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As Tears Go By

Avenged Sevenfold

MetalMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G○○○
A9Diagram coming soon
C×○○
D××○
F#Diagram coming soon
Em○○○○
E○○○
BDiagram coming soon
A×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: G  A9  C  D 
       G  A9  C  D 
 
G           A9              C  D 
  It is the evening of the day 
G            A9                  C  D 
  I sit and watch the children play 
C               D 
  Smiling faces I can see 
 
G  D/F#        Em 
  But not for me 
C                              D 
  I sit and watch as tears go by 
 
G            A9              C   D 
  My riches can't buy everything 
G            A9                C   D 
  I want to hear the children sing 
C            D 
  All I hear is the sound 
G     D/F#        Em 
  Of rain falling on the ground 
C                              D 
  I sit and watch as tears go by 
 
Solo 
 
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E|------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------| 
D|-7b9-7b9r7-5-7-5-5-7-7--------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
 
E|------------------------------------------| 
B|-------15-------15-------17-------17------| 
G|-14b16----14b16----16b18----16b18----16b18| 
D|------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
 
E|-------------15----15---------------------| 
B|-17-17-17-17----17----17--20-17-----------| 
G|--------------------------------19-16-----| 
D|--------------------------------------17--| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
 
E|------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------13---13-13b15--------| 
G|-12-14b16--/14-12-12---12-----------------| 
D|------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
 
E|------------------------------------------| 
B|-17/12-12-15/10-10-13/8-8-----------------| 
G|------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
 
E|------------------------------------------| 
B|-10-----------------------------12-13-15--| 
G|----9-12-9h12p9---------------------------| 
D|-----------------10-9-10-10b12------------| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
 
E|-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15------| 
B|------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
 
G           A9              C  D 
  It is the evening of the day 
G            A9                  C  D 
  I sit and watch the children play 
 
C                D 
  Doing things I used to do 
G        D/F#     Em 
  They think are new 
C                              D 
  I sit and watch as tears go by 
 
(  G  A9  C  D  )

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Chord set

G · A9 · C · D · F# · Em · E · B · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.