• Song:

    Not The American Average

  • Artist:

    Asking Alexandria

Song: Not The American Average
Artist: Asking Alexandria
Album: Stand Up And Scream
Tuning: Drop D

This is the first song that I heard by Asking Alexandria, and I fell in
love with it. I listened to it for about four and a half hours trying to
tab this. I'm pretty sure this is correct, so enjoy! If you have any
corrections, email me at eye_of_the_storm930210@yahoo.com

Drum Intro (0:00-0:10)
Verse 1 (0:11-0:21) 
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-0--0----3-0--0--0--0----3-0--0----3-0--0--000-000---|
A|---3-0--0----3-0--0--0--0----3-0--0----3-0--0--000-000---|
D|---3-0--0----3-0--0--0--0----3-0--0----3-0--0--000-000---|
Verse 2 (0:21-0:42) 
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-0--0----7p0-5p0-3p0-3-0--0--0--0--7p0-5p0-3p0---|
A|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
D|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-0--0--5b-7p0-5p0-3p0-3-0--0--0--0--7p0-5p0-3p0---|
A|---3-0--0-----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
D|---3-0--0-----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-0--0----7p0-5p0-3p0-3-0--0--0--0--7p0-5p0-3p0---|
A|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
D|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-0--0--5b-7p0-5p0-3p0-3-0--0--0--0----------------|
A|---3-0--0-----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
D|---3-0--0-----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
Verse 3 (0:43-1:07)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-0--0----7p0-5p0-3p0-3-0--0--0--0--5b-7p0-5p0-3p0---|
A|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0-------------------|
D|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0-------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-0--0----7p0-5p0-3p0-3-0--0--0--0--7p0-5p0-3p0---|
A|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
D|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-0--0----7p0-5p0-3p0-3-0--0--0--0--5b-7p0-5p0-3p0---|
A|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0-------------------|
D|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0-------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-0--0----7p0-5p0-3p0-3-0--0--0--0--7p0-5p0-3p0---|
A|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
D|---3-0--0----------------3-0--0--0--0----------------|
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
D|---330-0-0-330-0-0-0-3-0-3---|
     ... . . ... . . 
Synth Part (1:08-1:27)
Synth and Vocals cover up guitar too much for me to understand, so if you
happen to figure it out, send me an email please.

Verse 4 (1:28-2:04)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------8-------------7--------------0---|
A|-------8---7---8---10---8---7h8---8---8---7h8---7---8---10-8-7-0---|
D|---0-0---0---0---0----0---0-----0-8-8---8-----8-7-7---7--------0---|
     . .   .   .   .    .   .     .   .   .     .   .   .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------7h9h10---|
D|----------------------------------8-------------------7h8h10---------|
A|-------8---7---8---10---8---7h8---8---8---7h8---7h8h10---------------|
D|---0-0---0---0---0----0---0-----0-8-8---8-----8----------------------|
     . .   .   .   .    .   .     .   .   .     .



e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------8-------------7--------------0---|
A|-------8---7---8---10---8---7h8---8---8---7h8---7---8---10-8-7-0---|
D|---0-0---0---0---0----0---0-----0-8-8---8-----8-7-7---7--------0---|
     . .   .   .   .    .   .     .   .   .     .   .   .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------7h9h10---|
D|----------------------------------8-------------------7h8h10---------|
A|-------8---7---8---10---8---7h8---8---8---7h8---7h8h10---------------|
D|---0-0---0---0---0----0---0-----0-8-8---8-----8----------------------|
     . .   .   .   .    .   .     .   .   .     .
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|---10\\\\\--0--let ring-|
A|---10\\\\\--0--let ring-|
D|---10\\\\\--0--let ring-|
YOU STUPID, FUCKING, WHORE!
For each syllable in “fucking” at 2:09, do this: 
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---0-0---|
A|---0-0---|
D|---0-0---|
     . .
Breakdown 1 (2:10-2:42)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0-------0-------------0-------0--------------------------|
A|---0-000-000-0000--0-00000-000-000-0000--0-00000-000-000000000------|
D|---0-000-000-0000--0-00000-000-000-0000--0-00000-000-000000000------|
     . ... ..  ....    ..... ... ..  ....    ..... ... .........
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|---0------------------0-0---|
A|---0-000-000000000----0-0---|
D|---0-000-000000000----0-0---|
       ... .........    . .



e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0-------0-------------0-------0--------------------------|
A|---0-000-000-0000--0-00000-000-000-0000--0-00000-000-000000000------|
D|---0-000-000-0000--0-00000-000-000-0000--0-00000-000-000000000------|
     . ... ..  ....    ..... ... ..  ....    ..... ... .........
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---0------------------0-0--0-let ring---|
A|---0-000-000000000----0-0--0-let ring---|
D|---0-000-000000000----0-0--0-let ring---|
       ... .........    . .
Soft Part (2:43-3:49)
Breakdown 2 (3:50-4:40) Pay attention to how heavy the palm muting is
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0--0-0---000---|
A|---0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0--0-0---000---|
D|---1-1--1-1---111--1-1--1-1--1-1---111---|
     . .  . .   ...  . .  . .  . .   ...
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0---000--0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0--0-0--000--0-0--0-0--0-0---|
A|---0-0---000--0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0--0-0--000--0-0--0-0--0-0---|
D|---0-0---000--0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0--0-0--000--0-0--0-0--0-0---|
     . .   ...  . .  . .   ...  . .  . .  . .  ...  . .  . .  . .
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---000--0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0---|
A|---000--0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0---|
D|---000--0-0--1-1---111--1-1--1-1---111--1-1--0-0---|
     ...  . .  . .   ...  . .  . .   ...  . .  . .
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---0-0---000--0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0---|
A|---0-0---000--0-0--0-0---000--0-0--0-0---|
D|---1-1---111--1-1--1-1---111--1-1--0-0---|
     . .   ...  . .  . .   ...  . .
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