____________________
/ System of a Down / I think that this song definitely is about the Armenian genocide in the
/ Holy Mountains / beginning of the 19th century done by the Turkish army. It is about how the
/ Hypnotize / Turkish soldiers became cold-hearted killers, liars and demons as they were
/___________________/ ordered to burn down villages and to kill even women and children. Amongst
the killed were also many of the members of System of a Down's family members.
The river Aras is the river that runs at the border between Armenia and Turkey, and Holy Mountain
refers to the mountain Ararat, the mountain considered to be biblical holy mountain, where the Ark
of Noah grounded after the great flood, which was taken to be Turkish ground after the genocide.
Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
C# (x43121@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">G# C# (x43121@1)name="chord_244322@1">F# A# (x1333x@1)name="chord_x43121@3">D#
Gtr I - Electric, Clean (lovely clean sound)
Gtr II - Electric, Distorted
Gtr III - Electric, Clean w/ Tremolo effect
Intro:
75 bpm
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------0---------0-----0-------0-----|------0------0---------0-------0---|
||o---0---0---0-------0---0---0-------|----0---0--------0---0---0---0---0-|
||--0-------0---8---7-------7-----/12-|-12-------12---8---5-------5-------|
1. 2.
2/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||-----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------|
|-----0-----0---------0-------0---|-----0-----0---------0-------0----||-----0-----0-----|
|---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0-----------0---0---0---0-o||---0---0---------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7-------|-2-------2---3-2-0-------0--------||-2-------2---3-2-|
Gtr I, II
4/4
Db5 (x133xx@4) A5 (x022xx@1)Ab5 (133xxx@4) Db(octave) A5Ab5Gb5
E (022100@1) S. T S S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S. T S S S S E (022100@1) S. T S S S S E (022100@1) S. T S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-7---7--7-7-7----------------------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-x---x--x-x-x-8-7-5---5--5-5-5-5-0-|
|-0---0--0-0-0-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-5---5--5-5-5-8-7-5---5--5-5-5-5-0-|
|-0---0--0-0-0-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|--------------8-7-5---5--5-5-5-5-0-|
|-Rhy Fig 1
2/4
E5 (022xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)Ab5 (133xxx@4) Eb5 (xx134x@1) E5Eb5 Db5 (x133xx@4) E (022100@1) S. T S S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S. T S S S S E (022100@1) S. T S S S S E (022100@1) T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-----------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---3--3-3-3-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-2---2--2-2-2-3-2-|-0---12-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-|
|-3---3--3-3-3-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-2---2--2-2-2-3-2-|-0---12-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-|
|-3---3--3-3-3-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-2---2--2-2-2-3-2-|-0-------------------------------|
end Rhy Fig 1-|-Fill end Fill-|
4/4
Db5 (x133xx@4) A5 (x022xx@1)Ab5 (133xxx@4) Db(octave) A5Ab5Gb5
Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1) S S Q E (022100@1) S S Q E (022100@1) S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-7-------7-----------------------|
|-0-------0---8---7-------7---7-0-|-x-------x---8-7-5-------5---5-0-|
|-0-------0---8---7-------7---7-0-|-5-------5---8-7-5-------5---5-0-|
|-0-------0---8---7-------7---7-0-|-------------8-7-5-------5---5-0-|
|-Rhy Fig 2
2/4 4/4
E5 (022xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)Ab5 (133xxx@4) Eb5 (xx134x@1) E5 (022xxx@1)Eb5 (xx134x@1) Db5 (x133xx@4) Db5 (x133xx@4)Gtr I
Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1) S S Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) W W
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|--0-------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|--0-------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|--0-------------|
| end Rhy Fig 2-|
|
|Gtr II
| Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1) S S Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) W +W
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|-(0)------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|-(0)------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|-(0)------------|
1st Verse:
Gtr III
W W H H Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0---------------|-2---------------|-3-------5-------|-7---8---10---12---|
|-Rhy Fig 3 end Rhy Fig 3-|
...can you feel their haunting presence...
