Artist: System of a Down Album: Mezmerize Song: Old School Hollywood Guitarist: Daron Malakian Transcripted by: mrSlam E-mail: mrslamstuff@rambler.ru Tuning: C# G# C# F# A# D# aka Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb Legend: / - slide up - slide down ^ - bend ~ - hold note h - hammer on p - pull off PM ... - palm mute *** - slide with the border of pick Intro 1 (0:00 - 0:17) Some Phaser and Wah effect eb|---------| Maybe it's played by synthezator Bb|---------| Gb|---------| Db|---------| Ab|---------| Db|-1/5~----| Intro 2 (0:06 - 0:17) The same effect like in "Intro 1" eb|-------------------| Bb|-------------------| Gb|-------------------| Db|-0h5-7p5-8p5-7p5---| Ab|-------------------| Db|-------------------| Slide (0:17 - 0:18) Dist. eb|---------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------| Slide down with the border of your pick Db|---------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------| Db|-******************************--| Chorus part 1 (0:17 - 0:23) Dist. eb|------------------| Bb|------------------| Gb|------------------| Db|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| Ab|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| Db|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| PM Chorus part 1 (0:23 - 0:28) Dist. eb|------------------| Bb|------------------| Gb|------------------| Db|-0-5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| Ab|-0-5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| Db|-0-5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| PM . . . . . . . . Verse (0:29 - 0:40) Dist. eb|-----------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------| Gb|-0h5-7p5-8p5-7p5-------------------| Db|------------------0h5-7p5-8p5-7p5--| Ab|-----------------------------------| Db|-----------------------------------| Pre-Chorus (0:40 - 0:52) Dist. Pre-Chorus fade (0:52 - 0:54) Dist. eb|-------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| Here is "palm mute" fade: Gb|-88888888--77777777--88888888--1010101010101010--| |-10101010101010101010101010101010--| just try to take your palm Db|-88888888--77777777--88888888--1010101010101010--| |-10101010101010101010101010101010--| away from the strings slowly. Ab|-66666666--55555555--66666666---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| Db|-------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| PM ........ ........ ........ . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . . . Pre-Chorus 2 (0:40 - 0:54) The same effect like in "Intro 1" eb|--------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------13~~--| Gb|-8~--7~--8~--10~--12~--12~--12~-------| Db|--------------------------------------| Ab|--------------------------------------| Db|--------------------------------------| Chorus part 1 (0:54 - 0:56) Dist. Chorus part 2 (0:56 - 0:59) Dist. eb|------------------| |---------------------------------------| Bb|------------------| |---------------------------------------| Gb|------------------| |---------------------------------------| Db|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| |-0h5-7-5-8-7-5-3--1-1--------0-0--4-7--| Ab|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| |-0h5-7-5-8-7-5-3--1-1-3/5-3--0-0--4-7--| Db|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| |-0h5-7-5-8-7-5-3--1-1--------0-0--4-7--| Bridge (2:05 - 2:10) The same effect like in "Intro 1" eb|----------------| |----------------------------| Bb|----------------| |----------------------------| Gb|----------------| |----------------------------| Db|-0h5-7p5-8p7p5--|x2 |-0h5-7p5-8p7p5-8p7p5-8p7p5--| Ab|----------------| |----------------------------| Db|----------------| |----------------------------| Bridge 2 (2:11 - 2:27) Clean eb|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| Db|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| Ab|-66666666--55555555--66666666---88888888--|x2 |-88888888888888888888888888888888--|(here is 32 :)) Db|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| PM2 Chorus part 1 (2:42 - 2:44) Dist. PM2 Chorus part 2 (2:44 - 2:48) Dist. eb|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| Gb|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| Db|-00-55-77-55-88-55-77-55--| |-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1--------0-0--4-7--| Ab|-00-55-77-55-88-55-77-55--| |-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1-3/5-3--0-0--4-7--| Db|-00-55-77-55-88-55-77-55--| |-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1--------0-0--4-7--| PM .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PM .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ending (2:49 - 2:54) Dist. eb|------------------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------------------| Gb|------------------------------------------------| Db|-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1--------0-0--44-7--| Ab|-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1-3/5-3--0-0--44-7--| Db|-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1--------0-0--44-7--| PM .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Song structure: Intro 1 and Intro 2 Slide Chorus part 1 (x4) PM Chorus part 1 (x4) Verse (x2) Pre-Chorus (x2) and Pre-Chorus 2 Pre-Chorus fade Chorus part 1 Chorus part 2 Chorus part 1 Chorus part 2 Verse (x2) Pre-Chorus (x2) and Pre-Chorus 2 Pre-Chorus fade (x2) Chorus part 1 (x3) Chorus part 2 Chorus part 1 Chorus part 2 Intro 1 Intro 1 and Intro 2 (x4) Intro 1 and Bridge Bridge 2 and Intro 2 Chorus part 1 (x3) Chorus part 2 Chorus part 1 Chorus part 2 PM2 Chorus part 1 PM2 Chorus part 2 PM2 Chorus part 1 Ending One more tab is over. Just want to say that playing the "Chorus" is a good training to yuor fingers, you'll understand what I mean, when will try to play it :) Enjoy! Rate it please!