Song: Hail to the King
Artist: Avenged Sevenfold
Album: Hail to the King
Tabbed by: dusty125
Tuning: Drop C#(C#G#C#F#A#D#)/Drop Db(DbAbDbGbBbEb) Whichever you prefer.
This song just came out today, so I took it upon myself to ear transcribe it.
I had a lot of fun tabbing out this song. I hope you enjoy it.
If you have Guitar Pro, please check out my Guitar Pro tab as well.
It will be easier to learn from that.
Intro A
(Synyster)|-12-----14-----15-----14-----14---------||---12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12--12-12-12-||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|x3|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
|-17-----17-----15-----15-----14---------||---15-15--15-15--15-15--15-15--15-15-15-||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|Play the whole thing 6 times.
(Zacky) Starts on the 3rd time through the lead riff.|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-2--4--5---------2--4--5---------2--4--5--------------2--4--5------||-2--4--5---------2--4--5---------2--4--5--2-2---------2--4--5--2-2-||-2--4--5---------2--4--5---------2--4--5--2-2---------2--4--5--2-2-|
* * * *|--------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------------------| |-------------------------||--------------------------| |-------------------------||-2--4--5------------------|x3 |-2--4--5----0------------||-2--4--5--2-2---2-2---2-2-| |-2--4--5----0------------||-2--4--5--2-2---2-2---2-2-| |-2--4--5--5-0------5-4-0-| * * * * * *Intro B:
(Synyster)|--3-----3-----3------------| |---------------------------------||-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-3-5-3-0-| |-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-||---------------------------| |---------------------------------||---------------------------|x3 |---------------------------------||---------------------------| |---------------------------------||---------------------------| |---------------------------------|This is all played twice.
(Zacky)|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-2---2---2------0h2----2---2------0h2----2---2--------0------------|x2|-2---2---2------0h2----2---2------0h2----2---2--------0------------||-2---2---2--5-0-0h2----2---2--5-0-0h2----2---2--5-5---0------5-4-0-|
Verse:
(Synyster)|--3-----3--------------------||-5-5-3-5-5-3-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|x2|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
|--3-----3---2-5-2-2-5-2---3-----3--------------------||-5-5-3-5-5-3-----3-----3-5-5-3-5-5-3-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------|Play all of that twice.
(Zacky)|-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-2--------------------------0----2--------------0----------|x2|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-0----------||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-0----2--2-2-2-2-2-2-0----5-4-0-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Pre-Chorus:
(Synyster)|-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5---5----| |-7-10-7--7-10-7--7-10-7-----7-----||------8-----8-----8-8-8-5-| |-------10------10------10-10-10-7-||--------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------|x4 |----------------------------------|x4|--------------------------| |----------------------------------||--------------------------| |----------------------------------|
(Zacky)|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------||-----------------------------| |-----------------------------||-----------------------------| |-----------------------------||-7--7-7--10-10--7--7-7--10-5-|x2 |-9--9-9--12-12--9--9-9--12-7-|x2|-7--7-7--10-10--7--7-7--10-5-| |-9--9-9--12-12--9--9-9--12-7-||-7--7-7--10-10--7--7-7--10-5-| |-9--9-9--12-12--9--9-9--12-7-|
Chorus: (There are at least 4 guitars playing during the Chorus)
(Zacky)|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||-2--2-2-2-0-2-0--0-0-0--------9--9-9-9-7-9-12--12-12-12-------|x2|-2--2-2-2-0-2-0--0-0-0--------9--9-9-9-7-9-12--12-12-12-------||-2--2-2-2-0-2-0--0-0-0-5-4-0--9--9-9-9-7-9-12--12-12-12-5-4-0-|
(Harmony 1)|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||----17-14-16s17--16--------------17-14-16s17--16---\11-|x2|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
(Harmony 2)|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||----16-12-14s16--14--------------16-12-14s16--14---\12-||-------------------------------------------------------|x2|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
(Backing Track)|--3-----3-----3-----3----2-5-2-2-5-2-2-5-2-2-5-2--||-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-5-3------3-----3-----3-----3-||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|x4|--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
Post Chorus:
(Synyster) This part isn't in the actual song.|------------------------| |--------------------------||-5---7---8---7---7------| |-10---10---8---8---7------||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |---7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||------------------------|x3 |--------------------------||------------------------| |--------------------------||------------------------| |--------------------------|
I just like doing it.(Zacky)|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||-2--4--5-------------------2--4--5---0----------||-2--4--5--2-2---2-2---2-2--2--4--5---0----------||-2--4--5--2-2---2-2---2-2--2--4--5-5-0----5-4-0-| * * * * * *
Repeat the Verse, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, and Post Chorus again.
