Hey peeps, this is my first written tab.
It will not include the Solo or the leads, though the basic riffs are damn near 100% perfect.
if anyone tabs out the solo feel free to msg me...

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

Tuning: drop D (D a d g b e)

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| x   Mute note

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Intro:

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5------------|
|--5-------------5-5-5-5-5---1---------5-------8-7--|
|--5(let ring)---5-5-5-5-5---1(ring)---3(ring)-8-7--|
|--5-------------5-5-5-5-5---1-----------------8-7--|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--5---------5-5-5-5-5---0-------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--5(ring)---5-5-5-5-5---0(ring)-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--5---------5-5-5-5-5---0-------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Riff:

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--0------------x-0----------------0------------|
|--0--8*7*8*5~--x-0 8p7h8h5~10\5~--0--8p7h8p5~--|
|--0------------x-0----------------0------------|


|------------------------           |----------|
|------------------------           |----------|
|--3-x-5-x-7-------------           |----------|
|--3-x-5-x-7--x-x-x-1/3--           |--1-------|
|--1-x-3-x-5--x-x-x-1/3-- last time |--1(ring)-|
|-------------x-x-x-1/3--           |--1-------|

Verse:

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|  X 2
|--0-xxx-xxx-0-----------0-xxx-xxx-0-xx---------------|
|--0-xxx-xxx-0--8p7h8p5~-0-xxx-xxx-0-xx8p7h8p5~10\5~--|
|--0-xxx-xxx-0-----------0-xxx-xxx-0-xx---------------|

Prechorus:

     xxxx xx   xxxx xx   xxxx xx
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------| X 2
|--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1-------7-8--|
|--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1(ring)-7-8--|
|--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1-------7-8--|

Chorus:

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8--|

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------------------5-5-5-5----------|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8--|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-7-7-8-8--|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------7-7-8-8--|

Solo Rhythm:

     xx xx     xx xx     xx xx
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-x-5-x-7-------------|
|--0-00-00-1-0-00-00-1-0-00-00-3--3-x-5-x-7--x-x-x-1/3--|
|--0-00-00-1-0-00-00-1-0-00-00-3--1-x-3-x-5--x-x-x-1/3--|
|--0-00-00-1-0-00-00-1-0-00-00-3-------------x-x-x-1/3--|


     xxxx xx   xxxx xx   xxxx xx
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------| X 2
|--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1-------7-8--|
|--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1(ring)-7-8--|
|--1-1111-11-5-5555-55-0-0000-00-1-------7-8--|

Outro

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--1-----------3-1-0--|
|--1(let ring)-3-1-0--|
|--1-----------3-1-0--|

Song order:

INTRO
RIFF
VERSE
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
RIFF
VERSE
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
SOLO RYTHM
INTRO
VERSE
PRECHORUS
CHORUS
RIFF
OUTRO