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System of a down: Toxicity

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SONG: TOXICITY (revised version) TRACK#: 12 ARTIST: SYSTEM OF A DOWN ALBUM: TOXICITY LABEL: COLUMBIA/AMERICAN RECORDINGS Tabbed by Edd Dawson - all my own work. Please do NOT email me about any of the following: * what guitar you should buy * how to tune your guitar to CGCFAD as I've taken the liberty of explicitly explaining how in this tab for all the people that asked. Ok, just so i don't get any more blooming emails about what tuning this is in (even though it clearly says by the side of each line of tab!), I will say once and for all that this song and all other SOAD songs (to the best of my knowledge) are in: *** CGCFAD **** If you don't know, this is like DADGBE or 'drop-d' but with all the strings tuned two semitones/halfsteps lower. i.e starting from standard tuning, do the following. Oh before you do, you might want to note that this song sounds fine in drop-d anyway, just a little too high. Right here goes: E|--- goes down *2* semitones --> D B|--- goes down *2* semitones --> A G|--- goes down *2* semitones --> F D|--- goes down *2* semitones --> C A|--- goes down *2* semitones --> G E|--- goes down *4* semitones --> C You're now in 'drop-c' tuning. Lets begin... Initially I tabbed this song in the octave you heard through your stereo but after watching the bonus video stuff on my limited edition CD I saw that he was playing all the stuff in a lower octave on the fretboard. He may have used an octave pedal or something to get it the same pitch used on the recording. Oh, and I could be wrong (happens quite a lot) but I think I detect a wiff of a chorus pedal on the intro and verse parts. I've put the old intro and verse parts into and appendix at the end incase you want to play them at the correct octave with some kind of fancy pedal. Incidentally I'll probably tab some older SOAD stuff thats mising at the moment e.g war, suite pea and soil.... look out for those soon Ok lets get going already Some notation: ^ means bend. [PALM MUTED... ...] means palm-mute the notes. [MUTED] also means palm-mute the notes. Only reason I used two different symbols for muting is that it looks neater in some places. Ok here's the structure: ------------------------ INTRO CHORUS (drums come in here) VERSE (singing starts here) CHORUS VERSE CHORUS POST-CHORUS CHORUS ENDING INTRO: Clean, perhaps with octaver and/or chorus D|---------------------------------------------------- A|---------------------------------------------------- F|---------------------------------------------------- C|---7---7---7---7---7---7---10--10--10--10--10-10---- G|-5---5---5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---8---8------ C|---------------------------------------------------- | |------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------ |---7---7---7---7-8---8-7---7--10--12--12-10--10-8---8- |-5---5---5---5-----5-----5---8---8---8------8-----8--- |------------------------------------------------------ CHORUS: Distortion. D|----------------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------------- F|----------------------------------------------- C|-0--------------------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- G|-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- C|-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- | [MUTED] | |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------- |-0--------------------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- |-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- |-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- | [MUTED] | |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- |--320200320200320200320200--8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- |--320200320200320200320200--8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- | [PALM MUTED............] | |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------- |-0--------------------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- |-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- |-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7- [MUTED] VERSE: Clean, perhaps with octaver and/or chorus D|---------------------------------------------------- A|---------------------------------------------------- F|---------------------------------------------------- C|---7---7---7---7---7---7---10--10--10--10--10-10---- G|-5---5---5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---8---8------ C|---------------------------------------------------- | |------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------ |---7---7---7---7-8---8-7---7--10--12--12-10--10-8---8- |-5---5---5---5-----5-----5---8---8---8------8-----8--- |------------------------------------------------------ | |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---7---7---7---7---7---7---10--10--10--10--10-10---- |-5---5---5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---8---8------ |---------------------------------------------------- | |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------9-----10-----9------- |---7---7---7---7---7---7---10----10----10-----10---- |-5---5---5---5---5---5---8---8------8-----8------8-- |---------------------------------------------------- | |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---7---7---7---7---7---7---10--10--10--10--10-10---- |-5---5---5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---8---8------ |---------------------------------------------------- | |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------9-----10-----9------- |---7---7---7---7---7---7---10----10----10-----10---- |-5---5---5---5---5---5---8---8------8-----8------8-- |---------------------------------------------------- POST-CHORUS: Distortion. NOTE: The bends in the following parts are very slight. They're could be made by pressing down harder on the string rather than bending in the normal sense. D|---------------------------------------------------- A|---------------------------------------------------- F|---------------------------------------------------- C|-0---0-0-0-0-3-00-2^------0---0-0-0-0--3-00-2^------ x 2 G|---------------------------------------------------- C|---------------------------------------------------- | | |----------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------- x 2 |-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0- |-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0- | [PALM MUTED...........................] | |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- x 2 |-0---0-0-0-0-330----------0---0-0-0-0-330----------- |-0---0-0-0-0-330-2^-------0---0-0-0-0-330-2^-------- | [PALM MUTED...] [PALM MUTED...] | |----------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------- x 2 |-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0- |-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0- | [PALM MUTED...........................] ENDING: Distortion. D|----------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------- F|----------------------------------------- C|----------------------------------------- x 2 G|-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0- C|-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0- | [PALM MUTED...........................] | |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- x 2 |-0---0-0-0-0-330----------0---0-0-0-0-330----------- |-0---0-0-0-0-330-2^-------0---0-0-0-0-330-2^-------- | [PALM MUTED...] [PALM MUTED...] ======== APPENDIX ======== Ok here are the intro and verse parts from the original tab. They're in the octave you hear on the record INTRO: Clean, All palm-muted. D|---------------------------------------------------- A|--10--10--10--10--10--10-/--13--13--13--13--13--13-- F|-7---7---7---7---7---7---/10--10--10--10--10--10---- C|---------------------------------------------------- G|---------------------------------------------------- C|---------------------------------------------------- | | |----------------------------------10--10-------------- |--10--10--10-11--11-10--10---13---------13--13-11--11- |-7---7---7------7------7--10--10---10----10-----10--- |------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------ VERSE: Clean. D|---------------------------------------------------- A|--10--10--10--10--10--10-/--13--13--13--13--13--13-- F|-7---7---7---7---7---7---/10--10--10--10--10--10---- C|---------------------------------------------------- G|---------------------------------------------------- C|---------------------------------------------------- | | |--------------------------------10--10-------------- |--10--10--10-11--11-10--10--13--------13--13-11--11- |-7---7---7------7------7--10--10--10----10-----10--- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------- | | |--------------------------------12----13----12------ |--10--10--10--10--10--10-/--13------13----13----13-- |-7---7---7---7---7---7---/10--10--10----10----10---- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- | | |--------------------------------10--10-------------- |--10--10--10-11--11-10--10--13--------13--13-11--11- |-7---7---7------7------7--10--10--10----10-----10--- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- | | |--------------------------------12----13----12------ |--10--10--10--10--10--10-/--13------13----13----13-- |-7---7---7---7---7---7---/10--10--10----10----10---- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- | | |--------------------------------10--10-------------- |--10--10--10-11--11-10--10--13--------13--13-11--11- |-7---7---7------7------7--10--10--10----10-----10--- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------