____________________
   / System of a Down  /  I think this song is about this guy being dumped by the
  / Revenga           /  love of his life and how he gets so furious that he gets
 / Mezmerize         /  murderous thoughts about her. It could also be interpret
/___________________/  with a perverse twist. ‘Bleeding in a sink’ and ‘the taking
                      is in the making baby’ could hint at the poor guy made his
now former girlfriend in his rage and eager for revenge. I think he would do it to
leave his signs at her, like showing her that he had actually meant something in
her life.



Tunings: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
         C# G# C# F# A# D#
Gtr I - Clean
Gtr II, III - Distorted
Gtr IV - Distorted /w Tremolo effect equal to 16th parts
 (I'm not sure wether Daron actually use the pedal or not, as he has with
  the years become skilled enough to actually play this riff without.)



 Intro:
 4/4
 Q=140 bpm
 Gtr I
  Dbm                                    Absus4/Db
  W                 +W                   W                  +W
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-6---------------|-(6)---------------|-10---------------|-(10)---------------|
|-7---------------|-(7)---------------|--9---------------|--(9)---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|--0---------------|--(0)---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|------------------|--------------------|


   Amaj7/Db                                 G/Db
   W                  +H         Q    Q     W                 +H.            Q
|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-11---------------|-(11)-------11---10---|-9---------------|-(9)-----------------|
|-10---------------|-(10)-------10----9---|-8---------------|-(8)-----------------|
|--0---------------|--(0)--------0----0---|-0---------------|-(0)-----------------|
|--0---------------|--(0)-----------------|-----------------|----------------*----|
|--0---------------|--(0)-----------------|-----------------|---------------12\---|
                                                            *the distorted guitars
                                                             do this slide as well



 Main Riff:
 Gtr II, III
    Db5                               Db5             Ab5
    PM----------------------------------------|
    E   S S E   S S E   S S E   S S   E   S S E   E   E   E   E   +E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------8---8---8---(8)\---|
||o-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0---8---8---8---(8)\---|
||--0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0---8---8---8---(8)\---|


  PM--------------------|
  Db5                               A AbGb  A AbGb  A AbGb  A AbGb
  E   S S E   S S E   S S E   E     S S E   S S E   S S E   S S E    2x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0---|---------------------------------o||
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0---|-8-7-5---8-7-5---8-7-5---8-7-5----||




 1st Verse:
    Db                                Db                       C5
    PM------------------------------------------------------|
    S S S S E   S S S S E   S S S S   E   S S S S E   S S S S  Q
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-------------------------11------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------11------|
||--0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-11------|
...poisoning a drink, bleeding in a sink...


                                   1.
  Db                                 C5       Db5      C5  A5  Ab5
  PM----------------------------|
  S S S S E   S S S S E   S S S S    Q        Q        E   E   Q
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-11-------12-------11---8---7--------||
|---------------------------------|-11-------12-------11---8---7-------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-11-------12-------11---8---7--------||


 2.
   C5       Db5      Eb5      E5
   Q        Q        Q        Q
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-11-------12-------14-------15-------||
|-11-------12-------14-------15-------||
|-11-------12-------14-------15-------||




 Chorus:
    Db5                               Db5
            PM------------------|             PM------------------|
    Q       E   E   E   E   E   E     Q       E   E   E   E   E   E
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
||o-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|
||--0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|


  Ab5                               Ab5
          PM------------------|             PM------------------|
  Q       E   E   E   E   E   E     Q       E   E   E   E   E   E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-7-------7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7-------7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-7-------7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7-------7---7---7---7---7---7---|


  A5                                A5
          PM------------------|             PM--|
  Q       E   E   E   E   E   E     Q       E   E   Q       Q
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|-8---------------8-------7-------|
|-8-------8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8-------8---8---8-------7-------|
|-8-------8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8-------8---8---8-------7-------|


                                   1.
  G5                                E5
          PM------------------|             PM------------------|
  Q       E   E   E   E   E   E     Q       E   E   E   E   E   E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-6-------------------------------|-3--------------------------------||
|-6-------6---6---6---6---6---6---|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3---o||
|-6-------6---6---6---6---6---6---|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3----||


 2.
  E5                       Db5
          PM----------|
  Q       E   E   E   E    Q
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-3---------------------------------||
|-3-------3---3---3---3---12\-------||
|-3-------3---3---3---3---12\-------||




 2nd Verse:
similar to 1st Verse




 Chorus:
similar to previous




 Main Riff:
similar to previous




 Interlude: x2
similar to Intro, just forget the slide 1st time




 Solo:
 Gtr IV
  Dbmmaj7                               Emmaj7
  Q   Q   Q   Q      Q    Q   Q   Q     Q    Q    Q    Q      Q    Q   Q    Q
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----7-----------|-------------------|-----10-------------|--------------------|
|---------7-------|-------------------|----------10--------|--------------------|
|-5-----------8---|--5----4---5---7---|-8-------------11---|--8----7---8---10---|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|Gtr II, III
| Db5                Db5      Gb5       E5                    E5
| W                 +H        H         W                    +H        H
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-------5-------|-3------------------|-(3)-------3--------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-------5-------|-3------------------|-(3)-------3--------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-------5-------|-3------------------|-(3)-------3--------|


  Dmmaj7                              Dbmmaj7
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----8-----------|-----------------|-----7-----------|-----------------|
|---------8-------|-----------------|---------7-------|-----------------|
|-6-----------9---|-6---5---6---8---|-5-----------8---|-5---4---5---7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| D5                D5                Db5               Db5
| W                 W                 W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-1---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-1---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|




 Chorus:
similar to previous



 Outro:
first repeat of a Verse, Main Riff, end on:

 Gtr II, III
  Db5
  W
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0---------------|
|-0---------------|
|-0---------------|



  Poisoning a drink
  Bleeding in a sink
  Choking with a link
  Killing with a stink
  Just your mother's ho

  Bleeding in a sink
  Poisoning a drink
  Burning up
  My sweet Clementine

  Trampling a shrink
  Bleeding in a sink
  Hallelujah wink
  Getting on the brink
  Just your mother's ho

  Hallelujah wink
  Murdering a shrink
  Burning up

  My sweet revenge
  Will be yours for the taking
  It's in the making baby

  Killing with a stink
  Bleeding in a sink
  Poisoning a drink
  Getting on the brink
  Just your mother's ho

  Bleeding in a sink
  Trampling a shrink
  Burning up
  My sweet Clementine

  Poisoning a drink
  Bleeding in a sink
  Choking with a link
  Killing with a stink
  Just your mother's ho

  Poisoning a drink
  Bleeding in a sink
  Burning up

  I saw her laugh
  Then she said "Go away"

  My sweet revenge
  Will be yours it's in the making
  It's in the taking, making, baking, taking, faking

  Should've been, could've been
  Would've been've, would've been you
  Should've been, could've been
  Would've been, would've been you


- 22nd /January /06
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comment and corrections!
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