Biography:
System of a Down is an Armenian American alternative metal band, formed in 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA. All four members are of Armenian descent, and are widely known for their views expressed in many of their songs confronting the Armenian Genocide of 1915 by the Ottoman Empire and the ongoing War on Terror by the US government. The band consists of Serj Tankian (vocals), Daron Malakian (vocals, guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass, vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums).
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Other songs:
- A.t.w.a.
- Aerials
- Atwa
- B.y.o.b.
- Chop Suey
- Cigaro
- Darts
- Hypnotize
- Lonely Day
- Lost In Hollywood
- Old School Hollywood
- Pictures
- Prison Song
- Question!
- Radio/video
- Roulette
- Soldier Side
- Spiders
- Suggestions
- Toxicity
- Toxicity Intro
- Violent Pornography
- Byob
- Cubert
- Dam
- Dammit Acoustic
- Dreaming
- Fuck The System
- Highway Song
- Holy Mountains
- Kill Rock N Roll
- Needles
- Nuguns
- Pluck
- Question
- Radio Video
- Sad Statue
- Snowblind
- Soil
- Stealing Society
- Suitpee
- Tentative
- Tuning Tip
- War
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Song: Soil
Band: System of a Down
Tabbed by Karnatz ([email protected])
Corrected version of tab submitted by Chunky Rice
Submitted by: Mark Rawlins (www.geocities.com/ilseoband)
Website: (www.angelfire.com/boybands/tomandthenuts)
Tuning Low to high: C, G, C, F
Guitar plays a chord for 8 beats, then play
F|
C|
G| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8(slide down neck)
C|
Then the part before the verse is written
the same as the verse but is played w/ different
rhythm...
F|
C|
G|
C| 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 repeat 4x
Then the verse is written the same
Then the lead into the chorus
F|
C|
G| 3 5 5
C| 0 0
Chorus is the same as the part before the verse
W/ some stops sometimes
Then
F|
C| 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6
G|
C| 0 (hold out) 0 0 0
Back to verse
Then the lead into the chorus
Then when Serj starts saying “Don’t you... Realize... Evil”
“The Breakdown”
F
C
G
C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 repeat 3x
The fourth time just play “0”s on the low “C”
Then During the guitar solo
F|
C|
G| 5 1
C| 3 repeat 4x
Then it builds a little
F|
C| 3 3 3 3
G| 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1
C| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Back to the Breakdown 1x
Then
F|
C|
G|
C| 0 12 12 12 12 12 3x... then slide 7/ / / 12
h= hammer on
Then (repeat either 8x)
F|
C| or 0 (the first one has better tone)
G| 0 3
C| 12 7h10
Then the loud, scary swearing for 1 measure
Then the verse with even more messed up rhythms
Band: System of a Down
Tabbed by Karnatz ([email protected])
Corrected version of tab submitted by Chunky Rice
Submitted by: Mark Rawlins (www.geocities.com/ilseoband)
Website: (www.angelfire.com/boybands/tomandthenuts)
Tuning Low to high: C, G, C, F
Guitar plays a chord for 8 beats, then play
F|
C|
G| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8(slide down neck)
C|
Then the part before the verse is written
the same as the verse but is played w/ different
rhythm...
F|
C|
G|
C| 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 repeat 4x
Then the verse is written the same
Then the lead into the chorus
F|
C|
G| 3 5 5
C| 0 0
Chorus is the same as the part before the verse
W/ some stops sometimes
Then
F|
C| 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6
G|
C| 0 (hold out) 0 0 0
Back to verse
Then the lead into the chorus
Then when Serj starts saying “Don’t you... Realize... Evil”
“The Breakdown”
F
C
G
C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 repeat 3x
The fourth time just play “0”s on the low “C”
Then During the guitar solo
F|
C|
G| 5 1
C| 3 repeat 4x
Then it builds a little
F|
C| 3 3 3 3
G| 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1
C| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Back to the Breakdown 1x
Then
F|
C|
G|
C| 0 12 12 12 12 12 3x... then slide 7/ / / 12
h= hammer on
Then (repeat either 8x)
F|
C| or 0 (the first one has better tone)
G| 0 3
C| 12 7h10
Then the loud, scary swearing for 1 measure
Then the verse with even more messed up rhythms
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