Gtr I
w/Rhy Fig 3
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-------10-------10-------10-------10----------|-12-------12-------12-------12-------12----------|
|----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10-|----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10-|
|-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10----|-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10----|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-13-------13-------13----15-------15-------15----|-17-17-17-17-18-18-18-18-20-20-20-20-22-22-22-22-|
|----10-------10-------10----10-------10-------10-|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------10-------10-------------10-------10-------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
end Rhy Fig 4-|
Chorus:
Gtr II
D5 (xx023x@1) N.C.D5 N.C.D5 N.C.D5 Db5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5 Db5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| (022100@1)||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|-----1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
||o-1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|-----1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
||--1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|-----1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
...liar, killer, demon...
1.
Db (x43121@1) Eb (x43121@3) E (022100@1) Gb (244322@1) Ab (xx1114@1) A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) Db(octaves) (x43121@1) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-19-19-19-19--||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-o||
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||
2.
A5 (x022xx@1) Ab5 (133xxx@4)name="chord_244xxx@1">Gb5 Ab5 (133xxx@4) Db5 (x133xx@4) Q E. S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q E. S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) 2x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||--8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0----||
||o-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0---o||
||--8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0----||
...freedom, freedom...
A5 (x022xx@1) Ab5 (133xxx@4)name="chord_244xxx@1">Gb5 Ab5 (133xxx@4) Q E. S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E|---------------------------------| (022100@1)|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
Interlude:
Rhy Fig 2
2nd Verse:
Rhy Fig 3 + 4
Chorus:
similar to previous
Pre-Bridge:
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------0---|-------------0---|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-0---1---3-------|-0---1---3-------|-0-1-3---0-1-3---|-0-1-3---0-1-3---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gtr II
PM------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||-------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
||--7-7-8-8-10-10-12-12-7-7-8-8-10-10-12-12--||
Bridge:
Rhy Fig 1 w/Fill
Rhy Fig 1
Final Chorus:
Gtr II
D5 (xx023x@1) N.C.D5 N.C.D5 D5 (xx023x@1) Db5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5 Db5 (x133xx@4)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5
E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S S S +E E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| (022100@1)||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--1---1-------1---1-------1-1-1-1-|-(1)---1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
||o-1---1-------1---1-------1-1-1-1-|-(1)---1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
||--1---1-------1---1-------1-1-1-1-|-(1)---1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
...liar, killer, demon...
1.
Rhy Fig 1
2.
Q E. S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q E. S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) S S E (022100@1) 2x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||--8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0----||
||o-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0---o||
||--8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0----||
Q E. S E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) E|---------------------------------| (022100@1)|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
Post-Chorus:
Rhy Fig 1 w/Fill
Outro:
Gtr II
Q. E (022100@1) Q. S S Q. S S H
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-0-----------8---7-----------7-0-|-x-----------8-7-5---------------|
|-0-----------8---7-----------7-0-|-5-----------8-7-5---------------|
|-0-----------8---7-----------7-0-|-------------8-7-5---------------|
2/4
Q. E (022100@1) Q Q Q E (022100@1) E|-----------------------------------|-----------------|------ (022100@1)|-----------------------------------|-----------------|------
|-----------------------------------|-----------------|------
|-3-----------8---7-------12\-------|-2-------3---2---|-0*--- *let this chord ring throughout
|-3-----------8---7-------12\-------|-2-------3---2---|-0*--- the rest of the song and even
|-3-----------8---7-------12\-------|-2-------3---2---|-0*--- into Vicinity of Obscenity
(slow down completely during this ending part)
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----0---------0-----0-------0---|------0------0---------0-------0---|
|---0---0---0-------0---0---0---0-|----0---0--------0---0---0---0---0-|
|-0-------0---8---7-------7-------|-12-------12---8---5-------5-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E (022100@1) S S S S S S S S S S E (022100@1) S S E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| (022100@1)|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----0-----0---------0-------0---|-----0-----0---0-----0-------0---|
|---0---0-------0---0---0---0-----|---0---0-----------0-------0-----|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7-------|-2-------3---2---0-------0-------|
- 28th /November /05
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