Artist/Song: Asking Alexandria - Not The American Average
Album: Stand Up And Scream
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
Gtr I - Left (D A D G B E)
Gtr II - Right (D A D G B E)
Gtr III - Center (D A D G B E)
This is how I play Not The American Average. Sounds close to me, you be the judge. :p
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Intro [0:00-0:10] (1, 2, 3, 4...)
Verse [0:10-0:20] ("Come on baby...")
Gtrs I & II
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------|------------------------o||
|----------------------|-------------------------||
|-5-0.--0.-------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.--------|| x2
|-5-0.--0.-------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-------o||
|-5-0.--0.-------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.--------||
[0:21-0:40] ("Clothes trailing...")
Gtrs I & II
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------8p0---------|-------------------8p0---------|
|-5-0.--0.------------7p0-----|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.------7p0-----|
|-5-0.--0.----------------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.----------8p0-|
|-5-0.--0.--------------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.--------------|
N.H. 1st Time Only
|----------------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|----------------------------|------------------|----------------o||
|-----------5*---8p0---------|------------------|-8p0-------------||
|-5-0.--0.--5*-------7p0-----|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-|-----7p0---------|| x2
|-5-0.--0.---------------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-|---------8p0----o||
|-5-0.--0.-------------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-|-----------------||
*[0:42-1:03] ("My time...")
Gtrs I & II N.H.
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------8p0---------|------------------5*----|
|-5-0.--0.-----------7p0-----|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-5*----|
|-5-0.--0.---------------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-------|
|-5-0.--0.-------------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.-------|
|-------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-8p0---------|---------------8p0---------|-------------------8p0-------------||
|-----7p0-----|-5-0.--0.----------7p0-----|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.------7p0---------|| x2
|---------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--------------8p0-|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.----------8p0----o||
|-------------|-5-0.--0.------------------|-5-0.--0.--0.--0.------------------||
*Note: This is the same riff as the verse, but it's all switched around,
(And there's an extra measure :o) so the timing may seem weird. Careful!
Pre-Chorus [1:04-1:06] ("More...")
Gtr I Lightly mute these frets
|---------------------5-5-5-5------|
|---------------------5-5-5-5------|
|---------------------5-5-5-5------|
|---------------------5-5-5-5------|
|-000--0--0-000--0--0-5-5-5-5------|
|-000--0--0-000--0--0--------------|
PM... . . ... . .
|
|Gtr II
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---------------------x-x-x-x------|
|-000--0--0-000--0--0-x-x-x-x------|
|-000--0--0-000--0--0-x-x-x-x------|
PM... . . ... . .
Chorus [1:06-1:27] ("You're thighs were made...")
Gtr I
D5 A5 Bb5 C5
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|| x4
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|
|Gtr II
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|-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--x--x---|| x4
|-5-5-5-5-8--8--8--8--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
Bridge [1:27-1:50] ("To your knees...")
Gtrs I & II 1st Time Only 2nd Time Only
|-----------------------------|---------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------|------------------------7h8h10--||
|--------------------8--------|---7-----------|-----------------7h8h10---------|| x2
|---8-7-8-10-8-7h8---8--8-7h8-|---7--8-10-8-7-|---7h8h10-7h8h10---------------o||
|-00-0-0-0--0-0----0-8-8-8----|-8-7-7-7-------|-00-----------------------------||
PM.. . . . . . . . . . . . ..
|
|Gtr III Starts 2nd time through
| N.H. (Whammy bar dip) N.H.
|-7*--/\------/\/\/\/--|-------------------------|
|-7*-/--\(-1)/---------|-------------------------|
|--------\--/----------|-------------------------|
|---------\/-----------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--5*-(Dive-bomb)---------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/a/asking-alexandria/311887.html ]
Gtr I
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8---------------7----------------|
|-----8---7---8---10---8---7h8----8----8---7h8----7----8---10-8-7--|
|-0-0---0---0---0----0---0------0-8--8---8------8-7--7---7---------|
|PM . . . . . . . . . . . .
|
|Gtr II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8----------------7-----------------|
|-----12--10--12--13--12--10h12---8----12--10h12---7----12--13-12-10-|
|-0-0---0---0---0---0----0------0-8--8---8-------8-7--7---7----------|
PM. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gtr I
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------7h8h10-|
|---------------------------------8------------------------------7h8h10--------|
|-----8---7---8---10---8---7h8----8----8---7h8-----7h8h10-7h8h10---------------|
|-0-0---0---0---0----0---0------0-8--8---8------00-----------------------------|
|PM . . . . . . . . . ..
|
|Gtr II
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------10h12h12-|
|---------------------------------8-----------------------------------10h12h13----------|
|-----12--10--12--13--12--10h12---8----12--10h12----10h12h13-10h12h13-------------------|
|-0-0---0---0---0---0----0------0-8--8---8-------00-------------------------------------|
PM. . . . . . . . . . ..
Gtr I
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-5h6p5h6p5h6p5h6-4h5p4h5p4h5p4h5-0.--0~------|
|---------------------------------0.--0~------|
|PM .
|
|Gtr II
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-8h9p8h9p8h9p8h9-7h8p7h8p7h8p7h8-0.--0~------|
|---------------------------------0.--0~------|
PM .
Breakdown I [2:07-2:40] ("You stupid! Fucking! Whore!")
Gtrs I & II
|----------------||------------------------------------||
|----------------||-----------------------------------o||
|----------------||------------------------------------|| x2
|----------------||---------0~--------------0~---------||
|--------0-0.----||-0-000-000~--0-0000------0~-0-0000-o||
|--------0-0.----||-0-000-000~--0-0000------0~-0-0000--||
PM . . . ... .. . .... . ....
Gtrs I & II
|--------------------------|---------------------------------||-----|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------o||-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------||-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------||-0~--|
|-0-000-000--0-0000--------|-0-000-000--0-0000------0-0.----o||-0~--|
|-0-000-000--0-0000--------|-0-000-000--0-0000------0-0.-----||-0~--|
PM. ... ... . .... . ... ... . .... . .
Repeat Breakdown I
Breakdown II [3:50-4:40] ("Messy ending...")
Gtr I
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0-----000--0-0---0-0---0-0-------000-|
|-1-1---1-1-----111--1-1---1-1---1-1-------111-|
PM. . . . ... . . . . . . ...
Gtrs I & II ("Ten inch!")
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0~----------000--0-0-|-0-0~---------000--0-0-|
|-0-0~----------000--0-0-|-0-0~---------000--0-0-|
PM. . ... . . . . ... . .
Gtrs I & II
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0-0---0-0------000--0-0-|-0-0---0-0--------000--0-0-|
|-0-0---0-0------000--0-0-|-0-0---0-0--------000--0-0-|
PM. . . . ... . . . . . . ... . .
Gtrs I & II
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|-0-0~--------000--0-0-|--0-0~--------000--0-0---|-0~--0-|
|-1-1~--------111--1-1-|--1-1~--------111--1-1---|-0~--0-|
PM. . ... . . . . ... . . . .
Tempo Drop (Bitchhhhhhhh...)
Gtrs I & II
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------|
|-0-0~--------000--0-0-|--0-0~--------000--0-0---|-0~--0-|
|-1-1~--------111--1-1-|--1-1~--------111--1-1---|-0~--0-|
PM. . ... . . . . ... . . . .
The End.
----------------Legend------------------
h - Hammer-On
p - Pull-Off
P.M. - Palm Mute
. - Staccato (Short)
v and ~ - Vibrato
x - Fret Hand Mute
I'm open for any questions about the tab! Thanks!
