Song: TOXICITY Artist: SYSTEM OF A DOWN Album: Toxicity Track No: 12 Label: American Submitted By: IcEmAn Tabbed by: Edd Dawson (All my own work). This was such a cool song I had to tab it. It's all pretty simple really, although it's a bit tricky sometimes to get those fast chord changes in the chorus sounding distinct, especially with a guitar tuned as low as you need for this song. Enjoy :) Any comments/corrections to: ma0etd@bath.ac.uk My 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, 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--10-13--13-12--12---13---------13--13-11--11- |-7---7---7-----10-----10---10--10---10----10-----10--- |------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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--- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------- POST-CHORUS: Distortion. NOTE: The bends in the following parts are very slight. 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...] That's it. Send any comments/corrections/death-threats to: ma0etd@bath.ac.uk Edd