___________________
/ 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)---------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------
|