• Song:

    Burn It Down

  • Artist:

    Avenged Sevenfold

  • Album:

    Burn It Down

Burn it down
A7X
CITY OF EVIL
BY GUITARCRAZY567

The trick to figuring out this song is to divide the speakers with a special program.. And that’s what I did..
THIS SONG IS IN DROP D TUNING
Beginning
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0---------------------------------------------|
A|--0-0-0--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---------------------------------------------|
    . . .  . . . . .  . . .  . . .


Intro: (Guitar 1) DO THIS TWICE!!!
e|---8------8----7-----7----8--------8---10--------10----|
B|-------10----------8------------10---------12----------|
G|-----9-----------9----------10-----------------12------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|--5-----5---7----10---7-8---------8---10----------/13-12---------12-/15--12--
B|------6-------8---------------10----------12-----------------13--------------
G|----7----------------------10-----------------12----------12-----------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------



e|-/19--15--17---12---12----10---------10----8~---|
B|------------------13----------12----------------|
G|---------------------------------12-------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|


Intro: (Guitar 2) DO IT TWICE!!!
e|--12--------12---10------10--12--------12---13--------13---|
B|--------13------------12------------13---------15----------|
G|-----12------------12------------14---------------16-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|


e|--8-------8----10-----13-10--12---------12---13--------/17-15------15--------
B|------10-----------12----------------13----------15-------------17-----17----
G|----9-----------------------------12----------------16--------17----------17-
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|--15----20----------8--7------7--5~--|
B|-----17---------10-------9-----------|
G|--------------9------------8---------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|


Intro: (Guitar 3)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5555----------------5555-------------------------------4444-5555-9999-----------|
|-5555-5555-3333-5555-5555-5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-7777-5555-5555-9999-7777-5555-|
|-3333-5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-7777-2222-3333-7777-7777-5555-|
|------5555-3333-5555------5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-7777----------------7777-5555-|


Verse 1, Rhy. Fig.1 (Gtrs.I+II)
                              play three times|
||-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------
||o---------------------------------------o||-------------------------------------
||--2----3----2----5----2----3-2----2----2-||-2----3----2----5----2----3----------
||o-2----3----2----5----2----3-2----2----2o||-2----3----2----5----2----3----------
||--0-00-1-11-0-00-3-33-0-00-1-0-00-0-00-0-||-0-00-1-11-0-00-3-33-0-00-1--0-------
||-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------5-3-2-
    pm**   **   **   **   **     **   **                                           


Pre-Chorus, Rhy. Fig. 2 (Gtr.I) DO THIS TWICE!!!
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-777777-6666-14-14-14-14-14//15-15-~-15-15-15-15---18-18/-19--19----~-|
||-x-xxxxxx-xxxx-x--x--x--x--x---x--x-----x--x--x-x--r-x-x-x/--x---x------|
||-5-555555-4444-12-12-12-12-12//13-13-~-13-13-13-13---16-16/-17--17----~-|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus, Rhy. Fig. 2 (Gtr.II) DO THIS TWICE!!!
||------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-777777-6666----------------------------------------|
||-7-777777-7777---5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------|
||-5-555555-4444---5-5-5-5-5-5-5----44445555------------|
||-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5----88887777------------|


|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------~-------~-------~-----------~-||
|-0000-8~-0000-7~-0000-10 -0000-8---~-||
|-0000-7--0000-5--0000-8---0000-7-----|| (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_________/

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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-~-~-~-~-~-~-|









Break Down thing: (Guitar 1) Play 3 times
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------0---------------0---------------------------------------------|
A|---0-0-0--0-0--0---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---5^^^^^------------------------|
     . . .  . .      . . .  . .     . . .  . .   Hit and bend

(Guitar 2)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------0---------------0---------------------------------------------|
A|---0-0-0--0-0--0---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---8^^^^^------------------------|
     . . .  . .      . . .  . .     . . .  . .   Hit and bend

Start playing the third guitar from the beginning..
Then start playing the verse.


SOLO!!!!!
Okay this solo I slowed down so I could try to here the notes and it is very hard to figure out. This is probably 90% correct tho!!!and this is the part of the solo where it goes in to the verse riff..havent figured out the other part yet..
e|--17-18-17----17-18-17---17-18-17----17-18-17-18-17-18-17---17----------------
B|----------18----------18---------18-----------------------18--18-17-18-17-----
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------18--
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------


e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-17----------------------------14-17----------------14-17----14-15-17-14-----
G|----18-17-18-17-15--14-15-14---------15--14-15-14---------15-----------------
D|-----------------------------15-------------------15-------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        
e|-18-21-18-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------20-17-20-17------------15~---15-17-18-15-17-----17-18-19-17-18-------|
G|------------------------19-18---------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-17P13----------13--22-23-22--20-22------------------------------------------|
B|-------14----14--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------15-------------------------------(5)--wammy bar--------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|











Ending: (Guitar 1)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-888--8777-101010101212--888-8-7--3----888-8777---7--7--8~------------------------|
A|-555--3333-7-7-7-8-8-8---555-3-3--0----555-3333---7--7--8~------------------------|
D|-555--3333-7-7-7-8-8-8---555-3-3--0----555-3333---7--7--8~------------------------|

(Guitar 2)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--8-------8-------7-----7-----7---7---10-------10---------------------------------|
A|----10-10---10-10---8-8---8-8---8--8-----12-12----12-12---------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


And I’ll tab more l8ta..im just nawt really in the mood to tab songs for my whole life..
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