Artist: System of a Down
Song: the metro
Tuning: CGCFAD
Tabbed by: Aaron Johnson


| x  Mute note
| ^  up stroke
| v  down stroke
| b  bend


 (intro)
d|----------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------|
C|-x-x-x--x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-|
G|-x-x-x--x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-|
C|-x-x-x--x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-|
   v ^ v  ^ v ^    v ^ v ^ V ^   v ^ v v v
                                                         (slide up as you mute)
d|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
a|---------------------------------------------------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

d|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                              (pick the last 12 a bunch of times as you bend)
d|-10------------------------10----------------------------------------------|
a|----10-11----10---------------10-11-11----10-------------------------------|
F|----------12----10-12-9----------------12----10-12-9-----------------------|
C|------------------------12---------------------------12b13-----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bass and Drums (Verse 1)

(Chorus)
d|-----|
a|-17b-|
F|-14b-|
C|-----|
G|-----|
C|-----|

d|-------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------|
F|-5-5-55557--77--777----------10--10-10--10-10-10-|
C|-5-5-55557--77--777-8-8-8888-10--10-10--10-10-10-|
G|-3-3-33335--55--555-8-8-8888-8---8--8---8--8--8--| (play)
C|--------------------8-8-8888---------------------| (these)
                                                     (2 twice)
d|------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------|
F|-5-5-55557--77--777-----------------|
C|-5-5-55557--77--777-8--8--8--8--8-8-|
G|-3-3-33335--55--555-8--8--8--8--8-8-|
C|--------------------8--8--8--8--8-8-|

 (Verse 2)
d|---------------------|   d|------------------|
a|---------------------|   a|------------------|
F|---------------------|3x F|------------------|
C|---------------------|   C|------------------|
G|---------3--3---1--0-|   G|--------33--11-00-|
C|-0-0-2-0------5------|   C|00002222--55------|

D|-10-|
a|-10-|          
F|----| (Lotta Times!)
C|----|
G|----|
C|----|

(Chorus)
d|-------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------|
F|-5-5-55557--77--777----------10--10-10--10-10-10-|
C|-5-5-55557--77--777-8-8-8888-10--10-10--10-10-10-|
G|-3-3-33335--55--555-8-8-8888-8---8--8---8--8--8--| (play)
C|--------------------8-8-8888---------------------| (these)
                                                     (2 twice)
d|------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------|
F|-5-5-55557--77--777-----------------|
C|-5-5-55557--77--777-8--8--8--8--8-8-|
G|-3-3-33335--55--555-8--8--8--8--8-8-|
C|--------------------8--8--8--8--8-8-|

d|---|
a|---|
F|---|
C|-8-| 24x
G|-8-|
C|-8-|

(Solo)
d|-10----------------10----------------10----17-15-------------|
a|----10-11----10-11----10-11----10-11----10-------17-18-------|
F|----------12----------------12-------------------------19----|
C|----------------------------------------------------------19-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------|

d|-10------------10------------10--17-15-----------------------------|
a|---10-11--10-11--10-11--10-11--10-----17-18------------------------|
F|--------12------------12-------------------19-18-17-16-19-18-17-16-|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Chorus)
d|-----------------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-5-5-55557--77--777---------10-10-10--12-12-12-|
C|-5-5-55557--77--777-8-8-8-8--------------------|
G|-3-3-33335--55--555-8-8-8-8--8--8--8--10-10-10-| (play)
C|--------------------8-8-8-8--------------------| (these)
                                                  (2 twice)
d|--------------------------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-5-5-55557--77--777-12-12-12-14-14-14-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
C|-5-5-55557--77--777-------------------------------------------|
G|-3-3-33335--55--555-10-10-10-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------|

(Outro)
d|------------------|  
a|------------------| 
F|------------------|
C|------------------| 4x 
G|---------33--11-0-|   
C|-00002222--55-----|