• Song:

    Burn It Down

  • Artist:

    Avenged Sevenfold

  • Album:

    Burn It Down

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_________/

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


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)

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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)
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