Bridge:
(Synyster)|------------------------------------------------------||-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-7-10-7--7-10-7--4-7-4-4-7-4--||------7-----7-----7-----7------10------10-----4-----4-||------------------------------------------------------|x2|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5-8-5-5-8-5---------------------------------------------------||-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5-5-8-5------8-----8-7-10-7-7-10-7--8-12-8-8-12-8-7-11-7--7-11-7--/12-||------7-----7-----7-----7-------------------7------10------9------9-------8------8-----||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Zacky)|------------------------------||------------------------------||------------------------------||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-0--0-0-9--9-9-|x2|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-0--0-0-9--9-9-||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-0--0-0-9--9-9-|
|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-7--7-7-4--4-4-5--5-5-4--4-4--9-||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-7--7-7-4--4-4-5--5-5-4--4-4--9-||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-7--7-7-4--4-4-5--5-5-4--4-4--9-|
Solo:
(Synyster)|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------/7--5--4--5-7-/13--12--10--12-13-10--12-13-15hb-15pb15pb15pb-15fb-||-/4---3-4------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------19--17----------19-20-17-19-20-17-19-||-16--17-19-16--17-19--------20-17-------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------12-14-15b-14--12-||--------------------12------------------|I'm not 100% sure about this part|----------9-11-9s12---------------------|and the next few bars, but I think|--------9-------------------------------|it's pretty close to what Synyster|-7-9-10---------------------------------|is actually doing.|----------------------------------------|
|-11-14-12-------------------------------------||----------15-12-------------------------------||----------------11-12-14-12-11----------------||-------------------------------14-14bv----14/-||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-10-12-13-22-22-13-12-10-12-13-21-21-13-12-10-12-13-20-20-13-12-10-12-13-19-19-13-12-||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------||-18-19-18-17-16-------------------------------------|I think this is close,|----------------18-19-18-17-16----------------------|but it's a bit hard to|-------------------------------18-19-18-17-16-------|tell.|----------------------------------------------18----||-------------------------------------------------14-|
|---------------------------------------11-12---------------------||------------------------------10-12-13-------12------------------||------------------------11-12-------------------12-11-9----------||-----------------8-9-10---------------------------------9--------||----------7-9-10------------------------------------------10-8-7-||-9-10-8-9--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||-9-12-11-9-8---------------------------------------||-------------10-9-7----------------------------7HD-||--------------------10-10-9-8-7--------------------||--------------------------------10-9-8-7---7-------|
(Zacky)|----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||-2--------------------------------------------------------------||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------9----------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----5-4-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *|-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *|--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------2----5----7----9-||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----5----7----9-||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----5----7----9-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Verse 3:
(Synyster) Play the opening riff 3 times.On the third time, instead of ending it normally, you do this.|-17-----17-----17-----17-----17--------17-----17-----15-----15-----14---------||---15-15--15-15--15-15--15-15--15-15-15--15-15--15-15--15-15--15-15--15-15-15-||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Zacky)|---| |-----------------------------------------------------||---|Sustain as the lead does |-----------------------------------------------------||---|the opening riff once. |-----------------------------------------------------||-2-| |-2--4--5-------------x3--2--4--5---0-----------------||-2-| |-2--4--5-2-2--2-2-2-2----2--4--5---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-2-| |-2--4--5-2-2--2-2-2-2----2--4--5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
From there, just do the Chorus twice, and end halfway through the Pre Chorus, and that's all.
This is such a fun song to play. Hopefully, there aren't too many
mistakes, though I think the solo is about 75-90% accurate.
LEGEND
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h - hammer on
s - slide
b - bend
hb - half bend
pb - pre bend
fb - full bend
bv - bend with vibrato
HD - Harmonic with a Dive
T - tap
