ALMOST EASY (Bassline) As recorded by Avenged Sevenfold (From the 2007 Album AVENGED SEVENFOLD) Words and Music by Matthew Sanders, James Sullivan, Brian Haner, Jr., and Zachary Baker Gtr I (Db Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled' Q=174 6/4 Gtr I E E E E +E E Q E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |-5-5---5-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-3-3--| |--------------------------|-----------------------| E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-5-5---5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--------------------------| E E E E +E E Q E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q |--------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------------| |-5-5---5-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-3-3--| |--------------------------|-----------------------| E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|----------------------------|| |--------------------------|----------------------------|| |--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3----|| |-5-5---5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5--|----------------------------|| 4/4 Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||o-5\------------6-|-4-----4-1-----4-| ||------0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-----0-0---| 1. 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S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E E Q |-------------------------------||--------------------------|| |------------------------------o||--------------------------|| |------------------------------o||--------------------------|| |-0-0-0-0-7h8p7-0-0-0-0-8h10p8--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-5----|| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| E Q E +E Q E E Q E +E Q E |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------o|| |-----------------|-------------------o|| |-3-5--6-(6)-6--6-|-3-5--6-(6)-6--6----|| 6/4 E E E E +E E Q E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q ||---------------------------|-----------------------| ||o--------------------------|-----------------------| ||o-5-5---5-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-3-3--| ||---------------------------|-----------------------| E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|--------------------------|| |--------------------------|-------------------------o|| |--------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| |-5-5---5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--------------------------|| Q E E +E E Q E E E E Q E E +E E Q E E Q |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-0--0-0-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-2-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3--3-3-3--| Q E E +E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E Q E E Q |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0--0-0-0----| |--------------------------|--------------------------| Q E E +E E Q E E E E Q E E +E E Q E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-1--1-1-(1)-1-1--1-1-3-5-|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8--8-8-8-8-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| Q E E +E E Q E E E E Q E E +E E E Q Q E |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-3--3-3-(3)-3-3--3-3-3-3-|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0-0--0--0----| |-------------------------|---------------------------| E Q E +E E E Q Q E Q E E E E Q E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E |------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|| |-0-0--0-(0)-0-0-0--0--0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|-1-1--1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-|| |------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|| 4/4 Q Q H W W W |------------|----------|----------|------| |------------|----------|----------|------| |------------|----------|----------|------| |-0----------|----------|----------|------| S S 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|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0-0-0--0-|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-3s5-5-5--| E E E E +E E E E +E Q E E Q E Q E E +E E E E +E Q E Q E E |-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------| |-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--3-3--| Q E E +E E E E +E Q E E Q E |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |-0--0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-(0)-0--0-0-0--0-| Q E E +E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q |-----------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------------|| |-0--0-0-(0)-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-5----|| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|----------------| 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S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S E E Q |-------------------------------||--------------------------*| |------------------------------o||--------------------------*| |------------------------------o||--------------------------*| |-0-0-0-0-7h8p7-0-0-0-0-8h10p8--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-5----*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide- natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths *************************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************************