Here is the complete tab of Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold. Did it mostly by ear. The two solos are done by ear and I am 99% sure that they are completely accurate. I spent hours making sure it was right so here you go and please rate it. Update #1 - 7/25: I rearranged the solo a bit so it would a little more sense and so its more organized. Gonna figure out the divebombs. I should have them soon. This song is played in Drop D for every guitar. Legend: / = slide from lower frets \ = slide from higher frets ~ = virbato . = palm mute b (x24432@1) = bend string r = release bend === = tremelo pick |--3--| = all notes with this symbol are triplets X2 = play multiple times INTRO (0:33 - 1:02) Guitar 1 (0:33) E|-------------------------------------------------------| B|--------/10~-10-9~-9-8~-8-6----------------8-10-11-----| G|--/7~-7---------------------7---7------6-9-------------| D|------------------------------7-----/7-----------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| X3 Guitar 2 (0:33) E|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|--------/7~-7-6~-6-5~-5-------------------5-7-8-----| A|--/5~-5-----------------8-5---/5------4-7-----------| D|----------------------------7------/7---------------| X3 Guitar 3 (0:33) E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-|----3----|---------------|----3----|----------------------------------| D|--0000000000----------------0000000000----------------------------------| .......... .......... (0:39) E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-|----3----|--|-3-|--|-3-|--|-3-|--|-3-|--|-3-|--|-3-|--|-3-|| D|--0000000000---0000---0000---0000---0000---0000---0000---000-| .......... .... .... .... .... .... .... ... (0:44) E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--0--------------------------------------------|--------3---------|| D|--0---------------------------------------------000000000000000000-| .................. (0:50) E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--0--------------------------------------------|--------3---------|| D|--0---------------------------------------------000000000000000000-| .................. (0:55) E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--3------------5------------5------------7-------------------------| A|--1------------2------------3------------4-------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (0:50) E|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------/10~-10-9~-9-8~-8-6----------------8-9-10-| G|--/7~-7---------------------7---7------6-9--------| D|------------------------------7-----/7------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| (0:55) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--11~-11-10-9-8~--/15--13~-------/17~-------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (0:50) E|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|--------/7~-7-6~-6-5~-5-------------------5-6-7-| A|--/5~-5-----------------8-5---/5------4-7-------| D|----------------------------7------/7-----------| (0:55) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--8~-8-7-6-5~--/12--10~-------/14~----------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| PRE-VERSE (1:02 - 1:10) Guitar 3 (1:02) E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-| .......................................................... Guitar 1 (1:02) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------Sorry I dont have this figured out, but these---------| G|-------------are a few natural harmonics that i---------------| D|---because i dont have a floyd rose on my guitar to perform---| A|------------------------the divebombs.------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (1:02) E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------3-/12b~-| VERSE I (1:10 - 1:41) Guitars 1 & 2 (1:10) E|-------------------------| E|----------------------------------| B|-------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|-------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|--------0----------------| X3 D|----------------------------------| A|--3b----0----------------| A|----------------------------------| D|--3b----0----0-0-0-0-0-0-| D|--6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------------------X2------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (1:24) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|---/7--6--5----------------------/7--6--5---------------------| A|-------------8-5---------------------------8------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| X2 Guitar 2 (1:24) E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-3---------3-----3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-----------------------------------| A|-3---------3-----3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-----------------------------------| D|-3---0-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X2 Guitars 1 & 2 (1:39) E|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| D|-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-----| CHORUS (1:41 - 2:00) Guitars 1 & 2 (1:41) E|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|------------5---------------------3----------| D|-0----------5----------3----------3----------| A|-0----------3----------3----------1----------| D|-0---------------------3---------------------| X2 (1:56) E|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----| D|-----------------------| PRE-VERSE (2:00 - 2:07) Guitar 3 (2:00) E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-| .......................................................... Guitar 1 (2:00) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------Here are some more natural harmonics and I will--------| G|--------be getting a new guitar in a few weeks so then--------| D|---I will figure out the divebombs and put them on the tab.---| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (2:00) E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------3-/12b~-| VERSE I (2:07 - 2:38) Guitars 1 & 2 (2:07) E|-------------------------| E|----------------------------------| B|-------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|-------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|--------0----------------| X3 D|----------------------------------| A|--3b----0----------------| A|----------------------------------| D|--3b----0----0-0-0-0-0-0-| D|--6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------------------X2------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (2:22) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|---/7--6--5----------------------/7--6--5---------------------| A|-------------8-5---------------------------8------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| X2 Guitar 2 (2:22) E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-3---------3-----3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-----------------------------------| A|-3---------3-----3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3-----------------------------------| D|-3---0-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X2 Guitars 1 & 2 (2:36) E|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| D|-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-6-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-----| CHORUS (2:38 - 3:10) Guitars 1 & 2 (2:38) E|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|------------5---------------------3----------| D|-0----------5----------3----------3----------| A|-0----------3----------3----------1----------| D|-0---------------------3---------------------| X4 (3:08) E|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----| D|-----------------------| PRE-SOLO (3:15 - 3:32) Guitar 3 (3:15) E|--------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|-0------------------------------------------------------| A|-0------------------------------------------------------| D|-0------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (3:15) E|-------/17~-17-16~-16-15~-15-13---------------------------| B|--------------------------------15~--------------12-13-14-| G|--------------------------------------------9-12----------| D|----------------------------------------/11---------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (3:15) E|-------/13~-13-12~-12-11~-11-10-----------------10-11-12-| B|--------------------------------10~----------------------| G|-------------------------------------------7-10----------| D|----------------------------------------/9---------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 3 (3:21) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0------------------------------------------------------------| A|-0------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (3:21) E|--------/17~-17-16~-16-15~-15-13---------------------------| B|-15-----------------------------15----15~-----------8-9-10-| G|-----------------------------------14----------7-10--------| D|--------------------------------------------/9-------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (3:21) E|-13-----/13~-13-12~-12-11~-11-10------------------------------| B|---------------------------------10----10~-----------11-12-13-| G|------------------------------------10----------9-12----------| D|--------------------------------------------/11---------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 3 (3:26) E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--3------------5------------5------------7-------------------------| A|--1------------2------------3------------4-------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (3:26) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-11~-11-10-9-8~--/15--13~----12-13-/17~-----------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (3:26) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-14~-14-13-12-11~--/18--17~----16-17-/20~---------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| SOLO (Guitar 1 takes the parts of the lead and all left ear parts of the harmonies) (Guitar 2 takes all the right ear parts of the harmonies) (Guitar 3 is the rythym and is at the bottom of the solo) Guitar 1 (3:32) |---3----| |---3----| E|-/17~--------------|---3----|---14-15-16~--------------|---3----|---13-14-15~----| B|----------|---3----|14-15-16-17---------------|---3----|13-14-15-16--------------| G|-----------14-15-16----------------------------13-14-15--------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (3:37) |--------3--------| E|-15b17r15--13~---17-13-------------17-13-------------| B|-----------------------15-14-------------15----------| G|-----------------------------15-14----------14-------| D|-----------------------------------------------15----| A|--------------------------------------------------17-| D|-----------------------------------------------------| (3:39) E|-------------------------------------15b17r15----------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------15--18--17--18-/20-20b22---| G|--------2-3--2-----------14-15--14---------------------------------------| D|-----3---------------15--------------------------------------------------| A|-/5-------------/17------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (3:39) (Short little harmony, then Guitar 1 finishes above) E|------------------------------17-18--17----------------------------------| B|---------------------/15--18---------------------------------------------| G|----------14-15--14------------------------------------------------------| D|------15-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-/17---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (3:47) E|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|-9=======/13\8=======/15\7=======/13\6===8===6==5===2\-----| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (3:47) E|-12=======/16\11=======/18\10=======/16\9===11===9==8===5\-----| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (3:54) E|----------------------------------10/17-13-----------------------------| B|-------------------------------11----------15-14-------------15--14----| G|----------------------------10-------------------15-14-----------------| D|-----------------6-7-6-7-12----------------------------15--------------| A|-3-4-3-4-7-8-7-8------------------------------------------17-----------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . Guitar 