Second Heartbeat Tab by Avenged Sevenfold

Second Heartbeat tab by Avenged Sevenfold

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Intro
    . . . . . . . . . . . . .   do this a bunch of times
e:------------------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------------------|
G:--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------|
D:--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------|
A:--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------|
D:------------------------------------------------------|




0:07      Riff A                                        x4   (last time)
e:---------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------6/8-6-----|-------------|
G:--3/5-0-5-7-0-7-8-0-8-7-5-3---5-5/8-7-5-3---5--------8-7-|-7/8~--85---|
D:----------------------------6-------------6--------------|-------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------|-------------|

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0:35  Riff B     x2   . . . .
e:--------------------------------------------------|--------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------|--------------|
G:--12--7-8--3-5-4----5-7-8-7--5-4--12--7-8--3-5-4--|---12---------|
D:---x--x-x--x-x-x----5-7-8-7--x-x--x---x-x--x-x-x--|----x----*----|
A:--10--5-6--1-3-2----3-5-6-5--3-2--10--5-6--1-3-2--|---10----17~--|
D:--------------------------------------------------|--------------|




0:58     Riff C               x2
e:------------------------------|
B:------------------------------|
G:---5-7-8-8/13--8-10-12-12/15--|
D:---x-x-x-x--x--x-x---x--x--x--|
A:---3-5-6-6/11--6-8--10-10/13--|
D:------------------------------|




1:08     Riff D
e:----------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------|
G:--20-19-15-17-15-12-10-12-10-8---8-10-7-3-5~--/12~--|
D:---x--x--x--x--x--x-x---x-x--x---x-x--x-x-x-----x---|
A:--18-17-13-15-13-10-8--10-8--6---6-8--5-1-3~--/10~--|
D:----------------------------------------------------|



           Riff E
1:22 .   ........    ........      .   ........      .    .       x2
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G:---5-5-55555555-5--55555555-5-5--5-5-55555555-5-5----------------|
D:---5-5-55555555-5--55555555-5-5--5-5-55555555-5-5--6-6--3-3------|
A:---3-3-33333333-3--33333333-3-3--3-3-33333333-3-3--6-6--3-3------|
D:---------------------------------------------------6-6--3-3------|


     ..............................................  .    .
e:----------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------------------|
G:---5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555---------------|
D:---5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555--6-6--3-3-----|
A:---3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333--6-6--3-3-----|
D:---------------------------------------------------6-6--3-3-----|




     .   ........    ........      .   ........      .    .
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G:---5-5-55555555-5--55555555-5-5--5-5-55555555-5-5----------------|
D:---5-5-55555555-5--55555555-5-5--5-5-55555555-5-5--6-6--3-3------|
A:---3-3-33333333-3--33333333-3-3--3-3-33333333-3-3--6-6--3-3------|
D:---------------------------------------------------6-6--3-3------|




1:40      Riff F
e:--------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------|
G:----0--------0--------1--------4/7~---|
D:------3--1-----3--1p0---3--1p0--------|
A:-----------3--------------------------|
E:--------------------------------------|




1:43     Riff G                                             x2
e:------------------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------------------------|
D:---10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8----|
A:---10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8----|
D:---10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8----|



1:51      Riff H
e:--------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------6/8-6----------|
G:--5-7--7/8-5-7/8-7---7-7/8-5-------8-7------|
D:-------------------8-------------------8----|
A:--------------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------|





e:------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------9/11----|
G:---7/8-5-7/8-7---7----5--7/8-7-8----------|
D:---------------8----6---------------------|
A:------------------------------------------|
D:------------------------------------------|





e:-----------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------6/8-6----------|
G:----7/8-5-7/8-7---7-7/8-5-------8-7------|
D:----------------8-------------------8----|
A:-----------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------|





e:----------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------|
G:----7/8-5-7/8-7---7----5--7/8-7-8-7-5~--|
D:----------------8----6------------------|
A:----------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------|




2:10  Riff I (strumming not exact)                                  x4
e:--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10--|
A:---10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10--|
D:---10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10-10--|


2:47  Riff J
e:---------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------|
G:---5--5/8-7---5--7-8-8/12-10-15-17-----|
D:---x--x-x-x---x--x-x-x--x-x---x--x-----|
A:---3--3/6-5---3--5-6-6/10-8--13-15-----|
D:---------------------------------------|




2:57  Riff K                   x4
e:-------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------|
G:--5-----------------3-3--4-4---|
D:--5--0-1-0-1-3-5-5--3-3--4-4---|
A:--3--0-1-0-1-3-5-5--1-1--2-2---|
D:-----0-1-0-1-3-5-5-------------|




3:15   Riff L       ............                    ............  x2
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D:--0---0-1-0-1-0-0-----------------0---0-1-0-1-0-0-000033332222---|
A:--0---0-1-0-1-0-0-----------------0---0-1-0-1-0-0-000033332222---|
D:--0---0-1-0-1-0-0-000000000000----0---0-1-0-1-0-0-000033332222---|



3:34   Riff M
e:------------------------|
B:------------------------|
G:--7--75-53-3-3/4------|
D:--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x------|
A:--5--53-31-1-1/2------|
D:------------------------|


3:38  (repeat Riff A) x4

4:18  (repeat Riff I) x2

4:36  (repeat Riff H) x2

4:52        (alternate ending for Riff H)
e:-------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------15-17-17~---|
D:--6-5-6-8-10-8-10-12-13-12-13-15-17-15-17--------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------|


4:55  (repeat Riff I) x4

5:31    SOLO! (i only figured out part of it... sorry)

e:----------------------------------------------11--13-13/15-13----|
B:---/13-------------11--13/15-11------------11--------------------|
G:------12~-----------------------10~-----10-----------------------|
D:----------13-12-13-----------------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------------------|




e:---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B:-16--13-13h15-13-11/13-----|--/13-----------------11--13/15-11------|
G:-----------------------12~-|-----12----------------------------10~--|
D:---------------------------|-------13-12-13-12-13-------------------|
A:---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------|----------------------------------------|



e:------------------15-13-------15/18--15-13--------|-then---------20~--|
B:------------------------16-13--------------16-13~-|--they-------------|
G:--------------------------------------------------|---go--------------|
D:-15...fast stuff...-------------------------------|--frickin'---------|
A:--------------------------------------------------|--crazy and end on-|
D:--------------------------------------------------|-------------------|

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