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An Epic of Time Wasted

Avenged Sevenfold
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Song

Artist: Avenged Sevenfold

Album: Sounding The Seventh Trumpet

Song: An Epic of time Wasted

Email: rexxdoggy@yahoo.com

Yeah I saw that only one person tabbed this song out. It was a pretty good

tab, but he left some stuff out. So I decided to tab out the song and everything

he left out. So yeah, I also give credit for this tab to the other guy who tabbed

this song out, Matt, 'cause I used his structure for mine.

Tuning: DADGBE

Basic Keys:

Pm - palm mute

/ - slide up

\ - slide down

<6> - harmonic

P - pull of

h - hammer on

x - muted string

~ - vibrato

(There are two guitars, but most of the time they play the same riffs. I'll

label the riffs that where the guitars are different. And also, the question

marks after some statements just mean that I don't know the right term for

the riff)

Intro

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7-----------------------------------------------------|
|---0----1-1--0----1-1--x----1-1--0----1-1~-----------------------------------|
|---0----1-1--0----1-1--5----1-1--0----1-1~-----------------------------------|
|---0----1-1--0----1-1-------1-1--0----1-1~-----------------------------------|
PM       ---       ---       ---       ---------------------------------------|

(cont.) x4 Fill into verse (pre verse)

|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------/7---------------------/7---------------|---0~-----0-0-0------------|
|---0-----/5---------------0-----/5---------------|---0~-----0-0-0------------|
|---0--00-----0--2-3--5-1--0--00-----0--2-3--5-7--|---0~-----0-0-0------------|

PM -- -- -----------------|

Verse x4

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------/7---------------------/7-----------------------------------------|
|---0-----/7---------------0-----/7-----------------------------------------|
|---0--00-/5--0--2-3--5-1--0--00-/5--0--2-3--5-7----------------------------|
|---0--00-----0--2-3--5-1--0--00-----0--2-3--5-7----------------------------|

PM -- --

Verse??

|------------------------------------------3p2p0------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------3p2p0-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------3p2p0--------------------|
|---0--0--------0--0--------0--0--------0-----------------3p2p0---------------|
|---0--0--1111--0--0--1111--0--0--1111--0-------------------------------------|
|---0--0--1111--0--0--1111--0--0--1111--0-------------------------------------|
PM        ----        ----        --------------------------------------------|

Mid-Section

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-9-7----|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-9-7----|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-9-7----|

PM ----------|

(cont.)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------|

Then Guitar 2 kick in after both guitars have finished the above riffs

|-----------------------------------------------------2p0-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3-2h3p2-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------2---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 (cont.)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|

Guitar 1 (cont.)

--------------------------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-4\-------|
---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-4\-------|
---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-4\-------|

Guitar 2 (cont.) This part is sketchy

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-9-7-7-6-7-6-6-4-6-4-4-2-4-2-2-2-4-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (cont.)

-------------------------|
-------------------------|
----0-0-0-2--------------|
------------4------------|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|

Both Guitars (double time feel)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------9------9------9-7-------------5------5------5-4-------------|

|---9999999999999-999999-999999-7-5555555555555-555555-555555-4-------------|

PM ------------ ----- ----- ------------ ----- -----

(cont.)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------5-----5--------------|
----------------2------2------2-4-------------7-7-33333-33333--------------|
----2222222222222-222222-222222-4-7777777777777-7--------------------------|

PM ------------ ----- ----- ------------ ---- ----

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-11-11-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-------------11-11-9-9-11-11-14-14------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--9--9-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9--9-7-7--9--9-12-12------|
|-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------|
PM    -----------------------------   ---------------------------------------|

(cont.)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---0-------------9-9-7-7-6-6-7-7-7---------------------------------------------|
---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------|
---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------|
PM  ----------------------------   --------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-11-11-9-9-7-7-6-6-5-------------11-11-9-9-11-11-14-14------|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--9--9-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--9--9-7-7--9--9-12-12------|
|-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------|
PM    -----------------------------   ---------------------------------------|

(cont.)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---0-------------9-9-7-7-6-6-7-7-7---------------------------------------------|
---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7----------------|
---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7----------------|
PM  ----------------------------   --------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 x2

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--------1--------8--------3---------------------------------------------|
|--0--------1--------8--------3---------------------------------------------|
|--0--------1--------8--------3---------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 x2

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3/7--------5---------------------------------------------|
|--0--------1------x/x--------x---------------------------------------------|
|--0--------1------1/5--------3---------------------------------------------|
|--0--------1---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 Fill

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------|
PM     -----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 Fill

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------<7><7><7><7><7><7><7><7><7><7><7><7><7><7>---------------------------|

|--0-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Both guitars again

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------7\\-------|
|--0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0--7\\-------|
|--0-0--0--0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0--5\\-------|
|--0-0--0--0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0------------|

PM - - - -

(cont.) x2

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-----0-0-------------0-0-----0-0----------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000000000000---------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000000000000---------------------------|
PM     --      -----------     ---     ---------------------------------------|

Bridge Guitar 1

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0----------|
|--1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0----------|

Bridge Guitar 2

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4p3-4p3-4p3-4p3-4p3-4p3-4p3-4p3----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0------------------------------------------|
|--1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0-1p0------------------------------------------|

The harmonic was hard to find. It's the only one that sounds close to the

song that I could find. Or you could use the alternate ending presented

|-------------------------------------<6>-----|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---8-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---x-------------------------|
|--5-8-7-5-8-7-5-1~----5-8-7-5-8-7-5----------|---6-------------------------|
|--5-8-7-5-8-7-5-1~----5-8-7-5-8-7-5----------|-----------------------------|

Pre-interlude??

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
PM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00000000000000-0-----------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00000000000000-0-----------|
PM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0------0-----|
|--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0-----|

PM --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------0------0------0------0------0------0---------------------------------|
|--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0--111-0---------------------------------|

PM --- --- --- --- --- ---

Pre-outro (clean)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3~-------2~--------3~-------2~--------3~-------2~--------3~-------2~---2-|
|-----3~-------3~--------3~-------3~--------3~-------3~--------3~-------3~--------|
|--5~-------5~--------5~-------5~--------5~-------5~--------5~-------5~-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro Guitar 1 x3

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-0-0-0-----------10-12-10--------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-0-0-0--12-10-12----------12-10--------------------------|

(cont.)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------|
--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-0-0-0-0-----------10-12-10-------------------------------|
--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-0-0-0-0--12-10-12----------12-10-------------------------|

Guitar 1 (cont.) the 4th time you play this

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-0-0-0-----------10-12-10--------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-0-0-0--12-10-12----------12-10--------------------------|

(cont.)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-0~------------------------------------------------------|
---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-0~------------------------------------------------------|
---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-0~------------------------------------------------------|

Outro Guitar 2 x2

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-0-0-0-----------10-12-10--------------------------------|
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-0-0-0-0--12-10-12----------12-10--------------------------|

(cont.)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------|
---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-0-0-0-0-----------10-12-10------------------------------|
---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-0-0-0-0--12-10-12----------12-10------------------------|

Then Guitar 2 (cont.)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----|
|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(cont.)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------------------------------------|
--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------------------------------------|
--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------------------------------------|

(cont.)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-----------|
|---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-10--7~----|
|---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--x--x-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------8--5~----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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