Avenged Sevenfold – Demons (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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Intro Rhythm Guitar
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|-----------------|------------------|   x8
|-0---3-0-5-6-7-0-|(0)-0-3-0-5-6-7---|
|-0---3-0-5-6-7-0-|(0)-0-3-0-5-6-7---|

Lead Guitar (with wah) x2
|-/10~----|(10)-----|-/8~-----|(8)------|-/7~-----|(7)------|-/5~-----|(5)------|
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---------- Verse Pick the arpeggios at the neck pickup position and pick the power chords at the bridge pickup position.
|/17-13----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------15-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------14----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------15-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------17-12-0-----0-0-0-0-0-1h|3-0-3-0-5h6h7-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------0-----0-0-0-0-0-1h|3-0-3-0-5h6h7-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|                            . . . . .      .   .             . . . . . .
|/13-10----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------10-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------10----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------12-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------12----0-----0-0-0-0-0-1h|3-0-3-0-5h6h7-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------12-0-----0-0-0-0-0-1h|3-0-3-0-5h6h7-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                             . . . . .      .   .             . . . . . .

                                       notice the small differences
|/17-13----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------15-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------14----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------15-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------17-12-0-----0-0-0-0-0-3h|5-0-5-0-5h6h7-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-| x2
|----------------------0-----0-0-0-0-0-3h|5-0-5-0-5h6h7-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|                            . . . . .      .   .             . . . . . .
|/13-10----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------10-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------10----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------12-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------12----0-----0-0-0-0-0-3h|5-0-5-0-5h6h7-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------12-0-----0-0-0-0-0-3h|5-0-5-0-5h6h7-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|
                             . . . . .      .   .             . . . . . .
Pre-Chorus
Both Guitars
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|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

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|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|

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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---(DRUM FILL)---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
Chorus x2 -------------
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|-0--0--0-0-0-1--|-(1)-1--1-1-1-1-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-0--0--0-0-0-1--|-(1)-1--1-1-1-1-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-0--0--0-0-0-1--|-(1)-1--1-1-1-1-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
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|-7--7--9/101012-|(12)-12-1212-12-|-6---6----6/9--9-|-7--7---7-7-7-7--|
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|-5--5--7/8-8-10-|(10)-10-1010-10-|-4---4----4/7--7-|-5--5---5-5-5-5--|
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Both Guitars ...first repeat
 (Gm)              (D)              (Gm)             (D)
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----8---8-------|-----7---7-------|-----8---8-------|-----7---7-------|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
|-5-----------5---|-4-----------4---|-5-----------5---|-4-----------4---|
  . .   .   . . .   . .   .   . . .   . .   .   . . .   . .   . |stop p.m.

...second repeat
 (Gm)              (D)              (Gm)              (A7)
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----8---8-------|-----7---7-------|-----8---8-------|----11---11-7---7-|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7------7---|
|-5-----------5---|-4-----------4---|-5-----------5---|-7----------------|
  . .   .   . . .   . .   .   . . .   . .   .   . . .   . .   . |stop p.m.
End Chorus -------------- Play: - Verse - Pre-Chorus - Chorus Solo (play x2)
                                play this the first time       play this the second time
|-17-13-------------------13--|-----------11-15/18-15-----|   |-----------15-18/23-18-----|
|------15---------------15----|-16~-----11-----------16---|   |-16~-----16-----------20---|
|--------14-----------14------|------/12---------------15-|   |------/15---------------20-|
|----------15-------15--------|---------------------------|   |---------------------------|
|------------16-17------------|---------------------------|   |---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|   |---------------------------|

| Rhythm Guitar (Riff A)
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|---7-----7-----7------7---7--|--8------------------------|
|---7-----7-----7------7---7--|--8------------------------|
|---5-----5-----5------5---5--|--6------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|

