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The Art of Subconscious Illusion

Avenged Sevenfold
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Song - ART OF SUBCONSCIOUS ILLUSION

Artist - Avenged Sevenfold

Album - Sounding The Seventh Trumpet

^ = up pick

v = down pick

\\\ = pick scrape

. = palm mute

/ = slide up

h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

* = harmonic

||--Guitar 1

||--(70% left, 30% right)

|

|

||--Guitar 2

||--(10% left, 90% right)

Intro:

Guitar 1

^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v ^ v v ^ v v ^ v v v v v v v v v

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5-----5-----5---|-6-----6-----6---|-5-----5-----5---|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

|Guitar 2 |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-|

A living

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-5---5----5-5-5--|-----------------|-8---------8-8-8-|
D|-5---5----5-5-5-5|-6---------------|-8---------8-8-8-|
A|-3---3----3-3-3-5|-6---------------|-6---------6-6-6-|
E|----------------5|-6---------------|-----------------|

| |

| |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-5---5-----------|-----------------|-8---------------|
D|-5---5----------5|-6---------------|-8---------------|
A|-3---3----------5|-6---------------|-6---------------|
D|----------------5|-6---------------|-----------------|

nightmare a- sleep but still a-ware

e|--------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|
B|--------------|-----------------------------------------|--------/6---8---|
G|---------8--10|-12--12----12-108-8----8-8-7-------------|-----------------|
D|-8---8--------|-----------------------------------------|-5---------------|
A|-8---8---6--8-|-10--10----10-8-6-6----6-6-5-------------|-5---------------|
D|-8---8--------|-----------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---------------|

| |

| |

e|--------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|
B|--------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|
G|---------8--7-|-5---5-----5-----------------------------|-----------------|
D|-8---8--------|--------------5-6-6--6-6-6-5-------------|-5---------------|
A|-8---8---6--5-|-3---3-----3---------6-6-6-5-------------|-5---------------|
D|-8---8--------|--------------5-6-6--6-6-6-5-------------|-5---------------|

I GRASP MY-

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1-/-3---3---||
A||-----------------|-----------5-4---|-----------------|-1---1-/-3---3---||
D||-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-|-5-3-5-6-5-------|-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-|-1---1-/-3---3---||

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

| |x2

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1-/-3---3---||
A||-----------------|-----------5-4---|-----------------|-1---1-/-3---3---||
D||-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-|-5-3-5-6-5-------|-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-|-1---1-/-3---3---||

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SELF!

Now don't palm mute:

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1-/-3---3---||
A||-----------------|-----------5-4---|-----------------|-1---1-/-3---3---||
D||-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-|-5-3-5-6-5-------|-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-|-1---1-/-3---3---||

| |

| |x2

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1-/-3---3---||
A||-----------------|-----------5-4---|-----------------|-1---1-/-3---3---||
D||-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-|-5-3-5-6-5-------|-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-|-1---1-/-3---3---||

SO CONFUSED!

^Repeating this part is weird, because on the second time through, they play the end of that

second measure rushed & off time. It sounds sloppy, but both tracks do that, so it seems as

if that's how it was meant to be. (I tabbed it on-time, and you can rush/sloppy-

it-up if you wish)

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0-------5*------|-1-------3-------|
A|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|

| |

| |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0-------5~------|-1-------3-------|
A|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|

Lost

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|
A|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|

| |

| |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|
A|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|

help you

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|

| . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . |

| |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-01|11-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|

. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . .

reality this can't be happening

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-------|

| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

| |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

happening

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
A|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|

| |

| |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-------------8---|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-7-----7-----8---|-7-----7-7h8-----|-7-----7-----8---|-----------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Are

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-0----0----0----0|-0---------------|-----------------|
A|-0---------------|-0----0----0----0|-0---------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-0----0----0----0|-0---------------|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|

| |

| |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-------------8---|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-7-----7-----8---|-7-----7-7h8-----|-7-----7-----8---|-----------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

you

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-0-----0-----1---|-0-----0-----5---|-0-----0-----1---|-0---1---3---5---||
A||-0-----0-----1---|-0-----0-----3---|-0-----0-----1---|-0---1---3---5---||
D||-0-----0-----1---|-0-----0---------|-0-----0-----1---|-0---1---3---5---||

| |

| |x4

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-------------8---|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-7-----7-----8---|-7-----7-7h8-----|-7-----7-----8---|-----------------||
D||-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-||
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Trying hard

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
A|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
D|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

| |

| |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-0---1---3---5---|-0---1---3---5---|-0---1---3---5---|-0---1---3---5---||
A||-0---1---3---5---|-0---1---3---5---|-0---1---3---5---|-0---1---3---5---||
D||-0---1---3---5---|-0---1---3---5---|-0---1---3---5---|-0---1---3---5---||

| |

| |x2

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-|-5-8-7-5-3-5-1p0-||
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0-------?*------|-1-------3-------|
A|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|

| |

| |

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|
A|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|
D|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|

*

^

In the third measure, one track does a good harmonic while the other

track completely misses it (it sounds like a palmmuted open B)

1:39 - For the rest of the song, the two guitars play the exact same thing.

So, i'll only have a "Guitar 1" tabbed.

e||-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||x2
A||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00|01-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-||

. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . .

e||---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
B||---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
G||---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
D||-0---------3---|-0-------------|-0---------3---|-1---1-1-3---3-3-||x4
A||-0-----3h5-3---|-0-----3h5/6---|-0-----3h5-3---|-1---1-1-3---3-3-||
D||-0---------3---|-0-------------|-0---------3---|-1---1-1-3---3-3-||

Punching

e|-----------------|-----------------| ||-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------| ||-----------------|-----------------||
G|-----------------|-----------------| ||-----------------|-----------------||
D|-0---------------|/6---------------| ||-----------------|-----------------||x2
A|-0---------------|/6---------------| ||-----------------|-----------------||
D|-0---------------|/6---------------| ||-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-|-5-3-5-6-5-3-0-3-||

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G||/9---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||/9---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|
A||/7---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|
D||-0---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|
   -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
   -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
   -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
   -5-------5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||x2
   -5-------5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||
   -5-------5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||

. . . . . . .

A lot of random pick scraping from 2:28-3:02

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////\\\\\\\\\/////////-|

A|-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////\\\\\\\\\/////////-|

D|-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////\\\\\\\\\/////////-|

e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

. . . . . . . .

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G||-9---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D||-9---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|
A||-7---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|
D||-0---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|

My razor-sharp knife's...

   -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
   -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
   -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
   -5---------------|-----------------|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||x3
   -5-------5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||
   -5-------5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---||

. . . . . . .

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|-9---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-9---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A|-7---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
D|-0---------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|-5~~/6\5/6\5/6\5~-|

disapointment discomfort

I put a lot of time tabbing this to be as good as possible. So please rate & comment!

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