2 (3:54) E|--------------------------------------13/20-17-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------------15----------18-17-------------18--17----| G|--------------------------------14-------------------19-18-----------------| D|---------6-7-6-7-11-12-11-12-15----------------------------19--------------| A|-6-7-6-7------------------------------------------------------20-----------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . (Slightly palm muted) Guitar 1 (3:57) |---3----| |---3----| |---3----| E|------|--3----|13-14-15-15---15-14-13|---3----|----|---3----|15-16-17-18---17---| B|-15---15-16-17------------------------17-16-15-13---15-16-18--------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (3:57) |---3----| |---3----| |---3----| E|------|--3----|16-17-18-18---18-17-16|---3----|----|---3----|12-13-14-15---14---| B|-18---18-19-20------------------------20-19-18-17---12-13-15--------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (4:01) E|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-/7~---7--6~---5~----------------| A|--------------------8-5---/5~----| D|------------------------7--------| Guitar 2 (4:01) E|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-/10~---10--9~---8~---7------------| A|------------------------8---/8~----| D|--------------------------10-------| Guitar 3 (3:32) E|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------| G|-3---3---4---4---5---5---6------| D|-0-------3--0---0------3--0-------3---| X3 D|-3---3---5---5---5---5---7------| A|-0-------3--0---0------3--0-------3b--| A|-1---1/2-2---2/3-3---3/4-4------| D|-0---0-0-3--0---0--0-0-3--0---0-0-3b--| D|--------------------------------| . . . . . . |-------------------------------------X2------------------------------------------| VERSE II + SOLO LICK (4:01 - 4:27) (4:01) (Guitars 1 & 2 can join in after they play they parts if desired) E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0---------0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---| A|-0---------0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---| D|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X3 (4:23) E|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3------| D|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3------| A|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1------| D|---------------------------3~---| Guitar 1 (4:23) E|-------------------------------------------------------------13-15-16-17-18-18--18-| B|-------------------------------------14-15-14----------14-15-----------------------| G|-------------14-15-14----------14-15----------15-14-15-----------------------------| D|-------14-15----------15-14-15-----------------------------------------------------| A|-13-15-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (4:24) E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------14-15-14----------14-15-----------------------------------| D|-------------------14-15----------15-14-15-----------------------------------------| A|-------------13-15-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Comes in a little after Guitar 1 starts and finishes as Guitar 1 hits 15 on the G String for the 3rd string so they both meet on the same note.) Guitar 1 (4:27) E|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|-/7~---7--6~---5~----------------| A|--------------------8-5---/5~----| D|------------------------7--------| Guitar 2 (4:27) E|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-/10~---10--9~---8~---7------------| A|------------------------8---/8~----| D|--------------------------10-------| VERSE II (4:27 - 4:49) Guitar 3 (4:27) (Guitars 1 & 2 can join in after they play they parts if desired) E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-0---------0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---| A|-0---------0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---| D|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X3 BRIDGE (4:49 - 5:19) Guitars 1 & 2 (4:49) E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-5---5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5---5---5-5-| D|-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-5---5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5---5---5-5-| A|-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1---1---1-1-3---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3---3---3-3-| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| X3 (5:11) E|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|-3-----3---3-4-----4---4-5-----5---5-6-------------------| D|-3-----3---3-5-----5---5-5-----5---5-7-------------------| A|-1-----1---1-2-----2---2-3-----3---3-4-------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| PRE-CHORUS (5:19 - 5:26) Guitar 3 (5:19) E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-| .......................................................... Guitar 1 (5:19) E|--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------Here are some more divebombs.----------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (5:19) E|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------3-/12b~-| CHORUS (5:26 - 5:58) Guitars 1 & 2 (5:26) E|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|------------5---------------------3----------| D|-0----------5----------3----------3----------| A|-0----------3----------3----------1----------| D|-0---------------------3---------------------| X4 (5:56) E|-----------------------| B|-----------------------| G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----| A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----| D|-----------------------|