Avenged Sevenfold – Unholy Confessions (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)

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Band: Avenged Sevenfold Song: Unholy Confessions Album: Waking The Fallen It seems like all the tabs posted for this song were just copied off one another. It's pointless to have almost the same exact tab posted by 5 different people. So here is a more accurate version of the song. Dropped D Tuning

[Intro] - Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-00-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7-----88-10-0-8-0-7~--77-7-0-8-0------00-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7------|
D|-00----------------------------10--88--------------77---------10~--00----------------------------10---|
PM ..                                ..              ..              ..

[Intro]- Guitar 2
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-00--------------------------------88-------------77--------------00----------------------------------|
D|-00--------------------------------88-------------77--------------00----------------------------------|
PM ..                                ..             ..              ..

[Intro Fill]- Both Guitars
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-88x--77x--------------|
D|-88x--77x--------------|

[Intro (Harmonized)] - Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|x3       
A|-00-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7-----88-10-0-8-0-7~-77-7-0-8-0----------------| 
D|-00----------------------------10--88-------------77---------10~------------| 
PM ..                                ..             ..                              

E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-00-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7------|
D|-00----------------------------10---|
PM .. 

[Intro (Harmonized)] - Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----3-0-5-0-7-0-8-0-7-0-5h7p5---------8-0-7-0-5~-----5-0-7-0----------------|x3       
A|-00---------------------------7----88-------------77---------7~-------------| 
D|-00--------------------------------88-------------77------------------------| 
PM ..                                ..             ..                              

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----3-0-5-0-7-0-8-0-7-0-5h7p5----|
A|-00---------------------------7--|
D|-00------------------------------|
PM ..

[Intro (Harmonized) Fill] - Both Guitars
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-88x--77x-------------|
D|-88x--77x-------------|

[Pre-Verse Fill] - Both Guitars
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-5-7/7-7\3-3\2--------|
A|-5-7/8-8\5-5\4--------|
D|----------------------|

[Verse] - Both Guitars
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-----0------10-10\8---8\7-5/7------8-----9------5-7/7-7\3-3\2-------|x2
A|-5-----0------12-12\10-10\8-7/8------8-----9------5-7/8-8\5-5\4-------|
D|---000-0-----------------------------8-888-9--------------------------|
PM   ...                                 ... 

E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------7-----------------3------5----5-----|
D|------7-----------------3------5----5-----|
A|------5------------1111-1-3333-3-33-3-----|
D|-0000---00000-0230------------------------|
PM ....   ..... .... ....   ....   ..

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-----0------10-10\8---8\7-5/7------8-----9------5-7/7-7\3-3\2-------|x1
A|-5-----0------12-12\10-10\8-7/8------8-----9------5-7/8-8\5-5\4-------|
D|---000-0-----------------------------8-888-9--------------------------|
PM   ...                                 ... 

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
The little fills between the strumming above^^ are actually 2 different guitar parts, but I wrote it so that
you can play both parts by yourself.  But it sounds better if you just pick one guitar part and play it like
that.  Here they are.
                                        Guitar 1                                Guitar 2
E|----------------------|               E|----------------------|               E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|               B|----------------------|               B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|       =       G|-9-9/10-10\7-7\6------|       &       G|-12-12/14-14\10-10\9--|
D|-5-7/7-7\3-3\2--------|               D|-x-x-x---x-x-x-x------|               D|--x--x--x--x-x---x-x--|
A|-5-7/8-8\5-5\4--------|               A|-7-7/8---8\5-5\4------|               A|-10-10/12-12\8---8\7--|
D|----------------------|               D|----------------------|               D|----------------------|

                                        Guitar 1                                Guitar 2
E|----------------------|               E|----------------------|               E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|               B|----------------------|               B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|       =       G|-14-14\12-12\10-9/10--|       &       G|-17-17\15-15\14-12/14-|
D|-10-10\8---8\7-5/7----|               D|--x--x-x---x-x--x-x---|               D|--x--x-x---x-x---x-x--|
A|-12-12\10-10\8-7/8----|               A|-12-12\10-10\8--7/8---|               A|-15-15\13-13\12-10/12-|
D|----------------------|               D|----------------------|               D|----------------------|

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

[Verse] - Both Guitars
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|x4
A|-00-00000-------------|
D|-00-00000-------------|
PM .. .....

E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------~-----|x2
A|-00-7-0-8---7-0-8---5-4~--00-7r-8r-12r-13r-12r----------|
D|-00-------0-------0-------00----------------------------|
PM ..       .       .       ..

