Title: Sad Statue Artist: System of a Down Album: Mezmerize Tuning: Drop D, down a half step (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) Tabbed by: Seen K. Leeds (posted on 5/05/05) Instead of stealing my work to make a "100% correct" Sad Statue tab, contact me with any corrections. I will implement them immediately, and you will receive the appropriate credit. MX does not need a bunch of redundant tabs clogging the database (plus, I really hate thieves). (NOTE - 6/28/05 - A rodent named "Vezy" stole the tab below -- and my "Cocaine" tab -- and had the gall to post it on MX over a month after I published it. He's a vile tab pirate -- throw things at him if you see him on the street.) Now, enjoy. KEY: p = pull-off h = hammer-on pm/. = palm mute s = slide ~ = sustain ttt = tremolo/fast picking INTRO Eb |--------------------------| Bb |--------------------------| Gb |--------------------------| Db |--------------------------| Ab |--5p0h5p0h5p05p05p05p0h6--| Db |--------------------------| Part I (note: you can play the palm muted part on the open 6th string if you wish) Eb |-----------------------------------------||--------------------------------| Bb |-----------------------------------------||--------------------------------| Gb |--7--------------------------------------||--7-----------------------------| Db |--7--------------------------------------||--7-------------------8--10--8--| Ab |--5-555555555555-5p0h5p0h5p05p05p05p0h6--||--5-5555555555555555--6--8---6--| Db |-----------------------------------------||--------------------------------| pm ............ ................ Eb |-----------------------------------------||----------------------------------| Bb |-----------------------------------------||----------------------------------| Gb |--7--------------------------------------||--7-------------------------------| Db |--7--------------------------------------||--7--------------8-10-8--8-10-8---| Ab |--5-555555555555-5p0h5p0h5p05p05p05p0h6--||--5-55555555-----6-8--6--6-8--6---| Db |-----------------------------------------||-------------12s------------------| pm ............ ........ Part II Eb |--------------------------------------||---------------------------| Bb |--------------------------------------||---------------------------| Gb |--7-----------------------------------||--7------------------------| Db |--7-00-00-00--------------------------||--7-00-00-00-00--8--10--8--| Ab |--5-00-00-00--5p0h5p0h5p05p05p05p0h6--||--5-00-00-00-00--6--8---6--| Db |----00-00-00--------------------------||----00-00-00-00------------| pm .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Eb |--------------------------------------||------------------------------| Bb |--------------------------------------||------------------------------| Gb |--7-----------------------------------||--7---------------------------| Db |--7-00-00-00--------------------------||--7-00-00-----8-10-8--8-10-8--| Ab |--5-00-00-00--5p0h5p0h5p05p05p05p0h6--||--5-00-00-----6-8--6--6-8--6--| Db |----00-00-00--------------------------||----00-00-12s-----------------| pm .. .. .. .. .. Part III Eb |------------------------------| Bb |------------------------------| Gb |------------------------------| Db |------------------------------| Ab |--5-686--5-686--5-686--5-686--| Db |------------------------------| pm . ... . ... . ... . ... Part IV Eb |------------------------------------------| Bb |------------------------------------------| Gb |--777777-8--777777----777777-8--777777----| Db |--777777-8--777777-8--777777-8--777777-8--| Ab |--555555-6--555555-6--555555-6--555555-6--| Db |------------------------------------------| Part V (clean w/tremolo effect, then distortion) Eb |----------------------|------| Bb |----------------------|------| Gb |--3~---7~---2~---5~---|--5~--| Db |--1~---5~---0~---3~---|--3~--| Ab |--1~---5~---0~---3~---|--3~--| Db |--1~---5~---0~---3~---|--3~--| Part VI (clean-ish) Eb |----------------------------------------------------------------------| Bb |----------------------------------------------------------------------| Gb |------7---8---7--------7---6---7-------------------------7---6---7----| Db |----5---5---5---5----5---5---5---5------7---8---7------5---5---5---5--| Ab |--6-----------------------------------5---5---5---5--6----------------| Db |-------------------5----------------0---------------------------------| Part VII (2:14-2:25) Eb |--------------------------------------------| Bb |--------------------------7tttttt8tttttttt--| Gb |--7tt7tt8tt7tt7tt7tt6tt7tt------------------| Db |--------------------------------------------| Ab |--------------------------------------------| Db |--------------------------------------------| Part VIII Eb |---------------------------------------||---------------------------| Bb |---------------------------------------||---------------------------| Gb |--7-----7------------------------------||--7-----7------------------| Db |--7-000-7-000--------------------------||--7-000-7-00000--8--10--8--| Ab |--5-000-5-000--5p0h5p0h5p05p05p05p0h6--||--5-000-5-00000--6--8---6--| Db |----000---000--------------------------||----000---00000------------| pm ... ... ... ..... Eb |---------------------------------------||------------------------------------| Bb |---------------------------------------||------------------------------------| Gb |--7-----7------------------------------||--7-----7---------------------------| Db |--7-000-7-000--------------------------||--7-000-7-00000--8-10-8--8-10-8--7--| Ab |--5-000-5-000--5p0h5p0h5p05p05p05p0h6--||--5-000-5-00000--6-8--6--6-8--6--5--| Db |----000---000--------------------------||----000---00000---------------------| pm ... ... ... ..... STRUCTURE Intro x 4 Part I Part II Part III x 2 Part IV Part III x 2 Part IV Part V x 2 Part III x 2 Part IV Part III x 2 Part IV Part V x 2 (with extra chord strum) Part VI Part VII Part I Part II Part V x 2 (all distortion, extra chord) Part VIII Finish line. Comments, corrections, kudos, and f-yous are appreciated (abandapar@socal.rr.com). CREDITS 5/06/05 -- big thanks to Trainsaw for pointing out the Db tuning (it helped a lot with Part VI) 5/08/05 -- thanks to Ellington01 for open chord palm mutes I forgot to upgrade when I switched the tuning from CGCFAD 5/20/05 -- gracias Nevin, for the correction to Part IV