5*-(Dive-bomb)---------| Gtr I |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------8---------------7----------------| |-----8---7---8---10---8---7h8----8----8---7h8----7----8---10-8-7--| |-0-0---0---0---0----0---0------0-8--8---8------8-7--7---7---------| |PM . . . . . . . . . . . . | |Gtr II |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------8----------------7-----------------| |-----12--10--12--13--12--10h12---8----12--10h12---7----12--13-12-10-| |-0-0---0---0---0---0----0------0-8--8---8-------8-7--7---7----------| PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . Gtr I |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------7h8h10-| |---------------------------------8------------------------------7h8h10--------| |-----8---7---8---10---8---7h8----8----8---7h8-----7h8h10-7h8h10---------------| |-0-0---0---0---0----0---0------0-8--8---8------00-----------------------------| |PM . . . . . . . . . .. | |Gtr II |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------10h12h12-| |---------------------------------8-----------------------------------10h12h13----------| |-----12--10--12--13--12--10h12---8----12--10h12----10h12h13-10h12h13-------------------| |-0-0---0---0---0---0----0------0-8--8---8-------00-------------------------------------| PM. . . . . . . . . . .. Gtr I |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6-4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5-0.--0~------| |---------------------------------0.--0~------| |PM . | |Gtr II |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-8h9p8h9p8h9p8h9-7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8-0.--0~------| |---------------------------------0.--0~------| PM . Breakdown I [2:07-2:40] ("You stupid! Fucking! Whore!") Gtrs I & II |----------------||------------------------------------|| |----------------||-----------------------------------o|| |----------------||------------------------------------|| x2 |----------------||---------0~--------------0~---------|| |--------0-0.----||-0-000-000~--0-0000------0~-0-0000-o|| |--------0-0.----||-0-000-000~--0-0000------0~-0-0000--|| PM . . . ... .. . .... . .... Gtrs I & II |--------------------------|---------------------------------||-----| |--------------------------|--------------------------------o||-----| |--------------------------|---------------------------------||-----| |--------------------------|---------------------------------||-0~--| |-0-000-000--0-0000--------|-0-000-000--0-0000------0-0.----o||-0~--| |-0-000-000--0-0000--------|-0-000-000--0-0000------0-0.-----||-0~--| PM. ... ... . .... . ... ... . .... . . Repeat Breakdown I Breakdown II [3:50-4:40] ("Messy ending...") Gtr I |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-0-0---0-0-----000--0-0---0-0---0-0-------000-| |-1-1---1-1-----111--1-1---1-1---1-1-------111-| PM. . . . ... . . . . . . ... Gtrs I & II ("Ten inch!") |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |------------------------|-----------------------| |-0-0~----------000--0-0-|-0-0~---------000--0-0-| |-0-0~----------000--0-0-|-0-0~---------000--0-0-| PM. . ... . . . . ... . . Gtrs I & II |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-0-0---0-0------000--0-0-|-0-0---0-0--------000--0-0-| |-0-0---0-0------000--0-0-|-0-0---0-0--------000--0-0-| PM. . . . ... . . . . . . ... . . Gtrs I & II |----------------------|-------------------------|-------| |----------------------|-------------------------|-------| |----------------------|-------------------------|-------| |----------------------|-------------------------|-------| |-0-0~--------000--0-0-|--0-0~--------000--0-0---|-0~--0-| |-1-1~--------111--1-1-|--1-1~--------111--1-1---|-0~--0-| PM. . ... . . . . ... . . . . Tempo Drop (Bitchhhhhhhh...) Gtrs I & II |----------------------|-------------------------|-------| |----------------------|-------------------------|-------| |----------------------|-------------------------|-------| |----------------------|-------------------------|-------| |-0-0~--------000--0-0-|--0-0~--------000--0-0---|-0~--0-| |-1-1~--------111--1-1-|--1-1~--------111--1-1---|-0~--0-| PM. . ... . . . . ... . . . . The End. ----------------Legend------------------ h - Hammer-On p - Pull-Off P.M. - Palm Mute . - Staccato (Short) v and ~ - Vibrato x - Fret Hand Mute * - Natural or Artificial Harmonic (N.H. or A.H.) I'm open for any questions about the tab! Thanks!