[Chorus] - Both Guitars
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-77--------5---------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-33---7-77--------5-5-5-5-5-5-55----------------------|
D|--7-77-0--2-3-5---3-2h3p2-0-----3x-3-3-30-3-3-3-3-3-3-33---7-77-0--2-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-55--3x-3-3-33-55x-0-00--|
A|--5-55-0--2-3-3-------------3---3x-3-3-30-1-1-1-1-1-1-11---5-55-0--2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33--3x-3-3-33-55x-3-33--|
D|-------0--2-3-------------------3x-3-3-30-----------------------0--2-3-----------------3x-3-3-33-55x-3-33--|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-77--------5---------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-33---7-77--------5-5-5-5-5-5-55--------------------|
D|--7-77-0--2-3-5---3-2h3p2-0-----3x-3-3-30-3-3-3-3-3-3-33---7-77-0--2-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-55--3x-3-3-33-55x-0-0-|
A|--5-55-0--2-3-3-------------3---3x-3-3-30-1-1-1-1-1-1-11---5-55-0--2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33--3x-3-3-33-55x-3-3-|
D|-------0--2-3-------------------3x-3-3-30-----------------------0--2-3-----------------3x-3-3-33-55x-3-3-|

[Solo Riff] - Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
A|-8-7-8~---5-4-5~---7-8-7~---4-5-4~---0-1-4-3-1-0---4-3-4~---------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Solo Riff] - Guitar 2
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
A|-12-11-12~---9-8-9~---11-12-10~---8-9-7~---4-5-8-7-5-4---8-7-8~---|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Intro Riff] - Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-00-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7-----88-10-0-8-0-7~--77-7-0-8-0------00-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7------|
D|-00----------------------------10--88--------------77---------10~--00----------------------------10---|
PM ..                                ..              ..              ..

[Intro Riff] - Guitar 2
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-00--------------------------------88-------------77--------------00----------------------------------|
D|-00--------------------------------88-------------77--------------00----------------------------------|
PM ..                                ..             ..              ..

[Intro Riff Fill] - Both Guitars
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-88x--77x--------------|
D|-88x--77x--------------|

[Intro Riff (Harmonized)] - Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|x4
A|-00-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7-----88-10-0-8-0-7~-77-7-0-8-0----------------|
D|-00----------------------------10--88-------------77---------10~------------|
PM ..                                ..             ..

[Intro Riff (Harmonized)] - Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----3-0-5-0-7-0-8-0-7-0-5h7p5---------8-0-7-0-5~-----5-0-7-0----------------|x4
A|-00---------------------------7~---88-------------77---------7~-------------|
D|-00--------------------------------88-------------77------------------------|
PM ..                                ..             ..

[Bridge] - Both Guitars
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|--0-0-0-0--|x6
A|--0-0-0-0--|
D|--0-0-0-0--|
PM  . . . .

E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-0-12\11-0-10\9\8-0-7-0-6\5--|x2
A|-0-12\11-0-10\9\8-0-7-0-6\5--|
D|-0-12\11-0-10\9\8-0-7-0-6\5--|

[Verse] - Both Guitars
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|x4
A|-00-00000-------------|
D|-00-00000-------------|
PM .. .....

E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------~-----|x2
A|-00-7-0-8---7-0-8---5-4~--00-7r-8r-12r-13r-12r----------|
D|-00-------0-------0-------00----------------------------|
PM ..       .       .       ..

[Bridge] - Both Guitars
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|x4
A|------------------------------|
D|-0-11^-0-10^-0-8^-0-7^-0-5^---|

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------9\6---|
D|------------------------x-x---|
A|------------------------7\4---|
D|-0-5^-0-5^-0-5~-0-3-0---------|

[Chorus] - Both Guitars
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-77--------5---------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-33---7-77--------5-5-5-5-5-5-55----------------------|
D|--7-77-0--2-3-5---3-2h3p2-0-----3x-3-3-30-3-3-3-3-3-3-33---7-77-0--2-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-55--3x-3-3-33-55x-0-00--|
A|--5-55-0--2-3-3-------------3---3x-3-3-30-1-1-1-1-1-1-11---5-55-0--2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33--3x-3-3-33-55x-3-33--|
D|-------0--2-3-------------------3x-3-3-30-----------------------0--2-3-----------------3x-3-3-33-55x-3-33--|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-77--------5---------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-33---7-77--------5-5-5-5-5-5-55--------------------|
D|--7-77-0--2-3-5---3-2h3p2-0-----3x-3-3-30-3-3-3-3-3-3-33---7-77-0--2-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-55--3x-3-3-33-55x-0---|
A|--5-55-0--2-3-3-------------3---3x-3-3-30-1-1-1-1-1-1-11---5-55-0--2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-33--3x-3-3-33-55x-3---|
D|-------0--2-3-------------------3x-3-3-30-----------------------0--2-3-----------------3x-3-3-33-55x-3---|

[Bridge] - Both Guitars
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|x8
A|------------------------------|
D|-0-11^-0-10^-0-8^-0-7^-0-5^---|

[Ending] - Both Guitars
E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-0-0-----|
D|-0-0-----|
PM . .