___________________
/ System of a Down / I think that this song is about the American people
/ Hypnotize / neglecting to stand up against the American government
/ Hypnotize / ruling the country by blinding and brainwashing its
/___________________/ population with "propaganda" to cover all its fraud.
"The kids at Tiananmen Square" was the Chinese student's
demonstration in 1989, which ended up being slaughtered by the Chinese police.
Ironically, it was against the Chinese Government's violent treatment of its own
population and the censored freedom of speech, which SOAD sadly admits is
conspicuously maintained in America this day as well. ...Regretfully the Americans
are just innocently "sitting in their cars and waiting for their girls"...
Tuning: Drop C# - (C# G# C# F# A# D#)
Gtr I - Electric, Clean
Gtr II - Electric, Distorted
Gtr III - Electric, Clean
Gtr IV - Electric, Clean
Gtr V - Electric, Clean
Intro:
4/4
Q=76 bpm
Gtr I
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-1---1---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-4---4---3---3---1---1---0---0---o||
||----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
||o-8---8---7---7---10---10---8---8---|-12---12---10---10---13---13---12---12---o||
||----0---0---0---0----0----0---0---0-|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
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
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-15---15---13---13---12---12---10---10---|-13---13---12---12---10---10---8---8---|
|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|----0----0----0----0----0----0---0---0-|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-11---11---10---10---8---8---7---7---|
|----0----0----0----0---0---0---0---0-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
1st Verse:
Gtr II
F#5 D(b5) F#5 D(b5)
Q E. S E E S S E Q E. S E E S S E 4x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--------------------------8-8-8---|-------------------------8-8-8----||
||--5-------5-----5-5---5---7-7-8---|-5-------5-----5-5---5---7-7-8----||
||o-5-------5-----5-5---5---6-6-6---|-5-------5-----5-5---5---6-6-6---o||
||--5-------5-----5-5---5-----------|-5-------5-----5-5---5------------||
"Why don't you ask the kids at Tiananmen Square?...
Gtr I
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
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-15---15---13---13---12---12---10---10---|-13---13---12---12---10---10---8---8---|
|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|----0----0----0----0----0----0---0---0-|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
...I'm just sitting in my car...
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-11---11---10---10---8---8---7---7---|
|----0----0----0----0---0---0---0---0-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
2nd Verse:
Similar to 1st Verse, and add 1 heavy-round before the chorus.
Chorus:
Gtr II
F#5 D(b5) D5 E5
Q E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------8-8-8-8-8---8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-|
|-5-------5---5-5-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-|
|-5-------5---5-5-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6---6-6--8--8--8--8--8----8--8-|
|-5-------5---5-5-----------------|----------------------------------------|
...I'm just sitting in my car...
A5 C#5
Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8-------8-------0-------0-------|
|-8-------8-------0-------0-------|
|-8-------8-------0-------0-------|
Interlude:
Gtr II
PM---------------------------------------|
S. S. S S. S. S S. S. S S. S. S
||-----------------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------------------o||
||--5---0---3--5---0---3--5---0---3--5---0---3---||
| (it's easy to indulge in playing triads here, so be tight :)
|
|Gtr III
| F#m
| H. S T T e
||----------------------------------18-18-18-----||
||o---------------------------------20-20-20----o||
||----------------------------------19-19-19-----||
||-----------------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo: (each guitar is written separately for clarity)
Gtr I
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o-1---1---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-4---4---3---3---1---1---0---0---o||
||----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
||o-8---8---7---7---10---10---8---8---|-12---12---10---10---13---13---12---12---o||
||----0---0---0---0----0----0---0---0-|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
Gtr II
PM---------------------------------------|
S. S. S S. S. S S. S. S S. S. S 8x
||-----------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------
|