Critical Acclaim Chords & Tabs
Intro (4/4 time)
Backing x2
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-7-----5-----3--5--7-|
D|-7-----5-----3--5--7-|
A|-5-----3-----1--3--5-|
D|-0-----------------0-|
Guitar 1 x2
E|-/13----------------15-17-15-13-12------12b-12--10-12-10-|
B|-----15-----/18-17-----------------13--x-----------------|
G|--------14----------------------------x------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (start on repeat)
E|-/17-13-----/22-20--12-13-12------------15b-15--13-15-13-|
B|--------15-------------------15-13-----x-----------------|
G|-----------------------------------14-x------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
Entry (3/4 time)
Guitar 1 & 2 x8
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Guitar 1 overdub x12
E|-13---13---|
B|-16b--16r~-|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
D|-----------|
Guitar 2 overdub x12
E|-10---10---|
B|-13b--13r~-|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
D|-----------|
Entry Pt. 2 (3/4 time)
Guitar 1 x6
E|------------------16--|------------------19---|
B|------------------19b-|------------------22b~-|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
E|------------------13--|------------------15---|
B|------------------16b-|------------------18b~-|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
Verse(4/4 time)
Guitars 1 & 2
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0--0-0--1-0-1-|
A|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0--0-0--1-0-1-|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0--0-0--1-0-1-|
Guitars 1 and 2
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
A|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
Guitar 1 overdub
E|-17-13--------16-13---------------------------------|
B|-------15-----------15--------------------------17b-|
G|----------14-----------14-13----12------------------|
D|-----------------------------14----15-14-15-14------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 overdub
E|-13-----------12------------------------------------|
B|----15-----------15-----------------------------17b-|
G|-------14-----------14----16-12-15-13-13-14-13------|
D|----------15-----------15---------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus(4/4 time)
Guitars 1
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-7----9----7----6---6--7--9--10-|
D|-x----x----x----x---x--x--x--x--|
A|-5----7----5----4---4--5--7--8--|
D|--------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-10---12--10----9---9-10--12--14-|
D|-x-----x---x----x---x--x---x---x-|
A|-8----10---8----7---7--8--10--12-|
D|---------------------------------|
Chrous(4/4 time)
Guitars 1 & 2 x3 x2
E|--------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
D|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-1~-|
A|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-1~-|
D|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-1~-|
Re-entry(3/4 time)
Guitar 1 x2
E|------------------16--|------------------19---|
B|------------------19b-|------------------22b~-|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
x2
E|------------------13--|------------------15---|
B|------------------16b-|------------------18b~-|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
Verse(4/4 time)
Guitars 1 & 2
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0--0-0--1-0-1-|
A|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0--0-0--1-0-1-|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0--0-0--1-0-1-|
Guitars 1 and 2
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
A|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
Guitar 1 overdub
E|-17-13--------16-13---------------------------------|
B|-------15-----------15--------------------------17b-|
G|----------14-----------14-13----12------------------|
D|-----------------------------14----15-14-15-14------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 overdub
E|-13-----------12------------------------------------|
B|----15-----------15---------------------------------|
G|-------14-----------14----16-12-15-13-13-14-13--17b-|
D|----------15-----------15---------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus(4/4 time)
Guitars 1
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-7----9----7----6---6-7-9-10-|
D|-x----x----x----x---x-x-x-x--|
A|-5----7----5----4---4-5-7-8--|
D|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-10---12--10----9---9-10--12--14-|
D|-x-----x---x----x---x--x---x---x-|
A|-8----10---8----7---7--8--10--12-|
D|---------------------------------|
Chrous(4/4 time)
Guitars 1 & 2 x3 x2
E|--------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
D|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-1~-|
A|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-1~-|
D|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-1~-|
Bridge
Guitar 1 & 2
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------5--------------------------5----7---------|
D|-5-----5---3----8----8-7-6----5---5----7--0---5--|