|-17-12-----------------12-17-|-18~-------10-13/18-13-----|
|------14-------------14------|---------11-----------15---|
|--------14---------14--------|------/10---------------15-|
|----------14-----14----------|---------------------------|
|------------16-17------------|---------------------------|
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|---7-----7-----7------7---7--|--8------------------------|
|---7-----7-----7------7---7--|--8------------------------|
|---7-----7-----7------7---7--|--8------------------------|
All notes tremelo picked in this section Rhythm plays the second palm mute section (Riff A) in the chorus
 (Gm)              (D)               (Gm)              (A7)
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|-----11--15--11--|-----10--15--10--|-----11--15--11--|-----14--17--14---|
|-12--------------|-11--------------|-12--------------|-14---------------|
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|-----15--20--15--|-----14--19--14--|-----15--20--15--|-----17--20--17---|
|-15--------------|-14--------------|-15--------------|-18---------------|
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|                                                              End Riff A|
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|-----8---8-------|-----7---7-------|-----8---8-------|----11---11-7---7-|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7------7---|
|-5-----------5---|-4-----------4---|-5-----------5---|-7----------------|
  . .   .   . . .   . .   .   . . .   . .   .   . . .   . .   . |stop p.m.
---------- Bridge
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|-------------------|-------------------|------------7------|------------7------|
|------------8-5----|------------8-5----|--------------5----|--------------5----|
|-0-0-0-0-0------7~-|-0-0-0-0-0------7~-|-4-4-4-4-4------4~-|-4-4-4-4-4------4~-|

  . . . . .           . . . . .           . . . . .           . . . . .
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|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
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|-------------------|-------------------|------------10-8------|------------10-8------| x2
|------------6-5----|------------6-5----|-----------------8----|-----------------8----|
|-5-5-5-5-5------8~-|-5-5-5-5-5------8~-|-8-8-8-8-8---------10-|-8-8-8-8-8---------10-|
  . . . . .           . . . . .           . . . . .              . . . . .
Build up section
Both Guitars
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|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
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Interlude
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|--------------|----------/3--|-3--2---------|-------------|
|----2-3-2-----|----2--5------|-------3-0----|-------3--5--|
|-5---------5--|-3------------|-----------3--|-1--5--------|
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|7--7--7-7-7-7-|-5--5--5-5-5-5|--------------|3--3--3-3-3-3|
|7--7--7-7-7-7-|-5--5--5-5-5-5|-3--3--3-3-3-3|3--3--3-3-3-3|
|5--5--5-5-5-5-|-3--3--3-3-3-3|-3--3--3-3-3-3|1--1--1-1-1-1|
|--------------|--------------|-3--3--3-3-3-3|-------------|

|--------------|---------------|------------|
|-------3--/5--|---------------|-------5----|
|--------------|-5-------------|------------|
|----5---------|----5--3h5p3-2-|----7----7--|
|-2------------|---------------|-4----------|
|--------------|---------------|------------|
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|--------------|---------------|------------|
|--------------|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5-5|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|7--7-7-7-7-7|
|-2--2--2-2-2-2|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|4--4-4-4-4-4|
|--------------|---------------|------------|
Dual type bit t = tremelo pick
|-22t--17t---------|-20t-------------|-13t--8t---------|-15t-10t-------|
|-----------18-----|-----17t---------|---------10t-----|---------11----|
|------------------|----------17-----|-------------10t-|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
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|-13t--10t---------|-15t-------------|-17t-13t---------|-18t-15t-------|
|-----------10-----|-----13t---------|---------13t-----|---------15----|
|------------------|----------12-----|-------------14t-|---------------|
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|(background guitar, continuing the interlude melody)
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------6--------|---------8-------|--------10-------|-11------------|
|-----7-------7----|-----9-------9---|----10------10---|----12--7--12--|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-5----------------|-7---------------|-8---------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
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|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-7--7---7-7-7-7---|-5--5---5-5-5-5--|-----------------|---------------|
|-7--7---7-7-7-7---|-5--5---5-5-5-5--|-3--3---3-3-3-3--|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|
|-5--5---5-5-5-5---|-3--3---3-3-3-3--|-3--3---3-3-3-3--|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|
|------------------|-----------------|-3--3---3-3-3-3--|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|

