Critical Acclaim Solo Chords & Tabs
Critical Acclaim Solo Tab
On most of the tabs, this solo is played way too high on the neck.
This is how Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance play it on Stage (watch live the DVD live in LBC).
Tabbed by Munkyslayer345@hotmail.com
Synyster Gates
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
E||------------------------|------------------------|
B||-------/7----8----10----|--8----7----8----/10----|
G||------------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------------|------------------------|
A||------------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------------|------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. E
-----6-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
--10---10-8-7---10-8-7---8-7-----7---|-----------------------------|
--------------8--------8-----8-7---8-|--7-8------------------------|
-------------------------------------|------8-7-8-7-5-7-4------4\--|
-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
-------/7----8----11----|--8----7----8----/11----|
------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|------------------------|
------------------------|------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. E
------7-----7-7-8-10-8-7---7--------|---------------------------------|
--8-9---8-9--------------9---9-8----|---------------------------------|
---------------------------------10-|--8-7-8-7----8-7-----------------|
------------------------------------|----------10-----10-9------(9)\--|
------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
-------/12----13----15----|--13----12----13----15----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
--12-13-15-12-13-15-12-13-15-12-13-15-12-13-15-12-|
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SH
S S S S S S S S H Q Q Q Q
--13-15-12-13-15-12-13-15-<>12~--------|--------------------------|
---------------------------------------|-------/14----15----17----|
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|-----3-----| |-----3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
--15----14----15----17----|--/14----15----17----20----18----17----|
--------------------------|---------------------------------------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/avenged_sevenfold/critical_acclaim_solo_tab_ver_2.html ]
E. E. S S H W
--18---17------17-20b--------|--20br----------------|-------------------|
------------17---------------|----------------------|-------------------|
-----------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
-----------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
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Zacky Vengeance
Q Q Q
|-----------------------|
|------------------7----|
|-------/7----8---------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q. S S H
-----------------------|------------------------|
-----------------/7----|---------7--------------|
--8----7----8----------|--8--------8p-7~--------|
-----------------------|------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. S S H
------------------7----|-----------------/7----|---------7-------------|
-------/8----9---------|--9----8----9----------|--9--------9p-8--------|
-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
H H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
--------------------|-------/8----9----12----|--9----8----9----12----|
--L-----------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
SH
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
--8-9-12-8-9-12-8-9-12-8-9-12-8-9-12-8-|--9-12-8-9-12-8-9-12-<>8--------|
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Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
--------------------9----|--------------------9----|
-------/10----11---------|--11----10----11---------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----3----| |-----3----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E. E. S S H
---------------9----12----10----9----|--13---12------12-15b--------|
--/10----11--------------------------|------------14---------------|
-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
W
--15br----------------||
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Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
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L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down
