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Capo: no capo
Tuning: E A D G B E
Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold
From the album City Of Evil (2005)
Written by M. Shadows and The Rev
All rights belong to their respective owners
Tabbed by Jaakko Karppinen
Tuning: Drop D (DADG)
I have based this tab on the bass track and live performances you can find in Youtube, so it
should be pretty much 100% correct. I highly recommend to play this song with a pick (it would
take a lot of stamina to play with fingers). Johnny plays this song with a bit of distorted tone;
he doesn't tend to use any distortion box, he just turns the gain up a bit. On the interlude
sections play with clean tone and apply some chorus effect if possible.
Bass Track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCb7AyKco1I
Best Live Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrxQSsBigXE
NOTE: All of those "121212" notes are 12's, not 1's or 2's.
Intro (This bar seems a bit longer than the others, because of the one "extra" note
on that very fast section. But time wise it is as long as the others)
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||-o--------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-5---5-----5-5------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-------------------6---6-----6-0-------0-------0---5-3-5-6-5---3-0------||
Verse
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||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-5----------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||---------------6---------------5---------------3----------------------||
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-12121212121212121212121212121212-|
Pre-Chorus
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
Chorus
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||-o-.-------.-----------.--------------------------------------------|
||-o-5-------5-------5---5---------------.----------------------------|
||-----------------------------------5---5-------3-------0---2---3----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------5---2---3----o-||
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------.-------3--------------------o-||
|---------------------------------3---3------------------------------||
Verse 2
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------o-||
||-------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-12121212121212121212121212121212---||
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Interlude (This how Johnny plays it, but you can also play
the same notes up or down the neck if you like)
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|-------------------------2---3---5---5---5---5---5---3---5---3----|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---2---3---7-------------------7---5---7----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------5---7---9-------------------------------7----|
|---------------------------------10------------------8---10-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------12--10--8---10--8---7---8---7----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------------7---5-----------3---5---3----|
|-----8---5-------------------5---8--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------------------3---2---3---7-------------------7---5---7----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------5---7---9-------------------------------7----|
|---------------------------------10------------------8---10-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------12--10--8---10--8---7---8---7----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3
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||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-5----------------------------------------------------------------o-|| 4x
||---------------6---------------5---------------3----------------------||
Bridge
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-------5--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------6-------6---6---5-------5---5---0--------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---5---5--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------6---6---6---6---5---5---5---5---0--------------------|
Guitar Solos
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||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------o-|| 4x
||-------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-6---5-6------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-o------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---0-0-0-0-0-----------------------5-5-5-5-5------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------0-0-0-0-0-------4-4-4-4-4--------o-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------0-------7---5---3-------5-------2-------8---7---5--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5-------4--------|
|-7-------5-------3-------2-------8-------7------------------------|
Verse 4 (note the open D (0) played in the end of the 4th bar, so it's not 20)
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||-o------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
||-o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------o-|| 3x
||-------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-12121212121212121212121212121212---||
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-1212121212121212121212120---2----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----|
|-3---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---5---5-5-5---5---5---5-5-0-----------------------0-2-3-2-0----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------3---3-----3-3---3-3-3---3-3--|
|-3---3---3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3---1---1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1---0-0-0-----0-0---0-0-0-----0-0---1212121212121212121212121212-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Interlude
Outro
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|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------6-----------6----|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---2---3---7---7---7---7-------7---9--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---9---10--------------------------9---10---|
|---------------------------------10--10--10--10--10--10-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------.-------.--------------------|
|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---7-------5-------3--7--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------6-----------6----|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3---2---3---7---7---7---7-------7---9--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---9---10--------------------------9---10---|
|---------------------------------10--10--10--10--10--10-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-8----------------------------------------------------------------|
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