Song; Deer Dance LIVE VERSION Artist; System Of A Down Album; Toxicity (American Records, 2001) Okay this is my first attempt at a tab and been playing for a few months (i'm only 17 so don't hurt me!), but i'm pretty sure this is 100% accurate. enjoy.... (ps listen to the song first, especially if you have a live recording for the timings) (pps A few things first; / = slide up string = slide down string ~ = tremolo pick) Drop D-Tuning down one whole step (low to high; C G C F A D) Fig.1a Intro/Chorus d|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| F|------------------------------| C|------------------------------| G|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--1-0-1-0-1-0-1-| C|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--1-0-1-0-1-0-1-| repeat 2X then play; Fig.1b d|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--| C|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--| Verse riff Fig.2 d|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| F|-----------------------------| C|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| C|--5-/-8--3-/-7--1-/-5--0--| repeat 6X (third time verse comes in) 1)Circumventing circuses... 2)Rush of words... then for pre-chorus riff (Same rhythm, you know what I mean if you listen to the track); Fig.3 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| F|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-5-5-5-5-/-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3-/-7-7-7-7--1-1-1-1-/-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| repeat 3X Serj; Beyond the staples... Then play both fig.1's twice for chorus (Pushing little children...) After verse 2 and the 2nd chorus, Shavo plays the bass (i don't know what note but it's all the same one!) Daron plays this (i think after 24 bass notes); Fig.4 d|-6-5----8-6-5---| A|-----6--------6-| F|------8---------| C|----------------| G|----------------| C|----------------| repeat 3X then play; Fig.5 d|-6-5-----------------------------------8~~~~~~~10~~~~~12~~~~10~~~~~8~~~~5~~~~-| A|-----6--11-10---------------11~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------| F|------8-------12---12~~~~~~~--------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| repeat Fig.3 then Fig.4 Serj; A deer dance... After 2nd Fig.4 play; Fig.6 d|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6--| A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| F|------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| C|------------------------------------| Silence as Daron says; "Pushing little children, with their fully automatics, they like to push the weak around!" Then play intro/chorus thrice. There thats it!!! If yo don't understand the tune, here is how it goes; Fig.1a (2X) Fig.1b (1X) Fig.2 (6X) Fig.3 (3X) Fig.1a (2X) Fig.1b (1X) Fig.1a (2X) Fig.1b (1X) Fig.2 (6X) Fig.3 (3X) Fig.1a (2X) Fig.1b (1X) Fig.1a (2X) Fig.1b (1X) Fig.4 (3X) Fig.5 (1X) Fig.4 (3X) Fig.5 (1X) Fig.6 (1X) Fig.1a (2X) Fig.1b (1X) Fig.1a (2X) Fig.1b (1X) Fig.1a (2X) Fig.1b (1X)
