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.
PM (.) - Palm mute
h - Hammer on
p - Pull off
~ - Vibrato
x - Kill string (stop the string from vibrating)
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down
- Pinch harmonic
^ - Bend (all the normal bends in this song are full bends)
r - Bend and Release (all the bend and releases in this song are half bends)
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|x3 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----------------| A|-00-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-0-8-0-7h8p7------|
D|-00----------------------------10--88-------------77---------10~------------| D|-00----------------------------10---|
PM .. .. .. PM ..
Intro (Harmonized) - Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------|
D|----3-0-5-0-7-0-8-0-7-0-5h7p5---------8-0-7-0-5~-----5-0-7-0----------------|x3 D|----3-0-5-0-7-0-8-0-7-0-5h7p5----|
A|-00---------------------------7----88-------------77---------7~-------------| A|-00---------------------------7--|
D|-00--------------------------------88-------------77------------------------| D|-00------------------------------|
PM .. .. .. 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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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