Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away - Guitar Tab

About So Far Away

Drop D tuning and a G minor key give "So Far Away" a warm, melancholic weight that sits somewhere between hard rock balladry and the melodic side of Avenged Sevenfold's catalog. The song is built around clean and lightly driven guitar work, so your tone and note clarity matter far more here than sheer aggression. At 120 BPM the tempo is comfortable, but the expressive lead lines demand real attention to vibrato and sustain: sloppy technique is much more exposed on a ballad than on a fast riff. Drop D opens up some useful low-string resonance for the rhythm parts, so make sure your fretting hand mutes any open D string ringing when it shouldn't. The solo sections are where most players will want to spend serious time, and the Practice Toolbar is ideal for isolating a tricky phrase and looping it slowed down until the phrasing feels natural under your fingers. This is a song that rewards patience and a light touch far more than speed.

• The song uses Drop D tuning, which lowers the sixth string to D and adds resonance to open-position chord voicings throughout the rhythm parts.
• Expressive lead playing is central to this track, so focus on clean vibrato and controlled bends rather than speed.
• The <a href="/genre/heavy-metal/">Heavy Metal</a> context aside, the guitar work here is largely clean and lightly overdriven, making tone control and finger clarity a real priority.