Artist: System of a Down
Song:   Soil   
Album:  System of a Down
        American Recording Company
Email: rexxdoggy@yahoo.com

Last Update: 01/15/05

This song is in the follwing tuning: CGCFAD (low to high)

H = harmonic: 
x^= bend up from x
M = Palm-mute
/ = upward and downward slides respectively
h = hammer on.
p = pull off.
    
The timing in the chorus and ending and what not are slightly but very different,
Listen to  the cd and youll see. 
   
Intro:
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D|------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-10-10101010-
F|-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-1010-10-10-10101010-
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8-
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |                                 |                                 |

D|-------------------------
A|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
F|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
C|-------------------------
G|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-
C|-------------------------

Chorus 1:
=========
   1 2 3 1  2 3  1 2 3 1  2 3
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
F|-------------------------------
C|-3-1-0-03-1-0--3-1-0-03-1-0----
G|-3-1-0-03-1-0--3-1-0-03-1-0----
C|-3-1-0-03-1-0--3-1-0-03-1-0----
                             |||| <--drum beats (I think)

Verse
=====
   1 2 3  1  2 3  1 2 3  1 2  3
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
F|--------------------------------
C|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
C|-3-1-0-03-31-00-3-1-0-03-31-000-
   M M M MM MM MM M M M MM MM MMM
                 |
          DON'T rest here!
                     
Chrous 2
========
D|------------------
A|------------------
F|------------------
C|------------------
G|-------1/12121212-
C|-0--0--1/12121212- <-- these are twelves not ones and twos!

   1 2 3  1 2 3  1 2 3  1 2 3
D|------------------------------
A|------------------------------
F|------------------------------
C|-3-1-0-03-1-0--3-1-0-03-1-0.--
G|-3-1-0-03-1-0--3-1-0-03-1-0.--
C|-3-1-0-03-1-0--3-1-0-03-1-0.--

Break 1
=======
The numbers below are 10's, 11's, 12's, 17's and 18's 
D|--------------------------------------------------------
A|-------9-999-999-9999------12-121212-121212-12121212----
F|-------7-777-777-7777------10-101010-101010-10101010----
C|--------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------
C|-0-------------------0----------------------------------

D|----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------11-111111-111111-11111111------18-181818-181818-18181818-
F|--------9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9------17-171717-171717-17171717-
C|----------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------------------------
C|-0------------------------------0-------------------------------

Break 2
=======
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
F|-------------------------------------------------------------
C|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|--0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0----0----0----0- x2
C|--0--0----------0--0----------0--0----------0----0----0----0-
    M  M          M  M          M  M          M    M    M    M
 "dont you...     realize...."

D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
F|-7-7-7~7-77-7-7-7~|7-7-7~7-77-7-7-7~|7-7-7~7-77-7-7-7~|7-7-7~7-77-7-7-7~
C|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
C|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
         M    M M P        M    M M P        M    M M P        M    M M P
 "dont you...        realize....       evil......"
 
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
A|-------------------------------------------------
F|------------------------------------------------- x4 
C|-------------------------------------------------   
G|-------------------------------------------------
C|-------------------------------------------------

Solo
====
Not really 100% but the first half im sure about
D|--------------------10--10-12-13---12-13-15-----------10--12-13------
A|-------------------10-----------------------14^v-----10---------14^v-
F|------------------10--------------------------------10---------------
C|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------
C|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                             
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
F|-------------------------------------------------------------
C|-5-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--33- not
G|----3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3~~~~3--33- really
C|------------------------------------------------------------- hamronics,
   H  M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM    H  HH <-more like
                                                         M  MM   'clicks'.

D|--------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------
F|--------------------------------------------------------
C|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3------33-
G|-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3-3h5p3~~~~-33-
C|--------------------------------------------------------
   M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM M MMM     MM
                                                       HH
                                                       
D|--------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------
F|------10---------10---------10---------10---
C|-10h12-p10--10h12-p10--10h12-p10--10h12-p10-
G|--------------------------------------------
C|--------------------------------------------

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------10^v-11^-11-10---
F|------10---------10---------10---------10-------10--------------------10
C|-10h12-p10--10h12-p10--10h12-p10--10h12-p10-1212--1212------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           1   2

D|------(10)10.------(10)10.------(10)10.--------------------/15^15^15^15^
A|-10.10.10.10.-10.10.10.10.-10.10.10.10.-------------13^-13--------------
F|-10.10.10(10)-10.10.10(10)-10.10.10(10)-10h12-10-10---------------------
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------
   d  d  d  u   d  d  d  u   d  d  d  u                 1
   
D|-15^15^15^15^15^15^15^15^15^15^15^15^- <- this is all one continuous
A|--------------------------------------    bend upto the apex at the end,
F|--------------------------------------    hitting the string repeatedly
C|--------------------------------------    and NOT a series of small
G|--------------------------------------    bends. Listen to the CD :)
C|--------------------------------------
              
Post Solo Bit
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D|------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8-11-11-11-11
C|-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7-10-10-10-10
G|-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--6--6--6--6--5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6--9--9--9--9
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12
C|-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11
G|-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9-10-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------

D|-------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------
F|-11-11-11-11--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7-
C|-10-10-10-10--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6-
G|--9--9--9--9--6--6--6--6--5--5--5--5-
C|-------------------------------------

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------

D|-----------------
A|-----------------
F|-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-
C|-----------------
G|-----------------
C|-----------------

D|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------

D|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-18-18-18-18-17-17-17-17-15-15-15-15
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------

D|-14-14-14-14-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-
A|-------------------------------------
F|-------------------------------------
C|-------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------
C|-------------------------------------

Ending
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Then play the following guitar:

D|-----------------------------|----------------------------
A|-----------------------------|----------------------------
F|-----------------------------|----------------------------
C|-3-1-0-03-1-0-3-1-0-3-31-000-|3-1-0-03-1-0-3-1-0-3-31-0.-
G|-3-1-0-03-1-0-3-1-0-3-31-000-|3-1-0-03-1-0-3-1-0-3-31-0.-
C|-3-1-0-03-1-0-3-1-0-3-31-000-|3-1-0-03-1-0-3-1-0-3-31-0.-
                                                        M                                                    

Intro         x1
Chorus 1      x4
Verse         x4
Chorus 2      x4 (2nd line of tab only)
Break 1       x1
Verse         x4
Chorus 2      x4
Break 2       x1
Solo          x1
Post Solo Bit x1
Ending        x1
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