A|-5-----3---3----8----8-7-6----5---3----5--0---5--|
D|-5---------3----8----8-7-6----5-----------0---5--|
Guitar 2
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------5--------------------------5----2------2--|
D|-5-----5---3----8----8-7-6----5---5----2------2--|
A|-5-----3---3----8----8-7-6----5---3----0------0--|
D|-5---------3----8----8-7-6----5------------------|
Guitar 1
E|-------------------------11--15-11----------|-----------------------/13-11-10--------------|
B|-/15-13-12-------13--13-15--------13--13-15-|-13-11-10----11--11-13-----------13-11--11-13-|
G|-----------12--12--12---------------12------|---------10----10---------------------10------|
D|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/avenged_sevenfold/critical_acclaim_tab_ver_6.html ]
E|--------------------------------|----------/13-12-13-16br-14-16b-|
B|-13b-14b-11b--15-16-15-13--15b--|-14-15-17-----------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Pre-Guitar Solo(4/4 times)
Guitar 1 & 2 x2
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0------|
A|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0------|
D|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0------|
Guitar Solo(4/4 times)
Backing Guitar
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------|
B|-7-8-10-8-7-8-10-8---10-8-7-|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-7-8-11-8-7-8-11-8---11-8-7-|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
Backing Guitar
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|-6-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
D|-6-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Guitar 1
E|------------------------------------|
B|-12-13-15-13-12-13-15-13---15-13-12-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-12-13-16-13-12-13-16-13---16-13-12-|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
Backing Guitar
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-11-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-11-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D|-11-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17-18-20-18-17-18-20---17-18-20-17-18-20-17-18-20-17-18-20-17-18-20-17-18-20-17*-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-17-18-21-18-17-18-21---17-18-21-17-18-21-17-18-21-17-18-21-17-18-21-17-18-21-17*-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Backing Guitar
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-8-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-8-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-8-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Guiar 1
E|--------------------------------/15-13-12--/18-17--17-18-20b--|-20b-|
B|-14-15-17-15-14-15-17--14-15-17-------------------------------|-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
B|--------------------------------/17-15-14--/18-17--17-18-21b--|-21b-|
G|-14-15-18-15-14-15-18--14-15-18-------------------------------|-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
Verse(4/4 time)
Guitars 1 and 2
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
A|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
D|-0--0-0-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-1-0-1-|
Guitar 1 overdub
E|-17-13--------16-13---------------------------------|
B|-------15-----------15--------------------------17b-|
G|----------14-----------14-13----12------------------|
D|-----------------------------14----15-14-15-14------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 overdub
E|-13-----------12------------------------------------|
B|----15-----------15---------------------------------|
G|-------14-----------14----16-12-15-13-13-14-13--17b-|
D|----------15-----------15---------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
Outro(4/4 time)
Guitars 1
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7----9----7----6---6-7-9-10-|-7---7--9--10-7--9--5---9--9-7-5-7-3--3-5-7-3-6--6-7-9-10-|
D|-x----x----x----x---x-x-x-x--|-x---x--x--x--x--x--x---x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x--x-|
A|-5----7----5----4---4-5-7-8--|-5---5--7--8--5--7--3---7--7-5-3-5-1--1-3-5-1-4--4-5-7--8-|
D|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10---12--10----9---9-10--12--14-|-7---7--9--10-7--9--5---12--12--10-9--10-7---7-9-10-7-9--9-10-12-14-|
D|-x-----x---x----x---x--x---x---x-|-x---x--x--x--x--x--x----x---x--x--x---x-x---x-x--x-x-x--x--x--x--x-|
A|-8----10---8----7---7--8--10--12-|-5---5--7--8--5--7--3---10--10--8--7---8-5---5-7--8-5-7--7--8-10-12-|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1 & 2 x4
E|-------------|----|
B|-------------|----|
G|-------------|----|
D|-------------|-0/-|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0/-|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0/-|
Guitar 1 overdub x6
E|-13---13---|
B|-16b--16r~-|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
D|-----------|
Guitar 2 overdub x6
E|-10---10---|
B|-13b--13r~-|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
D|-----------|
