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Band: Avenged Sevenfold
Album: City of Evil
Song: Burn It Down
Track: 2
Guitarists: Zacky Vengeance (Rhythm)
Synyster Gates (Lead)
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|KEY: |
| |
|pm = palm-muted |
|*NH = natural harmonic |
|*AH = artificial harmonic |
|*PH = pitch harmonic |
|-~- = let ring |
|~~~ = vibrato |
|b = bend |
|/ or = slide |
|// or \ = legato slide |
|r = a smaller rest |
|R = a longer rest |
|h = hammer-on |
|p = pull-off |
|. = staccato note or chord |
|__3__ = triplet |
|___F3___ = false triplet |
|____________________________|
tuning: all guitars in Drop-D (D-A-D-G-B-e)
Intro (Gtrs.I+II) ~~Tempo = 200 bpm~~
| play six times|
|--------||-------------------||-------------||
|--------||o-----------------o||-------------||
|--------||-------------------||-------------||
|--------||o-----------------o||-------------||
|--000-r-||--00000-000-000-r--||--00000-000--||
|--000---||--00000-000-000----||--00000-000--||
pm*** ***** *** *** ***** ***
~~Tempo Change (now tempo is about 180 bpm)~~
Lead Fig. 1 (Gtr.III)
play twice |
||--------------------------------------10-------10--||--------------------10----|
||o-13-------13-12-------12-13-------13-------12----o||--------------12-------12-|
||--------12----------12----------12-------12--------||--14-------14----12-------|
||o----14----------12----------14-------------------o||--------14----------------|
||---------------------------------------------------||-----15-------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------||--------------------------|
|----------------------13----------13-12----13h15p12--------------------------------|
|-13-------13-15----15----13----13-------13----------13-------13-12-------12--------|
|-------12-------12----------------------------------------12----------12----14~~~~-|
|----14----------------------14-------------------------14----------12--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Gtr.IV)
play twice |
||--12-------12-10-------10-12-------12-13----10-13--||--------------10----13-10-|
||o-------13----------12----------13-------13-------o||--13-------13----12-------|
||-----14----------12----------14--------------------||--------12----------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------o||-----14-------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------||--------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-12-------------------17----------17-15----17h19p15-12-------12-10-------10--------|
|----------17-18----18----17----17-------17----------------13----------12----13~~~~-|
|----14/17-------17----------14-------------------------14----------12--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Gtrs.I+II)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5555----------------5555--------------------------2222-4444-5555-9999-----------|
|-5555-5555-3333-5555-5555-5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-2222-4444-5555-9999-7777-5555-|
|-3333-5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-0000-2222-3333-7777-7777-5555-|
|------5555-3333-5555------5555-3333-5555-3333-5555---------------------7777-5555-|
Verse 1, Rhy. Fig.1 (Gtrs.I+II)
play three times|
||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------o||--------------------------------------|
||--2----3----2----5----2----3--------2_-2_---||-2----3----2----5----2----3-----------|
||o-2----3----2----5----2----3------2-2_-2_--o||-2----3----2----5----2----3---3-2-----|
||--0-00-1-11-0-00-3-33-0-00-1-11-000-0_-0_---||-0-00-1-11-0-00-3-33-0-00-1-1-1-0-5-3-|
||--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------5-3-|
pm** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *
Pre-Chorus, Rhy. Fig. 2 (Gtr.I+II) (Pre-Chorus played twice altogether)
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-777777-6666/14-14-14-14-14//15-15-~-15-15-15-15---6-6-6-6//7-7-~-|
||-7-777777-7777-x--x--x--x--x---x--x-----x--x--x-x--r-x-x-x-x--x-x---|
||-5-555555-4444/12-12-12-12-12//13-13-~-13-13-13-13---4-4-4-4//5-5-~-|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|------3-~------2-~------5-~------3-~-||
|-0000-0-~-0000-0-~-0000-0-~-0000-0-~-||
|-0000-----0000-----0000-----0000-----|| (end Rhy. Fig. 2)
pm**** **** **** ****
Chorus(Gtrs.I+II)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-~-7-5-55553-~-3333333333333-7-7-~-7-5-55553-~-3333333-----------------|
