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/ System of a Down / In short I think this song is against human suffering in
/ Sad Statue / general. It's about how we forget to simply love and
/ Mezmerize / forgive our enemies; instead we're dropping bombs on them
/___________________/ to only justify conflicts that could have been forgotten.
Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
C# G# C# F# A# D#
Gtr I - Electric, Clean
Gtr II, III - Electric, Distorted
Gtr IV - Electric, Clean /w Tremolo effect
Intro
Q=170 bpm
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q 4x
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||o-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-6-------o||
||-----------------------------------||
(no, there're no hammer on's)
Main Riff
Gtr II, III
PM--------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--7-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--7-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5-------------------------------|-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-6-------|
||----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------|
1.
PM------------------------------|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-7-------------------------------|---------8-------10-------8--------||
|-7-------------------------------|---------8-------10-------8--------||
|-5-------------------------------|---------6--------8-------6-------o||
|---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---------------------------||
2.
PM------------| PM PM
Q S S S S S S S S Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-7---------------------------------|-----8---10---8-------8---10---8---||
|-7---------------------------------|-----8---10---8-------8---10---8---||
|-5-----------------------12\-------|-0---6----8---6---0---6----8---6---||
|---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\-------|-0----------------0----------------||
PM------------------|
Q E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--7-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--7-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-6-------|
||----------0---0---0---0---0---0---|---------------------------------|
1.
PM------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-7-------------------------------|---------8-------10-------8--------||
|-7-------------------------------|---------8-------10-------8--------||
|-5-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---6--------8-------6-------o||
|---------0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-----------------------------||
2.
PM----------| PM PM
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-7---------------------------------|-----8---10---8-------8---10---8---||
|-7---------------------------------|-----8---10---8-------8---10---8---||
|-5-------0---0---0---0---12\-------|-0---6----8---6---0---6----8---6---||
|---------0---0---0---0---12\-------|-0----------------0----------------||
1st Verse
Gtr II
PM----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E 4x
||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------||
||o-----6----8---6-------6----8---6---o||
||--0----------------0-----------------||
|
|Gtr III
| PM----------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E 4x
||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
||------8---10---8-------8---10---8----||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||--0----------------0-----------------||
Gtr II, III
E E E E E E E E 4x
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8----||
||--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8----||
||o-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---6---o||
||-----------------------------------||
2nd Verse
similar to 1st Verse
Chorus
Gtr IV
W +W W +W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|
W +W W +W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|
Distorted Chorus
Gtr II, III, IV
W +W W +W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-5---------------|-(5)---------------|
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W +W W +W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-3---------------|-(3)---------------|
3rd Verse
similar to 1st Verse
4th Verse
similar to 1st Verse
Chorus
similar to previous
Interlude
(half time count)
Gtr I
Dmaj7(no5) D(no5) Gb5 G(b5)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------7-------8-------7-------|---------7-------6-------7-------|
|-----5-------5-------5-----------|---------------------5-------5---|
|-6---------------------------6---|-----5-------5-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
Db5 Db#5 Dmaj7(no5) D7(no5)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------7-------6-------7-------|
|---------7-------8-------7-------|-----5-------5-------5-------5---|
|-----5-------5-------5-------5---|-6-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------7-------8-------7-------|---------7-------6-------7-------|
|-----5-------5-------5-----------|---------------------5-------5---|
|-6---------------------------6---|-----5-------5-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|
|Gtr II, III
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-8-------8-------8-------8-------|---------------------------------|
|-8-------8-------8-------8-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
|---------------------------------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------7-------6-------7-------|
|---------7-------8-------7-------|-----5-------5-------5-------5---|
|-----5-------5-------5-------5---|-6-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|-8-------8-------8-------8-------|
|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|-8-------8-------8-------8-------|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Main Riff
similar to previous
Distorted Chorus
similar to previous
Final Chorus
Gtr II, III, IV
H H H H H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|
|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|
|-1-------1-------|-1-------1-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||--3-------3-------|-3-------3--------||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||o-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------o||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||--3-------3-------|-3-------3--------||
Outro:
Gtr II, III
PM------------------|
Q E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--7-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--7-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-5p0-6-------|
||----------0---0---0---0---0---0---|---------------------------------|
1.
PM------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
|-7-------------------------------|---------8-------10-------8--------||
|-7-------------------------------|---------8-------10-------8--------||
|-5-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---6--------8-------6-------o||
|---------0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-----------------------------||
2.
PM----------| PM PM
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-7---------------------------------|-----8---10---8-------8---10---8---||
|-7---------------------------------|-----8---10---8-------8---10---8---||
|-5-------0---0---0---0---12\-------|-0---6----8---6---0---6----8---6---||
|---------0---0---0---0---12\-------|-0----------------0----------------||
Q H.
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
Conquest to the lover
And your love to the fire
Permanence unfolding in the absolute
Forgiveness is the ultimate sacrifice
Eloquence belongs to the conqueror
The pictures of time and space are rearranged
In this little piece of typical tragedy
Justified candy
Brandy for the nerves
Eloquence belongs to the conqueror
You and me
We'll all go down in history
With a sad statue of liberty
And a generation that didn't agree
I forgot to
I forgot to let you know that
Justified candy
Brandy for the nerves
Eloquence belongs to the conqueror
What is in us that turns a deaf ear to the cries of human suffering?
Suffering
Suffering now
Belonging
Belonging to
- 5th /February /05
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