Artist: System of a Down
Album: Mezmerize
Song: Old School Hollywood
Guitarist: Daron Malakian
Transcripted by: mrSlam
E-mail: mrslamstuff@rambler.ru
Tuning: C# G# C# F# A# D# aka Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Legend: / - slide up
- slide down
^ - bend
~ - hold note
h - hammer on
p - pull off
PM ... - palm mute
*** - slide with the border of pick
Intro 1 (0:00 - 0:17) Some Phaser and Wah effect
eb|---------| Maybe it's played by synthezator
Bb|---------|
Gb|---------|
Db|---------|
Ab|---------|
Db|-1/5~----|
Intro 2 (0:06 - 0:17) The same effect like in "Intro 1"
eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|-------------------|
Db|-0h5-7p5-8p5-7p5---|
Ab|-------------------|
Db|-------------------|
Slide (0:17 - 0:18) Dist.
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------| Slide down with the border of your pick
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Db|-******************************--|
Chorus part 1 (0:17 - 0:23) Dist.
eb|------------------|
Bb|------------------|
Gb|------------------|
Db|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--|
Ab|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--|
Db|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--|
PM Chorus part 1 (0:23 - 0:28) Dist.
eb|------------------|
Bb|------------------|
Gb|------------------|
Db|-0-5-7-5-8-5-7-5--|
Ab|-0-5-7-5-8-5-7-5--|
Db|-0-5-7-5-8-5-7-5--|
PM . . . . . . . .
Verse (0:29 - 0:40) Dist.
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-0h5-7p5-8p5-7p5-------------------|
Db|------------------0h5-7p5-8p5-7p5--|
Ab|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus (0:40 - 0:52) Dist. Pre-Chorus fade (0:52 - 0:54) Dist.
eb|-------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| Here is "palm mute" fade:
Gb|-88888888--77777777--88888888--1010101010101010--| |-10101010101010101010101010101010--| just try to take your palm
Db|-88888888--77777777--88888888--1010101010101010--| |-10101010101010101010101010101010--| away from the strings slowly.
Ab|-66666666--55555555--66666666---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| |--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
Db|-------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
PM ........ ........ ........ . . . . . . . . PM . . . . . . . .
Pre-Chorus 2 (0:40 - 0:54) The same effect like in "Intro 1"
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------13~~--|
Gb|-8~--7~--8~--10~--12~--12~--12~-------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Chorus part 1 (0:54 - 0:56) Dist. Chorus part 2 (0:56 - 0:59) Dist.
eb|------------------| |---------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------| |---------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------| |---------------------------------------|
Db|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| |-0h5-7-5-8-7-5-3--1-1--------0-0--4-7--|
Ab|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| |-0h5-7-5-8-7-5-3--1-1-3/5-3--0-0--4-7--|
Db|-0h5-7-5-8-5-7-5--| |-0h5-7-5-8-7-5-3--1-1--------0-0--4-7--|
Bridge (2:05 - 2:10) The same effect like in "Intro 1"
eb|----------------| |----------------------------|
Bb|----------------| |----------------------------|
Gb|----------------| |----------------------------|
Db|-0h5-7p5-8p7p5--|x2 |-0h5-7p5-8p7p5-8p7p5-8p7p5--|
Ab|----------------| |----------------------------|
Db|----------------| |----------------------------|
Bridge 2 (2:11 - 2:27) Clean
eb|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
Db|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
Ab|-66666666--55555555--66666666---88888888--|x2 |-88888888888888888888888888888888--|(here is 32 :))
Db|------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
PM2 Chorus part 1 (2:42 - 2:44) Dist. PM2 Chorus part 2 (2:44 - 2:48) Dist.
eb|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
Db|-00-55-77-55-88-55-77-55--| |-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1--------0-0--4-7--|
Ab|-00-55-77-55-88-55-77-55--| |-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1-3/5-3--0-0--4-7--|
Db|-00-55-77-55-88-55-77-55--| |-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1--------0-0--4-7--|
PM .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. PM .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ending (2:49 - 2:54) Dist.
eb|------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------------------|
Db|-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1--------0-0--44-7--|
Ab|-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1-3/5-3--0-0--44-7--|
Db|-00-55-77-55-88-77-55-33--1-1--------0-0--44-7--|
PM .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Song structure:
Intro 1 and Intro 2
Slide
Chorus part 1 (x4)
PM Chorus part 1 (x4)
Verse (x2)
Pre-Chorus (x2) and Pre-Chorus 2
Pre-Chorus fade
Chorus part 1
Chorus part 2
Chorus part 1
Chorus part 2
Verse (x2)
Pre-Chorus (x2) and Pre-Chorus 2
Pre-Chorus fade (x2)
Chorus part 1 (x3)
Chorus part 2
Chorus part 1
Chorus part 2
Intro 1
Intro 1 and Intro 2 (x4)
Intro 1 and Bridge
Bridge 2 and Intro 2
Chorus part 1 (x3)
Chorus part 2
Chorus part 1
Chorus part 2
PM2 Chorus part 1
PM2 Chorus part 2
PM2 Chorus part 1
Ending
One more tab is over.
Just want to say that playing the "Chorus" is a good training to yuor fingers, you'll understand
what I mean, when will try to play it :)
Enjoy! Rate it please!