|-7-7-~-7-5-55553-~-3333333333333-7-7-~-7-5-55553-~-3333333-000-0-0-000-000-|
|-5-5-~-5-3-33331-~-1111111111111-5-5-~-5-3-33331-~-1111111-000-0-0-000-000-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------000-0-0-000-000-|
pm*** * * *** ***
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-~-7-5-55553-~-3333333333333--7-7-~-7-5-55553-~-3333333333333-|
|-7-7-~-7-5-55553-~-3333333333333--7-7-~-7-5-55553-~-3333333333333-|
|-5-5-~-5-3-33331-~-1111111111111--5-5-~-5-3-33331-~-1111111111111-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Post-Chorus (Gtrs.I+II)
play four times| Gtr.2 only:
||-------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------o||----------------------------------.----|
||----------.--.-----------------||----------------------------------2--2-| *(the last two A5 chords
||o-0-------0--0----------------o||-2----3----2----5----2----3-----2-2--2-| are played by BOTH guitars)
||--000-0-0-0--0--0------0-------||-0-00-1-00-0-00-3-00-0-00-10000-0-0--0-|
||--000-0-0-0--0--0-5~~~-0-8~~~--||---------------------------------------|
pm*** * * * * ** ** ** ** ** ****
| |
________Rhythm Fig. 3_________/
<<>>
<<>>
<<>>
Chorus 2 (Gtrs.I+II)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-~-7-5-55553-33-3333333-33337-777777-999999-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-99-|
|-7-7-~-7-5-55553-33-3333333-3333x-xxxxxx-xxxxxx-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--xx-|
|-5-5-~-5-3-33331-11-1111111-11115-555555-777777-8--8--8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10-8--8--8--8--77-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9999999999999999-7-7-~-7-5-55553-33-3333333-3333-7-777777-999999-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-7-7-~-7-5-55553-33-3333333-3333-x-xxxxxx-xxxxxx-x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-7777777777777777-5-5-~-5-3-33331-11-1111111-1111-5-555555-777777-8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"It's sorrow that feeds your lies!"
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------.-----------------|
|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-109--7-~-~--10-~-7-----------------|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-7-~-~--10-~-7---8-~-~-~-~-~-~-|
|-10-10-10-10-8--8--8--8--8-7--5-~-~--8--~-5---8-~-~-~-~-~-~-|
|----------------------------------------------8-~-~-~-~-~-~-|
Breakdown (Gtr.I)
play three times |
||---------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------o||
||----------.-----------.-----------.----------------||
||o---------0-----------0-----------0---------------o||
||--000-0-0-0-R-000-0-0-0-R-000-0-0-0----------------|| gradually bend each 8th fret
||--000-0-0-0---000-0-0-0---000-0-0-0--8b8888888888--|| higher as they continue on
pm*** * * *** * * *** * * until it's bent 1 1/2 (to a C#)
(Gtr.II)
play three times |
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||----------.-----------.-----------.------------------------------------||
||o---------0-----------0-----------0-----------------------------------o|| gradually bend each 11th fret
||--000-0-0-0-R-000-0-0-0-R-000-0-0-0------------------------------------|| higher as they continue on
||--000-0-0-0---000-0-0-0---000-0-0-0--11b11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|| until it's bent 1 12 (to an E)
pm*** * * *** * * *** * *
(Gtrs.I+II)
play four times
||------------------------------||
||o----------------------------o||
||----------.--.----------------||
||o-0-------0--0---------------o||
||--000-0-0-0--0--0------0------||
||--000-0-0-0--0--0-5~~~-0-8~~~-||
pm*** * * * *
Bridge (figure out the rhythm for yourself, it's pointless to waste my time and write it out)
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|---|---|-4-|-5-|-9-|---|---|
|-3-|-5-|-7-|-4-|-5-|-9-|-7-|-5-|
|-3-|-5-|-7-|-2-|-3-|-7-|-7-|-5-| Gtrs.I+II go through this
|-3-|-5-|-7-|---|---|---|-7-|-5-| chord progression four times
F5 G5 A5 B5 c5 E5 A5 G5 w/ lead in the background
that I haven't tabbed yet
Solo Backing Rhythm: (The solo isn't TOO bad, I should have it soon)
<<>>
<<>>
Rhythm Figure 2's alt. ending:
(Gtr.s I+II)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------___3___--|
|------3-~-------2-~------5-~--3--3--3--|
|-0000-0-~--0000-0-~-0000-0-~--1--1--1--|
|-0000------0000-----0000---------------|
