Avril Lavigne - Complicated Chords & Tabs

 

Complicated Chords & Tabs

Avril Lavigne Chords & Tabs

Version: 3 Type: Tab

Complicated Tab

Avril Lavigne - Complicated (live on Tonight Show)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tabbed by Charles de la Cruz (http://www.comeunglued.com/avril/)
Tuning - Standard (EADGBE)

I'm tabbing out Evan's lead guitar parts just incase people
are curious as to how it's played.

h  = hammer on    
/  = slide up     x = scratch
~  = vibrato      ^ = bend
() = ghost note   v = release bend


e/|------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||--------6---------------------------------------------------||
G||--5/7~~-7-----------x-2---3---2-/-5~~~~~--------------------||
D||--5/7~~-7-----------x-3---3---3-----------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------||
E\|------------------------------------------------------------|/

e/|------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||--------6~~~~~----------------------------------------------||
G||--5/7~~-------------x-2---3---2-/-5~~~~~--------------------||
D||--5/7~~-------------x-3---3---3-----------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------||
E\|------------------------------------------------------------|/

e/|--------------------------------13--12~~~-------------------|\
B||----10----13~~~-10-------10~~~------------------------------||
G||--(10)-------------10-12------------------------------------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------||
E\|------------------------------------------------------------|/

                                       
e/|------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||-xx-10----10~~~-10-------10~~~--xx--------------------------||
G||-xx-------10~~~---10-12---------xx-9~^v^~~~~~---------------||
D||------------------------------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------||
E\|------------------------------------------------------------|/

He plays the chords during the verses

e/|--1-----5-----1-----3---------------------------------------|\
B||--1-----6-----1-----5---------------------------------------||
G||--2-----7-----3-----5---------------------------------------||
D||--3-----7-----3-----5---------------------------------------||
A||--3-----5-----1-----3---------------------------------------||
E\|--1---------------------------------------------------------|/

Then he plays this part with distortion/overdrive

    [Somebody else...]
e/|------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--3-xx-3--x-3--x-3--x-3-xx-7-xx-7--x-7--x-7--x-7-xx---------||
D||--3-xx-3--x-3--x-3--x-3-xx-7-xx-7--x-7--x-7--x-7-xx---------||
A||--1-xx-1--x-1--x-1--x-1-xx-5-xx-5--x-5--x-5--x-5-xx---------||
E\|------------------------------------------------------------|/
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/avril_lavigne/complicated_tab_ver_3.html ]
e/|------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--3-xx-3--x-3--x-3--x-3-xx-5--------------------------------||
D||--3-xx-3--x-3--x-3--x-3-xx-5--------------------------------||
A||--1-xx-1--x-1--x-1--x-1-xx-3--------------------------------||
E\|--------------------------(3)-------------------------------|/

He plays the chords distorted during the chorus

e/|------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--7--7--7--7-------------10-10-10-10--5--5--5-5-------------||
D||--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10--5--5--5-5-------------||
A||--5--5--5--5--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--3--3--3-3-------------||
E\|--------------6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8------------------------|/

The chorus ends like this

e/|-----------3~~----------------------------------------------|\
B||--------3~~----6~~~~~~~~------------------------------------||
G||-----3~~----------------------------------------------------||
D||--5---------------------------------------------------------||
A||--5---------------------------------------------------------||
E\|--3---------------------------------------------------------|/

He changes the second chorus to this

e/|------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--7--7--7--7-------------10-10--10-\--5--5--3-5-------------||
D||--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8-10-10--10-\--5--5--3-5-------------||
A||--5--5--5--5--8--8--8--8--8--8--------3--3--3-3-------------||
E\|--------------6--6--6--6--8--8------------------------------|/

The second chorus ends like this

                             [No no no...]
e/|-----------3~~---------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||--------3~~----6~~~~~~~~--/11-10------11-10------11-10------11-10------------||
G||-----3~~-------------------------10~~~------10~~~------10~~~------5-5-5-5-5--||
D||--5---------------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5--||
A||--5---------------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3--||
E\|--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|/

Evan plays the second chorus again, with this ending

e/|------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||------------------7~~~~~~~--9--9----------------------------||
D||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------||
A||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5~~~~~~~--7--7----------------------------||
E\|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------|/

The next chorus is the same except for this part
    [You fall and you crawl...]
e/|------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-10-10--10-\--5--5--3-5-------------||
D||-------------------------10-10--10-\--5--5--3-5-------------||
A||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--8--8--------3--3--3-3-------------||
E\|--------------------------8--8------------------------------|/

The song ends like this
                          [No no no...]
e/|-----------3~~----------------------------------------------|\
B||--------3~~----6~~~~~~~~------------------------------------||
G||-----3~~----------------------------------------------------||
D||--5---------------------------------------------------------||
A||--5---------------------------------------------------------||
E\|--3---------------------------------------------------------|/