M.I.A. (Bassline)
As recorded by Avenged Sevenfold
(From the 2005 Album CITY OF EVIL)
Words and Music by Avenged Sevenfold
Arranged by Avenged Sevenfold
Transcribed by Gabriel Ortiz
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Left and Right Acoustic Arranged for one'
Intro
Slowly Q.=48
6/8
Gtr I
H. H. H. H.
||--10-------|-7-------|--9-------|--------||
||o-12-------|-8-------|-10-------|-------o||
||o----------|---------|----------|-------o||
||-----------|---------|----------|--------||
Verse
H. H. H. H.
||--10-------|-7-------|--9-------|--------||
||o-12-------|-8-------|-10-------|-------o||
||o----------|---------|----------|-------o||
||-----------|---------|----------|--------||
Gtr I
H. H.
|-10---------------------|--7--------------------------------------|
|-12---------------------|--8--------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S E. E. S S S S S S E S S S S
|------------------------|--8--10--8-10--8-10--8-(8)---------------|
|--8--10-8-10-8-10-8--6--|-10--11-10-11-10-11-10------10--(10)(10)-|
|--9--10-9-10-9-10-9--7--|-----------------------10--(10)---9h=10--|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
H. H.
|--9------------|--------------------|
|-10------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|
| Q. E E E E. E. E E E
|---------------|-10---8---------9---|
|--8-------8-10-|-11--10--11-10-10---|
|--9----10-9-10-|---------12-10------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|
H.
|-10---------------------|
|-12---------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S E. E.
|------------------------|
|--8--10-8-10-8-10-8--6--|
|--9--10-9-10-9-10-9--7--|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
H. H.
|--7--------------------------------------|--9------------|
|--8--------------------------------------|-10------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------|
|
| S S S S S S E S S S S Q. E E E
|--8--10--8-10--8-10--8-(8)---------------|---------------|
|-10--11-10-11-10-11-10------10--(10)(10)-|--8-------8-10-|
|-----------------------10--(10)---9h=10--|--9----10-9-10-|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------|
H. H.
|-------------------|--------||
|-------------------|-12-----||
|-------------------|--------||
|-------------------|--------||
|
| E. E. E E E H.
|-10---8---9-10-12--|-13-----||
|-11--10--10-11-14--|-15-----||
|-------------------|--------||
|-------------------|--------||
|-------------------|--------||
|-------------------|--------||
Pre-Verse
Faster Q=162
4/4
Gtr I
Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E
||----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|
||o-5--5--7-8---1-|-(1)--1--3-5---3-|
||----------------|-----------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4---5-|
|---------------------------|---------------------|
+Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E E E +E E E +E Q +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------o||
|-(5)--5--7-8---1-|-(1)--1--3-5---1-|-3-3-(3)---------1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-3-(3)----|--------------------||
Verse
E E H. H. E E H.. E +E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-----------/8-|-(8)-7-5-0---0-3-5--|
||o-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------1--------|
||--0-0---------|---------0-0-|--------------|--------------------|
W W E E H E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------|----------|--------------|---------5-(5)--------||
|----------|----------|------------3-|-(3)-2-3-------3-2-3-o||
|----------|----------|-3-3----------|---------------------o||
|----------|----------|--------------|----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
$
E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
||--6-5-0-3-(3)--0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6-5-0-3-(3)--0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------o||
|-1--1--1-1-----|------------------|-0--0--0-0-0-1-|-(1)-1-1--1-1-1-1-o||
|-----------0-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-3-|---------------|-------------------||
Chorus
Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E
||----------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
||o-5--5--5-5-5-1-|-(1)-1-1--1-0-1-2-|-3--3----------|----------------0--|
||----------------|------------------|-------2-2-2-3-|-(3)-3-3--3-2-3----|
1.
Q Q E E +E E +E E +E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----5-7-5-3-2---o||
|-----------------|----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-----------3-o||
|-5--5--3-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-(7)-8-(8)-8-8--|-----------------|-5----------------||
2.
