Song- Darkness Surrounding (STST Tr. 3)
Album- Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (1999)
Artist- Avenged Sevenfold
Lead guitar- Brian Haner jr. A.K.A. Synyster Gates
Rythm Guitar- Zachary Baker A.K.A. Zacky Vengeance
Bass- Damean Ash (was the original bassist that played with A7X on these songs, but did
record the album with them.)
Drums- Reverand Botholomew Plague
Vocals- Matthew Sanders A.K.A. M. Shadows
Tuning is Drop D (d-a-d-g-b-e)
darkness coats us!
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|----------------5--7--9---------|
D|----------------5--7--9-(2x)----|
A|----------------3--5--7---------|
D|--------------------------------|
The graveyard is alive
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|------------------2-2-2h3p2-0-3-|
A|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|----------------5--7--9---------|
D|----------------5--7--9-(2x)----|
A|----------------3--5--7---------|
D|--------------------------------|
Repeat this 8 times
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|------------------2-2-2h3p2-0-3-|
A|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
Repeat this 8 times
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-22-2-2-2h3p2-0-3---------------|
A|-22-----------------------------|
D|-22-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------5/8-7^|
G|-----------4/5---------------4/5------|
D|-22222222-2---4-5^-22222222-2---------|
A|-22222222----------22222222-----------|
D|-22222222----------22222222-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|-2-3-3--3p1--3-3----2-3-3-3-----------------|
A|-2-1-1--1-1--1-1----2-1-1-1-----------------|
D|-2------------------2---------2-3-2-3-5-3-2-|
. . . . .
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-3-3--3p1--3-3----2-3-3-3--------------------2--2|
A|-2-1-1--1-1--1-1----2-1-1-1--------------------2--2|
D|-2------------------2--------2--3--2--3--5--3--2--2|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3--2-2--3-3--3p1--3-3-3--------------------2-2|
A|-1-1-1--2-2--1-1--1-1--1-1-1--------------------2-2|
D|--------2-2-------------------2--3--2--3--5--3--2-2|
. . . . . . .
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-----------3-3-3--2-2--3-3-3--------------------2~|
A|-1-1-1--(rest)---1-1-1--2-2--1-1-1--------------------2~|
D|------------------------2-2---------2--3--2--3--5--3--2~|
Bass Riff
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|
A|-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|
D|-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E|-------------------|----------------|
B|-------------------|----------------|
G|-------------------|----------------|
D|--0-2-0-2-3-2-0----|----------------|
A|--0-2-0-2-3-2-0----|----------------|
D|--0-2-0-2-3-2-0----|---pick slide---|
. . . . . . .
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-0|
A|-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-0|
D|-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-0|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0----------0-2-0-2-3-0~|
A|-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--(rest)--0-2-0-2-3-0~|
D|-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-0----------0-2-0-2-3-0~|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
A|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
D|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2---3-3-3-3|
A|-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2---1-1-1-1|
D|-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
A|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
D|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2---3-3-3-3|
A|-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2---1-1-1-1|
D|-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-2-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2--3-3-3-3|
A|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-2-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2--1-1-1-1|
D|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-2-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2---------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-2-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2--3-3-3-3|
A|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-2-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2--1-1-1-1|
D|-2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-3-2-2-2--2-2-2-3-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2---------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repeat this 2 times
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|----------4--------------4|
D|---2-----4------2-5-----4-|
A|--2-----5------3-------5--|
D|-2------------------------|
Strumming for this part is down up. Repeat this 4 times
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
A|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2----------------------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
Repeat this 4 times
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|----------4--------------4|
D|---2-----4------2-5-----4-|
A|--2-----5------3-------5--|
D|-2------------------------|
Strumming for this part is down up. Repeat this 4 times
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
A|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2----------------------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|---0------0-------------|
D|--2------3------------2~|
A|-3------4-------------2~|
D|----------------------2~|
End with this. Strumming for this part is down up.
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
A|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2----------------------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0|
