Avenged Sevenfold
Nightmare
Nightmare
2010
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
This is 100% correct!!! except Synyster Gates
Riff's at Guitar Solo
cause his playing style is hard to imitate
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Dm - xx0231
Bb - x13331
F - 133211
C - x32010
G - 320033
Am - x02210
G/B - x2x003
A/C# - x476xx
[Intro]
Piano: Silence
Dm
e|----5--4--3--1---------5--4--3--1-|
B|-3--------------3---3-------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------| x2
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
Bb G/B C A/C#
e|----1--0----|----1--0----|----0--1--3-|-6--5--3--5-|
B|----------3-|-0--------3-|-1----------|------------|
G|-3----------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
Guitar 2: Distortion (This is exactly how Synyster Gates plays!!!)
Dm
e|------5--5-4--4-3--3-1--------------------|
B|-3--3------------------3-1-3--------0-1-2-|
G|------------------------------0-1-2-------|
D|------------------------------------------| x3
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Dm
e|------5--5-4--4-3--3-1--------------1-3-5-|
B|-3--3------------------3-1-3--------------|
G|------------------------------0-1-2-------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Bb G/B C A/C#
e|-6--6-5-4-|-3--10-|-8--8-|-12-|
B|----------|-------|------|----|
G|----------|-------|------|----|
D|----------|-------|------|----|
A|----------|-------|------|----|
E|----------|-------|------|----|
Dm--- x4
Nightmare!!!!!!!!
(Now your nightmare
comes to life)
[Verse 1]
F Dm
Dragged ya down below
F Dm
down to the devils show
F Dm
To be his guest forever
F
peace of mind is less than never!
F Dm
Hate to twist your mind
F Dm
but God ain't on your side
F Dm
An old acquaintance severed
F
burn the world your last endeavor!
F Dm
Flesh is burning you can
F
smell it in the air cause
Dm F
men like you have such an
Dm F
easy soul to steal! (Steal!)
F Dm
So stand in line while they
F
ink numbers in your head
Dm F
you're now a slave until
Dm
the end of time here!
F
Nothing stop the madness
turning haunting yearning
pull the trigger!
Guitar 2: Synyster Gates do this riff at "flesh is burning..."
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|---2-1-0---|
D|-0-------3-| x4
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
[Chorus 1]
Dm C
You should have known
F Bb
the price of evil
Dm C
and it hurts to know
F Bb
that you belong here! Yeah!
Am (hold)
Ooooooooh It's your
Dm--
fucking nightmare!
While your nightmare
comes to life!
[Verse 2]
F Dm
Can't wake up and sweat
F Dm
cause it ain't over yet
F Dm
Still dancing with your demons
F
victim of your own creation!
F Dm
Beyond the will to fight
F Dm
where all that's wrong is right
F Dm
where hate don't need a reason
F
loathing self-assassination!
F Dm
You've been lied to just
F
to rape you of your site
Dm F
and now they have the nerve
Dm F
to tell you how to feel! (feel!)
F Dm F
So sedated as they medicate
Dm F
your brain and while you slowly
Dm
go insane they tell ya
F
"Given with the best intentions
help you with your complications!"
Guitar 2: Synyster Gates do this riff at "you've been lied..."
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|---2-1-0---|
D|-0-------3-| x4
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
[Chorus 2]
Dm C
You should have known
F Bb
the price of evil
Dm C
and it hurts to know
F Bb
that you belong here! Yeah!
Dm C F Bb
No one to call everybody to fear
Dm C F Bb
Your tragic fate is looking so clear yeah!
Am (hold) Dm---
Ooooooooh It's your fucking nightmare! hahahaha
Guitar 2: Synyster Gates Amazing Solo!!!!!!!
Dm
e|--------17--17-16--16-15--15-13-----------------------|
B|-15--15-------------------------15-----------12-13-14-|
G|------------------------------------12-13-14----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Dm
e|--------17--17-16--16-15--15-13-----------------------------|
B|-15--15-------------------------15-13-15-----------12-13-14-|
G|------------------------------------------12-13-14----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb G/B C A/C#
e|--------------|-----13-|-12--12-13-|-16--|
B|-15--15-14-13-|-12-----|-----------|-----|
G|--------------|--------|-----------|-----|
D|--------------|--------|-----------|-----|
A|--------------|--------|-----------|-----|
E|--------------|--------|-----------|-----|
Synyster has very fast fingers here!!! you should too
in order for you to play this riff, he did is a
combination of shredding and sweeping here!!!
Dm(all the way)
e|-17--------------------16--------------------15---16--15--13-|
B|--------------------15--------------------15-----------------|
G|--------------14-15-----------------14-15--------------------|
D|-----12-14-15--------------12-14-15--------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-15-13----------13-15-13----------13-|
B|-------15----15----------15----15----|
G|----------14----------------14-------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------17--16--17-|
B|--------10--11--10--15--18-------------|
G|-7--10---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Bb G/B C A/C#
e|-15--17--13-|-----13-|-12--13--15-|-16-|
B|------------|-15-----|------------|----|
G|------------|--------|------------|----|
D|------------|--------|------------|----|
A|------------|--------|------------|----|
E|------------|--------|------------|----|
Dm(all the way), tr = means trill
e|-10tr--13-8tr-15-7tr-10-5--8--4--3----|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
not sure about this part
e|-----------------0-1-3-5-6-8-10-12-13-17-13----------|
B|-------------1-3----------------------------15----15-|
G|-------0-2-3-----------------------------------12----|
D|-0-2-3-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb G/B C A/C#
e|-13--12h13p12h13-|-15--13h15p13h15-|-----13h15p13h15-|-16--15-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-13--------------|--------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
Matt Shadows laughs: hahaha...
Dm(all the way)
e|---------------------------17\10-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-5----5-4--3--0------------------|
D|----0-----------3-0---0----------|
A|--------------------3------------|
E|---------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
Dm(all the way)
Fight! (fight!)
Not to fail! (fail!)
Not to fall! (fall!)
Or you'll end up like the others!!
Die! (die!)
Die again (die!)
Drenched in sin! (sin!)
With no respect for another!!
Guitar 2: Synyster continues his fast solo
Bb(all the way)
e|-------10-13-10----------|-18--17-|
B|----11----------11----11-|--------|
G|-10----------------10----|--------|
D|-------------------------|--------|
A|-------------------------|--------|
E|-------------------------|--------|
x3
Dm(all the way)
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-5----5-4--3--0---------|
D|----0-----------3-0---0-|
A|--------------------3---|
E|------------------------|
[Verse 4]
Dm(all the way)
Down! (down!)
Feel the fire! (fire!)
Feel the hate! (hate!)
Your pain is what we desire!!
Lost! (lost!)
Hit the wall! (wall!)
Watch you crawl! (crawl!)
Such a replaceable liar!!
[Bridge]
Bb C
And I know you hear their voices
Bb
(calling from above)
C
And I know they may seem real
Bb
(these signals of love)
But our life's made up of
C Bb
choices (some without appeal)
G/B C
They took for granted your soul
A/C# Dm---
and it's ours now to steal
As your nightmare comes to life!!
[Chorus 3]
Dm C
You should have known
F Bb
the price of evil
Dm C
and it hurts to know
F Bb
that you belong here! Yeah!
Dm C F Bb
No one to call everybody to fear
Dm C F Bb
Your tragic fate is looking so clear yeah!
Am (hold) Dm---
Ooooooooh It's your fucking nightmare! hahahaha
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| \ Slide down
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