To Coda
Q Q E E +E E +E E +E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E +Q. E +H
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------------|---------------5-|-(5)---2-(2)----||
|-----------------|----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|----------------||
|-5--5--3-5-(5)-7-|-(7)-7-(7)-8-(8)-8-8--|-----------------|----------------||
Bridge
Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E
||----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|-----------------|
||o-5--5--7-8---1-|-(1)--1--3-5---3-|
||----------------|-----------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4---5---|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
D.S. al Coda
+Q q E E E E +Q q E E E E E E +E E E +E Q +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------o||
|-(5)--5--7-8---1-|-(1)--1--3-5---1-|-3-3-(3)---------1--|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-3-(3)----|--------------------||
Breakdown
Half-Time Q=81
&
6/8
E. E S Q. E. E. E E E E. E S E E E E. E S E E E
||--------------|-------------|--------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|-1--1--1-0-1-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|--------0-0-0-o||
||--0--0-0-0----|-------------|--------------|-3--3-3--------||
Interlude
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--12\-0-0-0-0-12\-0-0-0-0-|-12\-0-0-0-0-12\-0-0-0-0-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-2-3---|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
Guitar Break
E. E. E. E. E. E S E E E E. E S E E E E. E S E E E
|-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|-------0-----|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|----0-----0--|--------------|--------------|--------0-0-0-||
|-0-----------|-2--2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-------||
Guitar Solo
a Tempo Q=162
4/4
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-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 S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-4-(4)-4---7-|-(7)-7---4-(4)-7-7-7--o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
Interlude
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
+E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-4-(4)-4---7-|-(7)-7---4-(4)-7-7-7--o||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
Guitar Solo
E E Q H W E E Q H W
||--------------|----------|-------------|------|
||o-------------|----------|-------------|------|
||o-5-5-5-------|----------|-1-1-1-------|------|
||--------------|----------|-------------|------|
E E Q Q E E +W E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|---------------|------------|-------------------|----------------------||
|---------------|------------|-------------------|---------------------o||
|-3-3-3-------3-|-(3)--------|-0-0-0-4-(4)-4---7-|-(7)-7---4-(4)-7-7-7-o||
|-----------5---|------------|-------------------|----------------------||
Breakdown
Half-Time Q=81
E E Q S E S Q E E E S S S E S Q
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|--------------------|
E E E E S S S S Q E E E E S E S E S S
|-----------------5--|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|----------------------|
|--------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E S S S E S E S S E E E S S S E S Q
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-0-8-8-8-8--|
E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------|-5-----5-----5-7-5-3-5-3-2----o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3---3-3---------------3--o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------------||
Bridge
6/8
H +E S S H E S S E. E S Q S S E. E S E E E
||---------------|------------|---------------|----------------||
||o--------------|------------|---------------|---------------o||
||o--------------|-1----0-1-2-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-|--------0-0-0--o||
||--0----(0)-0-0-|------------|---------------|-3--3-3---------||
H. +H. +H. +H.
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
|---------|----------|----------|--------||
|-0-------|-(0)------|-(0)------|-(0)----||
Re-Intro
Slowly Q.=48
Wx4
||----------||
||o--------o||
||o--------o||
||----------||
Verse
Gtr I
Wx15 H.
|-----------|-----------------------||
|-----------|-----------------------||
|-----------|-----------------------||
|-----------|-----------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| Wx15 E. S S S S S S S S S
|-----------|----6-5----------------||
|-----------|--------8-6-5-6-8s10p8-||
|-----------|-----------------------||
|-----------|-----------------------||
|-----------|-----------------------||
|-----------|-----------------------||
Guitar Solo/Outro
Gtr II
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
E. E. a Q. Q. S S S S S S
|--------------|------------------|
|-6------------|-6--------6---8---|
|----7--5h7----|--------7---x-----|
|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|------------------|
~~ PM
S S S a E. Q. S T T S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-5-6-5-----------|---------------------------|
|-------5s7--5----|---------------------------|
|-----------------|-8-7-5-7-------7h8-7-5-7h8-|
|-----------------|---------5-7h8-------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------|
E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. S S Q E E E
|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------5--6--|-------5--6--|-6s8-5--5-6-8-|
|----7--------|----7--------|--------------|
|-7-----------|-8-----------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E. E T T T S S S T S S
|------------------------------------|
|-/11--10-11-10----------/10---------|
|---------------12-10-12-------12-10-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~
|--3--|
E. E. a Q T T T T E +Q Q. S T T T T T T T T T S +Q T T T T
|----------------------------|------------------|------------10--------------------------------------|
|----------------10----------|------------------|---------13------13------------------------10-------|
|-12--10------------10-------|------------------|------12------------13-12-10-10b12-(10)-------13-12-|
|---------10h12--------12-10-|-12b15-(12)-------|---14-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
T T T T T T T T T T T X X X X X X T T T S +E..
|----------------------------10s12-13-12-10----10-12-10---------------------|
|----------------------10-13----------------13----------13-10-13b15-(13)----|
|-13p12p10h12-13p12p10------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4:3---| |--3--|
Q. S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q H. H.
|--------/10-------------|-------------------------------|---------|-------*|
|------------13-10-------|-------------------------------|---------|-------*|
|------------------12-10-|-12s14s12p10----10-12s14---10--|---------|-------*|
|------------------------|-------------12----------------|---------|-------*|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|-------*|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------|-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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