____________________
   / System of a Down  /  I think that this song is about the American people neglecting
  / Hypnotize         /  to stand up against the American government, ruling the country
 / Hypnotize         /  by blinding and brainwashing its population with ‘propaganda’ to
/___________________/  cover all of its fraud. ‘The kids at Tiananmen Square’ was the
                      Chinese student’s demonstration in 1989, which ended up as being a
massacre. It was against the Chinese Government’s violent treatment of its population and
the censored freedom of speech, which SOAD sadly admits is conspicuously maintained in
America this day as well. ... Regretfully the Americans are just innocently ‘sitting in
their cars and waiting for their girls’ ...


Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
        C# G# C# F# A# D#
Gtr I - Electric, Clean
Gtr II - Electric, Distorted
Gtr III - Electric, Clean
Gtr IV - Electric, Clean w/ octaver producing a note one octave below



 Intro
  4/4
  Q=75 bpm
  Gtr I
    N.C.
    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-1---1---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-4---4---3---3---1---1---0---0---o||
||----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||


    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-8---8---7---7---10---10---8---8---|-12---12---10---10---13---13---12---12---o||
||----0---0---0---0----0----0---0---0-|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||


   N.C.
   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
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-15---15---13---13---12---12---10---10---|-13---13---12---12---10---10---8---8---|
|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|----0----0----0----0----0----0---0---0-|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


   S S  S S  S S  S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-11---11---10---10---8---8---7---7---|
|----0----0----0----0---0---0---0---0-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|




 1st Verse
  Gtr II
    Gb5                     D5        Gb5                     D5
    Q       E.    S E   E   S S E     Q       E.    S E   E   S S E    4x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--------------------------8-8-8---|-------------------------8-8-8----||
||--5-------5-----5-5---5---8-8-8---|-5-------5-----5-5---5---8-8-8----||
||o-5-------5-----5-5---5---6-6-6---|-5-------5-----5-5---5---6-6-6---o||
||--5-------5-----5-5---5-----------|-5-------5-----5-5---5------------||
...why don't you ask the kids at Tiananmen Square?...


 Gtr I
   N.C.
   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
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-15---15---13---13---12---12---10---10---|-13---13---12---12---10---10---8---8---|
|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|----0----0----0----0----0----0---0---0-|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
...I'm just sitting in my car...


   S S  S S  S S  S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-11---11---10---10---8---8---7---7---|
|----0----0----0----0---0---0---0---0-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|




 2nd Verse
similar to 1st Verse, but play this part afterwards:

 Gtr II
  Q       E.    S E   E   S S E     Q       E.    S E   E   S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-8-8---|-------------------------8-8-8---|
|-5-------5-----5-5---5---8-8-8---|-5-------5-----5-5---5---8-8-8---|
|-5-------5-----5-5---5---6-6-6---|-5-------5-----5-5---5---6-6-6---|
|-5-------5-----5-5---5-----------|-5-------5-----5-5---5-----------|




 Chorus
 Gtr II
  Gb5             D5                D5               E5
  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E     E   E   E   E    S  S  S  S  E    E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---10-10-10-10-10---10---|
|-5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---10-10-10-10-10---10---|
|-5---5---5---5---6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6----8--8--8--8--8----8---|
|-5---5---5---5-------------------|---------------------------------------|
...I'm just sitting in my car...


  A5              Db5
  Q       Q       Q       Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------7-------7-------|
|-8-------8-------7-------7-------|
|-8-------8-------5-------5-------|
|-8-------8-------0-------0-------|




 Bridge
 Gtr II
    Gb5   Db5   E5  Gb5   Db5   E5  Gb5   Db5   E5  Gb5     Db5    E5
    PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
    S.    T S   S   S.    T S   S   S.    T S   S   S.      T  S   S
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-------0--0---3---o||
||--5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-------0--0---3----||
|
|Gtr III
|                                                        Bb
|   H                               Q               S    T  T  E
||------------------------------------------------------19-19-19--------||
||o-----------------------------------------------------20-20-20-------o||
||------------------------------------------------------19-19-19--------||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||




 Interlude (each guitar is written separately for clarity)
 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-1---1---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-4---4---3---3---1---1---0---0---o||
||----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||


    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-8---8---7---7---10---10---8---8---|-12---12---10---10---13---13---12---12---o||
||----0---0---0---0----0----0---0---0-|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||



 Gtr II
    PM------------------------------------------------------------|
    S.    T S   S   S.    T S   S   S.    T S   S   S.      T S   S    8x
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-------0-0---3---o||
||--5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-------0-0---3----||



 Gtr III
    H                               Q               S    T  T  E        4x
||------------------------------------------------------19-19-19--------||
||o-----------------------------------------------------20-20-20-------o||
||------------------------------------------------------19-19-19--------||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||


    Q            S    T  T  E       Q               S    T  T  E        4x
||-------------------19-19-19---------------------------19-19-19--------||
||o------------------20-20-20---------------------------20-20-20-------o||
||-------------------19-19-19---------------------------19-19-19--------||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||



 Gtr IV
     Q..            S  Q..            T  T
||-----------------------------------------|
||o-------------------12-------------12-13-|
||--12-------------14----------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|


               |--3--|                      |--3--|
   S  S  S  S  T  T  T  S  S  S  S  S  S  S T  T  T   S  S  S
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-15-13-12-13-12h13p12----12----------12-13-12h13p12----12----o||
|----------------------14----14-12-14----------------14----14--||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------------------||



    E   E   E   E    E    E   E   E      E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
||o-8---8---7---7---10---10---8---8---|-12---12---10---10---13---13---12---12---o||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||




 Chorus
 Gtr II
  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E     E   E   E   E    E    E    E    E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---10---10---10---10---|
|-5---5---5---5---8---8---8---8---|-8---8---8---8---10---10---10---10---|
|-5---5---5---5---6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6---6----8----8----8----8---|
|-5---5---5---5-------------------|-------------------------------------|


  Q       Q       Q       Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------7-------7-------|
|-8-------8-------7-------7-------|
|-8-------8-------5-------5-------|
|-8-------8-------0-------0-------|


    PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
    S.    T S   S   S.    T S   S   S.    T S   S   S.      T  S   S
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-------0--0---3---o||
||--5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-----0-0---3---5-------0--0---3----||


  S S S S Q       S S S S Q         S S S S Q        S  S  S  S Q
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8---------10-10-10-10---------|
|-5-5-5-5---------8-8-8-8---------|-8-8-8-8---------10-10-10-10---------|
|-5-5-5-5---------6-6-6-6---------|-6-6-6-6----------8--8--8--8---------|
|-5-5-5-5-------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  H               H                 +W
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------7---------------|-(7)-------------------------------|
|-8---------------7---------------|-(7)-------------------------------|
|-8---------------5---------------|-(5)-------------------------------|
|-8---------------0---------------|-(0)-------------------------------|




 Outro
 Q=50 bpm (just slow down, anyways)
 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 E     W
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------|
|-1---1---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-4---4---3---3---1---1---1h3p1---|-0-------|
|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---------|-0-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------|




Why don’t you ask the kids at Tiananmen Square?
Was fashion the reason why they were there?
They disguise it, hypnotize it
Television made you buy it

I'm just sitting in my car and waiting for my girl

She’s scared that I will take her away from there
Dreams that her country left with no one there
Mesmerize the simple minded
Propaganda leaves us blinded

I'm just sitting in my car and waiting for my girl

I'm just sitting in my car and waiting for my girl



- 7th /October /05
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments or corrections!
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