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Second Heartbeat

Avenged Sevenfold

MetalAdvanced for beginners17 chords

How to play it

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

C5Diagram coming soon
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FmDiagram coming soon
GmDiagram coming soon
Dm××
EbDiagram coming soon
G
C×
Ab5Diagram coming soon
F5Diagram coming soon
F
D5Diagram coming soon
G5Diagram coming soon
E5Diagram coming soon
G7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro:
C5 
Cm 
 
Cm  Bb  Ab 
Fm  Gm  Cm  (x2) 
 
Cm  Ab  Fm  Gm  (x2) 
 
Cm 
 
Verse 1: 
Cm      Dm       Eb     G    Ab     G         Cm   Dm 
We keep writing, talking and planning, 
Eb  G            Ab      G 
but everything's changing 
Cm          Dm         Eb   G      Ab     G 
We all know what to do but no one does it 
Cm       Dm       Eb         G       Ab      G         Eb          Dm 
Now this time has passed and full of regret 
Cm        Ab         Eb         G     Cm   Cm/Bb   Ab 
Two in my heart have left me a while, I stand alone 
Eb                   Bb                 Cm 
When they get back, it won't be the same 
Cm  Ab  Eb  Bb 
Cm        Ab      Eb       Bb       C 
                 (Never be the same) 
 
 
Verse 2: 
C5                                 Ab5     F5 
My life, you've always been there 
C5                                      Ab5    F5 
Now you're gone, and my head's spinning 
C5                                                                      Ab5  F5 
Left the childhood, left the memories, left the good times in the past 
C5                               Ab5  F5 
Moving on your time has run out 
Cm          Bb                     Ab    Bb 
Wishing the clock would stand still, the world can wait 
Cm         Bb         Ab     Bb        Cm 
Wasting away once again, once lived as friends 
 
Cm  Bb  Ab  Bb  x4 
 
 
 
   Cm          Bb          Eb          Bb           Cm 
As time pass us by, regrets for the rest of my life 
    Cm          Bb           Eb         Bb           Cm 
The ones who I confide were gone in the black of the night 
 
Cm  Bb  Eb  Bb  Cm 
Cm  Bb  Eb  Bb  C 
 
C5   Bb   F   Ab   Bb 
 
 
Verse 3:
D5         F5       G5                   Bb           C 
Never will I forget you, and all the memories past 
D5                 F5           G5   Bb  C 
So rarely I get to see your face 
D5       F5                G5 
Growing I looked to you in guidance 
Bb           C               Dm             F5                 G5       Bb    C 
We knew that time would kill us, but you're still so close to me 
D5 
To me, you were my life 
D5                      F5       E5 
To me, you were my soul companion 
D5 
Now you are so far away 
D5                                      F5       E5 
Nothing can take away the times and the memories we had 
 
Dm     Bb    G7 
 
Cm   Ab   Fm   Gm   x2 
 
 
Bridge:
     Cm                                   Ab     Fm    Gm 
Come back - to the days when we were young 
     Cm                                       Ab 
Come back - to the days when nothing mattered 
Fm             Gm               Cm 
       To the days when nothing mattered 
 
 
 
           Cm           Bb      Eb          Bb             Cm 
And I feel time pass us by, regrets for the rest of my life 
     Cm            Bb       Eb          Bb                Cm 
The ones who I confide were gone in the black of the night 
 
Cm  Bb  Ab  Bb (x4) 
 
 
Cm              Bb     Eb           Bb         Cm 
As time pass us by, regrets for the rest of my life 
    Cm         Bb           Eb          Bb               Cm 
The ones who I confide were gone in the black of the night 
 
 
Outro 
Cm  Bb  Eb  Bb Cm (x2) 
 
Solo 
Cm  Bb  Eb  Bb Cm (x2) 
          
 

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Chord set

C5 · Cm · Bb · Ab · Fm · Gm · Dm · Eb · G · C · Ab5 · F5 · F · D5 · G5 · E5 · G7

Practice tip

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