 (panned right)
|-13t-10t----------|-12t--9t---------|
|------------------|-----------------|
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|(panned left)
|-------------10t--|-------------9t--|
|---------10t------|---------10t-----|
|------------------|-----------------|
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|-10---7-------7---|--9---6------6---|
|----------7-------|----------7------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
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|------------------|-----------------|
|-7--7---7-7-7-7---|-----------------|
|-7--7---7-7-7-7---|-7--7---7-7-7-7--|
|-5--5---5-5-5-5---|-7--7---7-7-7-7--|
|------------------|-7--7---7-7-7-7--|

|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------15-17-18-15-17-18-15-17-|
|----------------------------------------------15-|-17-18----------15-17-18-------------------------|
|-------------------14-15-17----------14-15-17----|-------14-15-17----------------------------------|
|----------14-15-17----------14-15-17-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-13-15-17----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------------13-|-15-17----------13-15-17-12-13-15-12-13-15-12-13-|
|-------------------13-15-17----------13-15-17----|-------13-15-17----------------------------------|
|----------12-14-15----------12-14-15-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12-14-15----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
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|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|-1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

                     dive bomb (push whammy down before you play note then bring it up 
you have played the harmonics)
|-20b(22)----20-----|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|---(3)------------|
|-------------------|---(3)------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
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|-17b(18)----17-----|------------------|
|-------------------|---(3)------------|
|-------------------|---(3)------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
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|-0-----------------|(0)---------------|
|-0-----------------|(0)---------------|
|-0-----------------|(0)---------------|
Play: - Verse - Pre-Chorus - Chorus Let open ring for 8 bars Dive bomb on the 7th bar on 5 on G ---------------------------- Clean Part Guitar 1: The embellishments are played quite quickly.
(Dm)                             (Eb)                            (A)
                 |--3---|                        |--3---|                     |--3---|
||----------10----10h12p10-------|----------11----11h13p11-------|---------9----9h12p9------|
||-------10----10----------10----|-------11----11----------11----|------10---10--------10---|
||----10----------------------12-|----12----------------------13-|----9-------------------9-|
||-12----------------------------|-13----------------------------|-11-----------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|

(Bb)                       (Gm)                      (D)                       (Gm)
|-------15----13-10-------|-------10----15----10----|-------10----14----10----|-------10----15----10----|
|----11----11-------11----|----11----11----11----11-|----10----10----10----10-|----11----11----11----11-|
|-10-------------------10-|-12----------------------|-11----------------------|-12----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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(D)
|-------10----11-10-------||
|----10----10-------10----||
|-11-------------------11-|| x3
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Guitar 2:
 (Dm)               (Eb)             (A)               (Bb)              (Gm)
||---------5-------|---------3------|---------0-------|---------1-------|---------3-------|
||-----6-----6---6-|-----4----4---4-|-----------2---2-|-----------3---3-|-----3-----3---3-|
||---7---7-----7---|---3---3----3---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3---|---3---3-----3---|
||-7---------------|-5--------------|---2---2---------|---3---3---------|-5---------------|
||-----------------|----------------|-0---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

 (D)                (Gm)             (D)
|---------2-------|---------3-------|---------2-------||
|-----3-----3---3-|-----3-----3---3-|-----3-----3---2-||
|---2---2-----2---|---3---3-----3---|---2---2-----2---||
|-4---------------|-5---------------|-4---------------|| x3
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
End Clean part -------------------- - Play Riff A from Solo section 8 times until the end. ************************************* | b(n) - bend to note | / - slide up | t - tremolo picking | . - palm muting (p.m.) |(n) - hold note from previous bar | h - hammer on | p - pull off | ~ - vibrato *************************************