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Avenged Sevenfold
City Of Evil
2005
Key:
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Tuning: Standard EADGBe
used:
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Intro:
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x4
Solo 1:
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x2
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x2
Solo 2:
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Verse 1:
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nd
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we’re at it again
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I turn around another
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**king
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war man I don’t
know where to begin but
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I’ll
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start with the radical leaders
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Their steps we’re following
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Running
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don’t
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go back and
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fight
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too
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many
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you’ll
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lose
(And as clowns you follow
suit behind the blood
Between the red
and white and blue
But it’s too deep
for you to see
And everyone eventually
will take the step
Cause it’s in sight you take
the left I’ll take the right
I feel the hate you’ve built for
me and I say pay attention baby)
Chorus 1:
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s they thank the Lord
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the
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blind can’t see
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Like
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plague fed to
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the
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brain deadly disease
Interlude:
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ut
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it
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wasn’t
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sin
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sorry
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life judging every action
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nd as they’re feeding
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your mind with this sh*t
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You forget how to speak
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how to ask all the questions
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business
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at
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hand
tonight
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make
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the
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people
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choose
(I see another side in you but
there’s not much more I can do
in your government is listening
To push you on the story of
immortal father mortal son
Give them your mind and all your
wealth the cycle will rebirth itself)
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If they had it their
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way
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burn in hell
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nd your future’s
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**king
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disaster can’t you see?
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ive
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them all the power and your
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future’s
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in desperate trouble baby
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2:
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run
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away
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tonight
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with my mind
still intact you gotta make it alright
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asier
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said
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than
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done
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with no place
to hide and having no place to
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Running
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away
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from
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you
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but you’re running away from
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Your
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#
Interlude:
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x2
Drumbeats:
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Am
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Bridge:
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Am
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C#m
Most would claim I live
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lie (I live
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lie)
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Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
When pointing out
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
it’s
C/E
C#/F
D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
easy to predict
these things
(Predict these things)
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
very color has its
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
side (I have my side)
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
They
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
live together vote and most
C/E
C#/F
D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
embrace these same dark times
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Please help us
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
please save us
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Of course they have
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
control
C/E
C#/F
D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
we’re all the same
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Up
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
on
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
the
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
cross crucified their problem
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
drove the nail and let Him rot
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
amily
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
and
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
friends it won’t matter
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
in
C/E
C#/F
D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
the end I’m sure they’ll understand
Verse 3:
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Now look at the world and
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
see
D/
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
#
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
the humans bleed
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
s I sit up here and wonder about
Bbm
Bm
Cm
Dbm
Dm
Ebm
Em
Fm
Gbm
Gm
Abm
Am
how you sold your mind body and
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
soul
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Looking
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
at the fields so
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
green
D/
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
#
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
know this sounds obscene
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
I see you’re living for tomorrow but
Bbm
Bm
Cm
Dbm
Dm
Ebm
Em
Fm
Gbm
Gm
Abm
Am
decisions
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
you
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
have made will leave you empty
Interlude:
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
-
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 3:
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
I'
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
C/E
C#/F
D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
run
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
away
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
tonight
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
with my mind
still intact you gotta make it alright
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
asier
C/E
C#/F
D/F#
D#/G
E/G#
F/A
F#/A#
G/B
G#/C
A/C#
A#/D
B/D#
said
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
than
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
done
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
with no place
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
(hold)
to hide and having no place to— run(Growl)
Bass Solo:
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
–
x8
Outro:
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
You’ve fallen asleep in denial
A
A#
B
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
Look at the way we’re dying
Bb
B
C
Db
D
Eb
E
F
Gb
G
Ab
A
How it ends I’ll never know
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
Just
A/
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B
#
Dm
D#m
Em
Fm
F#m
Gm
G#m
Am
A#m
Bm
Cm
C#m
–
x8