Dear God Bassline
Drop D Tuning
Tabbed by Trevor Long
Email: spirehunter@gmail.com
Once you get the hang of it, this song is really easy and sounds amazing. The main
tune is pretty much the same with some variations here and there. Please Rate & comment.
Intro-(00:00)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------020---|
D|-3-3~-3h5------------------------------------------------03---3--|
A|---------3-3~--0h3h5-5-5h7/8-0---0-h1-1~-1h3----0h1h3~---------3-|
D|--------------------------------------------3~-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3~-3h5-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3-3~--0h3h5-5-5h7/8-0---0-h1-1~-1h3-----0h1h3~---3-5-3-|
|--------------------------------------------3~------------------|
Verse-(00:27)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------020---|
D|-3-3~-3h5------------------------------------------------03---3--|
A|---------3-3~--0h3h5-5-5h7/8-0---0-h1-1~-1h3----0h1h3~---------3-|
D|--------------------------------------------3~-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3~-3h5---------------------------------------------------3-5-|
|---------3-3~--0h3h5-5-5h7/8-0---0-h1-1~-1h3-----0h1h3~---3-----|
|---------------------------------------------3~-----------------|
Chorus-(00:55)
G|------------------------------------------------------------1h2~0----|
D|-3-3-3-3---------------------------------3-3-3-3-----------------32~-|
A|---------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1---------3-3-3-3-3-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/avenged_sevenfold/dear_god_btab_ver_2.html ]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---------------------------------3-3-3-3-----------------|
|---------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
“Cause I’m lonely....”-(01:21)
|-----------------2-2-2-2--------------------|
|-------------------------0-0----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-1-1-1-1-1~-|
|--------------------------------------------|
Verse-(01:32)
Chorus-(01:59)
Then the up-key-(02:41)
This part is tricky; you really have to listen to follow along.
This part (and this part only) is spaced out so you can read it easier.
So --#-#- is actually played -##--.
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------5-0-3b-------0h2---------------------3-3--5-0-3b-|
A|-5-5--5/7-0-0---5-\1-1-1--1-3-0---------------5-5------1-1---5--3--1-1--1h3------------|
D|-------------------------------5-3-3---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------5-0-3b--|
|-5-5--5/7-0-0---5-\1-1-1--1-3-0---------------|
|-------------------------------5-3-3----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-5-0-3b--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-0-0-0-0-5-0-3-0-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-3-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-3--3--3--3--3~--|
|-----------------|
Acoustic Solo-(03:16)
G|-----------------|
D|--REST-----------|
A|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
Chorus-(03:29)
Outro-(04:07)
G|-----------33------------|
D|----------------33--503b-|
A|-55---44-----------------|
D|-------------------------| - Repeat until end of song.
That’s it, enjoy!