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/ System of a Down / I think that this song is about the warfare that hits civilian, for
/ Attack / instance when USA bombed the medicine factory in Baghdad last year
/ Hypnotize / blindly convinced that it was a weapons factory. It could as well be
/___________________/ about massacres in general, where everything is slaughtered - hate.
Tunings: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
C# G# C# F# A# D#
Gtr I - Electric, Distorted (lead)
Gtr II - Electric, Distorted (backup)
Gtr III - Electric, Clean (lead)
Gtr IV - Electric, Clean (rhythm)
Gtr V - Electric, Clean (fills)
(don't worry, the song is easily arrangenged on two guitars with some pedals
- the only thing you have to worry about is the sudden physical exhaustion!)
Intro:
Gtr I
Q=160 bpm
4/4
PM--------|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S E E Q
||--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------o||----------------------------------d-------|
||--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------r-------|
||--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------u-------|
||o-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---------------o||-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12-------m-------|
||--13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---0-0-0-0-0-0--||-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---------------|
Gtr I, II
PM--------|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S 8x
||--------------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------||
||o-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---------------o|| (it's okay if your fingers are tired by now...)
||--13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
1st Verse:
Gtr III
Abm Gbm Gbm Abm Db
Q. E +H +H Q Q W W
|--8------6-(6)-------|-(6)--------6----8---|--5---------------|-----------------|
|-10------8-(8)-------|-(8)--------8---10---|--7---------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|
|Gtr IV
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-17-----15-----------|-----------15---17---|-14---------------|-----------------|
|--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
...grieving each others lives...
Abm Gbm Gbm Gbm Abm Db Db Gbm
Q. E +H +H Q Q W H H
|--8------6-(6)-------|-(6)-------10----8---|--5---------------|--5--------6-------|
|-10------8-(8)-------|-(8)-------11---10---|--7---------------|--7--------8-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-17-----15-----------|-----------19---17---|-14---------------|-14-------15-------|
|--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Abm Gbm Bm Gbm Abm Gbm
W H Q W H H
|--8---------------|-10-------11-------|--6---------------|--8-------10-------|
|-10---------------|-11-------13-------|--8---------------|-10-------11-------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-17---------------|-19-------20-------|-15---------------|-17-------19-------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Db Db
E E H. Q Q Q Q
|-5-6-5------------|-5---5---5---5---|
|-7-7-7------------|-7---7---7---7---|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-----14-----------|-----------------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
Pre-Chorus:
Gtr I, II
PM--------------------------| PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5---5---4---5---7---7---5---7---|-8---8---7---8---10---10---10---10---|
|-5---5---4---5---7---7---5---7---|-8---8---7---8---10---10---10---10---|
|-5---5---4---5---7---7---5---7---|-8---8---7---8---10---10---10---10---|
...the calming sincerity of steel machines...
1.
PM-----------------------------------| PM-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-||
2.
PM---------------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8---10---13---12---|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/system-of-a-down/139630.html ]
Chorus:
Gtr I, II (Gtr II actually plays the 0's as 12's, but it's a mess to write)
PM------------------------------------------------------|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E 3x
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||--(12)---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8---10---13---12----||
...we attack...
PM---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11s9---------------------|
|-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x-----------------------|
|-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9s7---------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------|------------------8---10---13\------|
Pre-Chorus:
similar to previous
Chorus:
almost similar to previous, but end on this instead:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11---11---11---------------|
|-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x----x----x---------------|
|-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9----9----9---------------|
|-0--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Interlude:
Rhy Fig 1 x8
2nd Verse:
similar to 1st Verse
3rd Verse:
similar to 1st and 2nd Verse, and add these fills:
Gtr V
Gbm Db
H. E E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E E E E 2x
||------------18-18-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-----------17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--||
||o-----------20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-----------19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-o||
||------------19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-----------19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--||
||------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
Db Gbm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Gbm Db
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:
similar to previous
Chorus:
again almost similar to previous, but end on this instead:
PM---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11s9----------------------|
|-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x------------------------|
|-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9s7----------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------|------------------8---10---13---12---|
Final Chorus:
PM------| PM---------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||--12---------------0---------------|-------------------------------------||
||o-12---------------0---------------|------------------------------------o||
||--12---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---8---10---13---12----||
...attack all the homes and villages...
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11---11---11---11---11---11---|
|-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|
|-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9----9----9----9----9----9---|
|-0--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Outro:
(half-time count)
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S E.
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-4-------4-------4-------x-0-----|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-4-------4-------4-------x-0-----|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-4-------4-------4-------x-0-----|
5/4
PM----------------|
Q S E. Q S E. Q S E. Q E E E S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-4-------x-5-----4-------x-0-----|-4-------x-5-----4---------------------------|
|-4-------x-5-----4-------x-0-----|-4-------x-5-----4---------------------------|
|-4-------x-5-----4-------x-0-----|-4-------x-5-----4-------8---10---13---12-12-|
4/4
E Q. H
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-12------------------------------|
|-12------------------------------|
|-12------------------------------|
Grieving each others lives
Holding this in mind
That if we fall, we all fall
And we fall alone
The calming sincerity of steel machines
Have consumed our euphoria
Transforming us into muted dreams
Dreaming of the day that
We attack
Attack, attack our fatal servitude
We attack
Attack, attack with pesticide
We attack
All the years of propaganda
We shall attack!
Bombs illustrate what we already know
Candles cry towards the sky
Bracing your plants of a polluted coast
Dreaming of the day that
Was the philosophy of displaced minds
The bombing of all homes and villages?
Truth is the only sort we demise
Pleading till the day that
Attack all the homes and villages
Attack all the schools and hospitals
You have attacked all the innocent villages
We shall attack!
- 16th /December /05
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments or corrections!
