Avenged Sevenfold - The Art Of Subconscious Illusion Chords & Tabs

The Art of Subconscious Illusion
By Avenged Sevenfold
I’m pretty sure that this tab is more accurate than any of the others. Do whatever you 
with it, but remember where you got it.

Dropped D Tuning (DADGBE)

Intro

Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----5-----5---6-----6-----6---5-----5-----5---6~--|
|-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~--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
    . .   . .   .   . .   . .   .   . .   . .   .

Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------(Pickslide)-------|
|---------------------------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-|
|---------------------------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-|


Verse

Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------88-888-8----8810101212-121212-1088-888-8------------|
|-55-555----------XX-XXX-X----XXX-X-X-X--X-X-X--X-XX-XXX-X------------|
|-33-333-566-666--66-666-688-8668-8-1010-101010-8-66-666-65-----555---|
|--------566-666----------88-8----------------------------555555555---|
                                                            ....

Guitar 2
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------88-888-8----881010----------------------------------|
|-55-555----------XX-XXX-X----XXX-X-55-555----------------------------|
|-33-333-566-666--66-666-688-8668-8-33-333-566-666-65-----555---------|
|--------566-666----------88-8-------------566-666-6555555555---------|
                                                     ....


Bridge (I guess?)

Guitar 1
|-------|
|-----8-|
|-7-8---|
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|

Verse 2 - Palm mute first 2 times only

Both Guitars
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-4-5-6-5-4-0-3-5-4-5-6-5-5-4~-5-4-5-6-5-4-0-3-1--1--3--3--|
|-5-4-5-6-5-4-0-3-5-4-5-6-5------5-4-5-6-5-4-0-3-1--1--3--3--|x4
  . . . . . . . . . . . . .       . . . . . . . .

Verse 3

Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-0----1--3--0--<5>--1--3--0----1--3--0----1--3--|
|-0----1--3--0-------1--3--0----1--3--0----1--3--|

Guitar 2
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-0----1--3--0---5b--1--3--0----1--3--0----1--3--|
|-0----1--3--0-------1--3--0----1--3--0----1--3--|

Both Guitars
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-| x3
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Verse 4
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/avenged_sevenfold/the_art_of_subconscious_illusion_tab_ver_4.html ]
Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8------------------------------------------|
|-7--7--8-7---7810------7--7--8--------0320-0---  <--- last--| 4x
|-7-77-78-7-7----------7-77-78-------------3-20--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------ x6---------------------------|
    .  .    .          . .  .

Guitar 2
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-0------0------0------5-8-7-5-3-5-3-2--|
|-0------0------0------5-8-7-5-3-5-3-2--|

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-0------0-0-0-00------5-8-7-5-3-5-3-2--|
|-0------0-0-0-00------5-8-7-5-3-5-3-2--|

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----------------5---------------------|
|----------------5---------------------|
|-0--0--1--0--0--3---0--0--1--0-3-5-7--|
|-0-00-01--0-00-0----0-00-01--0-3-5-7--|x4
    .  .     .         .   .

Bridge

Guitar 1
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-0320-0----|
|-----3-20--|
|-----------|
|-----------| x12 (Have fun)

Guitar 2
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-0-3-5-7-|
|-0-3-5-7-| x8

Verse 5

Guitar 1
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--------------<7>--------|
|-------------------------|
|-0---1--3--0-------1--3--|
|-0---1--3--0-------1--3--| guitar 2 plays the same, but not the pinch.

Both Guitars
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-| x2
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff (Chick Screams)

Both Guitars
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-0----3h5h3-0----3h5/6-0----3h5h3-1--3--|
|-0-00-----3-0-00-------0-00-----3-1--3--| x4

|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|-0--6---|
|-0--6---|
|-0--6---|


|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-5-4-5-6-5-4-0-3-| x4
  . . . . . . . .

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7------------------------------------------|
|-7------6----5----------------------5-5-5-5-|
|-5------6----5--------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--------6----5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| x2

Bunch of pick sliding, slide all the way down to the fretboard then back up.

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------5555555555--|
|-5-5-5-5-5555555555--|
|-5-5-5-5-5555555555--|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7------------------------------------------|
|-7------6----5----------------------5-5-5-5-|
|-5------6----5--------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--------6----5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| x3

Ending

Guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7------------------------------------------|
|-7------6----5------------------------------|
|-5------6----5------------------------------|
|--------6----5-h6-p5-h6-p5-h6-p5------------|

Guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7------------------------------------------|
|-7------6----5------------------------------|
|-5------6----5------------------------------|
|--------6----5------------------------------|

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