• Song:

    Needles

  • Artist:

    System of a down

  • Album:

    12th Annual Kroq Almost...

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                                     NEEDLES
                         As recorded by System Of A Down
                         (From the 2001 Album TOXICITY)

Words by Serj Tankian and Daran Malakian

Music by Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian
Transcribed by Tim Chambers & John Harag

Gtr I (C G C F A D) - '-'
Gtr II (C G C F A D) - '-'
Gtr III (C G C F A D) - '-'

 Intro
  Q=190
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I
              PM----------------------------------|
  S S E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---|-4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---|
|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  PM--------|
  S S E S S E S S E S S E   E E E E E E E E
|-4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---|-4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-||
|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|---3---3---3---3-||
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------||


    G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
    Gtr II
    PM|   PM  PM  PM    PM|   PM  PM  PM    PM|   PM  PM  PM
    S S E E E E E E E   S S E E E E E E E   S S E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|
||--5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|


  G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5  N.C.
  PM|   PM  PM  PM     PM----------------------------------------------|
  S S E E E E E E E    S S E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|--------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0---|


  PM----------------------------------------------|
  S S E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0--||


   1st, 2nd Verses
    $
    G5 G#5G5 G#5  G5 G#5G5 G#5  G5 G#5G5 G#5  G5 G#5G5 G#5
    PM-------------------------------------------------|
    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||--5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6---||
||o-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--o||
||--5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6---||


    N.C.
    PM----------------------------------------------|
    S S E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0--||


  G5 G#5G5 G#5  G5 G#5G5 G#5  G5 G#5G5 G#5  G5 G#5G5 G#5
  PM-------------------------------------------------|
  q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6---||
|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6---||


   Pre-Chorus
    $$
    G5             Eb5            G#5
    H        H     H        H     Q   E E Q   E E   Q   E E Q   E E
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-5------------|-1------------|-6\------6\------|-6\------6\------o||
||--5------/13\--|-1------/13\--|-6\--0-0-6\--0-0-|-6\--0-0-6\--0-0--||


   Chorus
    G5   G#F5   G5  G#5       G5          G5   G#F5   G5
    Q  E E Q  E E   E E E  E  Q   Q    3x Q  E E Q  E E
||----------------|--------------------||----------------||
||o---------------|-------------------o||----------------||
||----------------|--------------------||----------------||
||----------------|--------------------||----------------||
||o-5--5-6-3--3-5-|-6-6-6-(8)-5-------o||-5--5-6-3--3-5--||
||--5--5-6-3--3-5-|-6-6-6--8--5--15\---||-5--5-6-3--3-5--||


         To Coda
         To Coda
  G#5     G5       G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5  G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
                   PM|   PM  PM  PM     PM|   PM  PM  PM
  E E E E Q  Q     S S E E E E E E E    S S E E E E E E E
|---------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|-6-6-6---5-----||-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----|
|-6-6-6-8-5-----||-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----|


                                      D.S. al Coda
  N.C.
  PM----------------------------------------------|
  S S E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-||


  &
  N.C.
  Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


    N.C.
    Gtrs I, III
    Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||-----8p7----8p0-|---------------|----7p6----7p0-|----------------||
||--5-------5-----|----5-4----5-0-|-4-------4-----|-0--5-4--0-5-0--||
||o---------------|-6-------6-----|---------------|---------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||


   Interlude
    N.C.
    Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E   Q  E Q  E E E  4x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||-----8p7----8p0-|---------------|----7p6----7p0-|----------------||
||--5-------5-----|----5-4----5-0-|-4-------4-----|-0--5-4--0-5-0--||
||o---------------|-6-------6-----|---------------|---------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||


  G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
  Gtr II
  PM|   PM  PM  PM    PM|   PM  PM  PM    PM|   PM  PM  PM
  S S E E E E E E E   S S E E E E E E E   S S E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|


  G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 N.C.
  PM|   PM  PM  PM    PM----------------------------------------------|
  S S E E E E E E E   S S E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0--|


                               D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  PM----------------------------------------------|
  S S E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-||


   Outro
    &&
    N.C.                                  G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
    PM--------------------------------------|   PM  PM  PM
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     S S E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||---------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||---------------------|
||------------------|------------------||---------------------|
||------------------|------------------||---------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|
||--5-5-6-6-8-8-6-6-|-5-5-3-3-6-6-5-5--||-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|


  G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5   G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5   G5  G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
  PM|   PM  PM  PM      PM|   PM  PM  PM      PM|   PM  PM  PM
  S S E E E E E E E     S S E E E E E E E     S S E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------*|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----*|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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