• Song:

    This Means War

  • Artist:

    Avenged Sevenfold

Artist: Avenged Sevenfold
Song:   This Means War
Album:  Hail To The King

tuning: drop D


my comments:
100% correct rhythm and notes!
Had to post as I saw many tabs that were not entirely accurate.
Hope you enjoy it (solos come next as I'm finishing tabs)


INTRO:
           PM.......                           PM..
E||------------------------|------------------------|
B||------------------------|------------------------|
G||------------------------|------------------------|
D||--5---------------------|--1--------10-----------|
A||--5-----5-5-5-5-5-------|--1--------10------8-7--|
D||--5-----5-5-5-5-5-------|--1--------10------8-7--|

           PM.......
  |------------------------|------------------------|
  |------------------------|------------------------|
  |------------------------|------------------------|
  |--5---------------------|--1---------3-----------|
  |--5-----5-5-5-5-5-------|--1---------3-----------|
  |--5-----5-5-5-5-5-------|--1---------3-----------|

     PM...............
  |------------------------||
  |------------------------||
  |------------------------||
  |------------------------||
  |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----||
  |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----||


MAIN RIFF:
                        PM
E||------------------------|------------------------|
B||------------------------|------------------------|
G||------------------------|------------------------|
D||--0------------------3--|--0---------------------|
A||--0--8-8-6h8p6-5~5~--3--|--0--8-8-6h8p6-5-10-5~--|
D||--0------------------3--|--0---------------------|

                              PM  PM  PM    PM
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |------------------------|------------------------|| x2
  |--0---------------------|----5---7---8------0-3--||
  |--0--8-8-6h8p6-5~5~-----|----3---5---6---x--0-3--||
  |--0---------------------|--0---0---0-----x--0-3--||


E||-----||
B||-----||
G||-----||
D||--1--||
A||--1--||
D||--1--||


VERSE:

        PM.    PM...             PM.
E||------------------------|---------------------------|
B||------------------------|---------------------------|
G||------------------------|---------------------------|
D||--0--0-0----0-0-0-------|--0------------------------|
A||--0--0-0----0-0-0-------|--0------8-8-6h8p6-5~5~----|
D||--0--0-0----0-0-0-------|--0--0-0-------------------|

        PM.    PM...             PM.
  |------------------------|---------------------------||
  |------------------------|---------------------------||
  |------------------------|---------------------------|| x2
  |--0--0-0----0-0-0-------|--0------------------------||
  |--0--0-0----0-0-0-------|--0------8-8-6h8p6-5-10-5~-||
  |--0--0-0----0-0-0-------|--0--0-0-------------------||


PRE-CHORUS:

        PM.....      PM.         PM.....      PM.
E||------------------------|------------------------|
B||------------------------|------------------------|
G||------------------------|------------------------|
D||--1--1-1-1-1------1-1---|--5--5-5-5-5------5-5---|
A||--1--1-1-1-1------1-1---|--5--5-5-5-5------5-5---|
D||--1--1-1-1-1------1-1---|--5--5-5-5-5------5-5---|

        PM.....      PM.             PM.
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |--0--0-0-0-0------0-0---|--5------5-5---7---8----||
  |--0--0-0-0-0------0-0---|--5------5-5---7---8----||
  |--0--0-0-0-0------0-0---|--5------5-5---7---8----||

        PM.....      PM.         PM.....      PM.
E||------------------------|------------------------|
B||------------------------|------------------------|
G||------------------------|------------------------|
D||--1--1-1-1-1------1-1---|--5--5-5-5-5------5-5---|
A||--1--1-1-1-1------1-1---|--5--5-5-5-5------5-5---|
D||--1--1-1-1-1------1-1---|--5--5-5-5-5------5-5---|

        PM.....      PM.
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |--0--0-0-0-0------0-0---|--1------------3---1----||
  |--0--0-0-0-0------0-0---|--1------------3---1----||
  |--0--0-0-0-0------0-0---|--1------------3---1----||



CHORUS:

E||------------------------|------------------------|
B||------------------------|------------------------|
G||------------------------|------------------------|
D||--5---------------------|--1---------------------|
A||--5---------------------|--1---------------------|
D||--5---------------------|--1---------------------|

  |------------------------||
  |------------------------||
  |------------------------||
  |--10-----------8---7----||
  |--10-----------8---7----||
  |--10-----------8---7----||


MAIN RIFF  x2
VERSE
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS     x2


SOLO 1
          PM  PM.  PM.             PM  PM.  PM.
E||------------------------|------------------------|
B||------------------------|------------------------|
G||------------------------|------------------------|
D||--0----0---0-0--0-0---3-|--0----0---0-0--0-0---1-|
A||--0----0---0-0--0-0---3-|--0----0---0-0--0-0---1-|
D||--0----0---0-0--0-0---3-|--0----0---0-0--0-0---1-|

          PM  PM.  PM.        PM  PM  PM    PM
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |------------------------|------------------------||
  |------------------------|------------------------|| x2
  |--0----0---0-0--0-0---3-|----5---7---8------0-3--||
  |--0----0---0-0--0-0---3-|----3---5---6---0--0-3--||
  |--0----0---0-0--0-0---3-|--0---0---0-----0--0-3--||


SOLO 2 (with PRE-CHORUS rhythm)


BRIDGE (with INTRO rythm & solos - last part has more than 9 times - note F)


VERSE
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS     x2

MAIN RIFF  x2

E||------------------------||
B||------------------------||
G||------------------------||
D||--1------------3--1--0--||
A||--1------------3--1--0--||
D||--1------------3--1--0--||
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