Hail To The King Chords

by Avenged Sevenfold
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo: no capo
Author ihavetofindone [a] 963.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jun 25, 2016
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Chords

Em
D
Am
C
G
Bm
A
B7

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The main riff is played in drop tuning.
 
 
 
                                  HAIL TO THE KING
 
[INTRO] (RIFF)
 
 
[Verse]
Em                                    D
Watch your tongue or have it cut from your head 
Em                                    D
Save your life while keeping whispers unsaid 
Em                                    D
Children roam the streets now orphans of war 
Em                                    D
Bodies hanging in the streets to adore 
 
Am         C          Am           G
Royal flames will carve a path in chaos 
Am         C          Am           G
Bringing daylight to the night 
Bm         D          Bm           A
Death is riding in the town with armour 
Bm         D          Bm           A
They've come to take all your rights 
 
 
[Chorus]
Em       D       C         D
Hail to the king Hail to the one 
Em       D       C         D
Kneel to the crown Stand in the sun 
 
Hail to the king
 
 
[Verse]
Em                                    D
Blood is spilt while holding keys to the throne 
Em                                    D
Born again but it's too late to atone 
Em                                    D
No mercy from the edge of the blade 
Em                                    D
They'll escape and learn the price to be paid 
 
Am         C          Am           G
Let the water flow with shades of red now 
Am         C          Am           G
Arrows blackout all the light 
Bm         D          Bm           A
Death is riding in the town with armour 
Bm         D          Bm           A
They've come to grant you your rights 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
 
[SOLO]  Em  Em   D B7 (x2)
        Em  Em   A D   G D   B7  B7
 
        Em  B7  Am  Em  Bm  Em  Bm  Bm (x2)
 
 
[BRIDGE] (RIFF)
 
There's a taste of fear
When the henchmen call
I am fierce to tame it
I am fierce to claim it all
 
 
[CHORUS] (x2)
 
 
[OUTRO] (RIFF)
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9 comments
highanglelarry
Oh and no vibrato or bending will suck the blues right out of the phrasing. Just hammer pull and slide. Harmonic harmonics harmonics
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maxslick1
Totally blew my friends away! Thanks!
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luca.zehnder97
Can somebody tell me whether it's possible to improvise to this in the major pentatonic scale or if other scales work better?
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