pm**** **** **** * * *
(Gtr.III)
*A.H.*
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--R--10b-r-b-/--| (bend, release, bend, and slide up the neck)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
<<>> (same as Chorus 2)
~~Tempo Change (tempo is now about 160 bpm)
Ending
(Gtrs.I+II)
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-_3_-_3_----------_3_-_3_----------_3_-_3_-------------------|
|-555-555-3-~-~-3--7-7-777-8-~-~-8--555-555-3-~-~-~-0-~-~-~-~-|
|-555-555-3-~-~-3--7-7-777-8-~-~-8--555-555-3-~-~-~-0-~-~-~-~-|
|-555-555-3-~-~-3--7-7-777-8-~-~-8--555-555-3-~-~-~-0-~-~-~-~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-_3_-_3_----------_3_-_3_----------_3_-_3_---------.--.--------------------|
|-555-555-3-~-~-3--7-7-777-8-~-~-8--777-777-5-~-~-~-5--7--8-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-|
|-555-555-3-~-~-3--7-7-777-8-~-~-8--777-777-5-~-~-~-5--7--8-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-|
|-555-555-3-~-~-3--7-7-777-8-~-~-8--777-777-5-~-~-~-5--7--8-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-|
(Gtr.III)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------_3_-_3_------------------------------------------|
|-_3_-_3_------------555-555-5-~-7--7-~-_3_-_3_-----------------------|
|-888-888-8-~-7--7-~--------------------888-888-8-~-7--7-~-3-~-~-~-~-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------5-~-~-~-~-|
|----------------------------------------------------------(0)~-~-~-~-| <-- (the open 6th
string's optional)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------_3_-_3_-------------_3_-_3_------------------------------------------|
|-_3_-_3_-------------555-555-5-~-7777777-555-555-5-~--------.--.--------------------------|
|-888-888-8-~-7777777---------------------------------8--8-~-5--7--3pb-~-r-~-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|<--(prebend,
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| slowly
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| release,
pm * * * * * then vibrato)
That's it.
Well, it took a lot of time straining my ear to hear all the different parts and getting the
rhythms right but it was worth it. By far, this is one of the best songs on the album. If anyone tabs the
solo or another lead part before I get it on here then you can enlighten me if you feel like it and let
me post it on here. I'll even put your name down as the tabber of the part, if you like. E-mail it to me
at Statikdicord@aol.com. Anyways, look for my upcoming tabs of "The Beast and the Harlot" and
"Trashed and Scattered". I'll leave you now with the lyrix...ADIOS!
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|BURN IT DOWN|
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Jealousy's an ugly word but you don't seem to care! VERSE 1
Converse behind my back but now I'm here!
Need no one to comply with me through everyone that I defeat.
Don't need you, *** camaraderie!
This rage will never go away!
Hatred fuels my blood, I'll burn ya down! PRE-CHORUS
(You can't help me!)
One king to watch the horsemen fail.
I'll fight 'till the end!
(I won't help you!)
I can't trust anyone, see it in my eyes! CHORUS 1
Now I can understand, it's sorrow that feeds your lies!
You're on my back when the water gets too deep for you too breathe. VERSE 2
A crutch for you that won't always be there!
Hide in the dark another day,
the fear in you is here to stay.
So keep the *** away from me
and learn to trust the words I say!
Hatred fuels my blood, I'll burn ya down! PRE-CHORUS
(You can't help me!)
One king to watch the horsemen fail.
I'll fight 'till the end!
(I won't help you!)
I can't trust anyone, witness and see it in my eyes! CHORUS 2
Now I can understand.
Put faith in you for the last time!
It's sorrow that feeds your lies.
Yeah! BREAKDOWN
Running from me
Before I tear ya down!
You chose the wrong side!
It feels so right!
I won't help you, let you rot away! BRIDGE
(Despite what you say)
Run towards the light,
Exposing your soul.
(We won't be there by your side!)
Salvation's dying
(Somebody's crying)
(We're all gone in the end!)
Sweet child, we'll miss you!
No, so far away!
Far away!!!
(break for solo)
I can't trust anyone, witness and see it in my eyes! CHORUS 3
Now I can understand.
Put faith in you for the last time!
It's sorrow that feeds your lies.
Falling away, can't buy back time. ENDING
Burnt it down anyway!
