THIS COCAINE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M ON THIS SONG
As recorded by System Of A Down
(On the 2005 album Mezmerize)
Words and Music by Daron Malakain and Serj Tankian
:Chords:
C5 B5 G#5 D5
10 10 10 X X X 9 9 9 X X X 6 6 6 X X X 0 0 7 7 X X
Guitar I - (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Guitar II - (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro:
Moderately Q = 112
Guitars I & II
4/4
G#5 N.C. F#5A5 G#5 N.C. F#5G#5 A5 N.C. B5A5 G#5 N.C. F#5A5 G#5 F#5A5 G#5 F#5G#5
E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E S S S S S +S S S E E E E S S S S S +S S S E E
||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----8-8-8-8-8b9-(8)-8-0-----|-----8-8-8-8-8b9-(8)-8-0-----|
||-6-6-------4-7-|-6-6-------4-6-|-7-7-------9-7-|-6-6-------4-7-|-6-6-------------------0-4-7-|-6-6-------------------0-4-6-|
||-6-6-------4-7-|-6-6-------4-6-|-7-7-------9-7-|-6-6-------4-7-|-6-6---------------------4-7-|-6-6---------------------4-6-|
||-6-6-------4-7-|-6-6-------4-6-|-7-7-------9-7-|-6-6-------4-7-|-6-6---------------------4-7-|-6-6---------------------4-6-|
|Rhy. Fig. 1
A5 B5A5 G#5 F#5A5 G#5 F#5A5 G#5 F#5G#5
E E S S S S S +S S S E E E E S S S S S +S S S E E E E S S S S S +S S S E E E E S S S S S +S S S E E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----9-9-9-9-9b10-(9)-9-0-----|-----8-8-8-8-8b9-(8)-8-0-----|-----8-8-8-8-8b9-(8)-8-0-----|-----8-8-8-8-8b9-(8)-8-0-----|
|-7-7--------------------0-9-7-|-6-6-------------------0-4-7-|-6-6-------------------0-4-7-|-6-6-------------------0-4-6-|
|-7-7----------------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------4-7-|-6-6---------------------4-7-|-6-6---------------------4-6-|
|-7-7----------------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------4-7-|-6-6---------------------4-7-|-6-6---------------------4-6-|
A5 B5A5 G#5 F#5A5
E E S S S S S +S S S E E E E S S S S S +S S S E E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----9-9-9-9-9b10-(9)-9-0-----|-----8-8-8-8-8b9-(8)-8-0-----||
|-7-7--------------------0-9-7-|-6-6-------------------0-4-7-||
|-7-7----------------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------4-7-||
|-7-7----------------------9-7-|-6-6---------------------4-7-||
End Rhy. Fig. 1|
C5 B5 C5B5 C5B5 C5 B5 C5B5 C5B5 C5 B5 C5B5 C5B5 C5 B5 C5B5 C5B5
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
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||-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
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||-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-|-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-||
||-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-|-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-||
||-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-|-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-10-10-9-10-9-10-9-9-||
|Rhy. Fig. 2 End Rhy. Fig. 2|
Guitar I
C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 D#*
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\
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Guitar II
|Riff A Riff A|
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
||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------|-13-13\12/13\12/13\12-12/13-13\12/13\12--------||
||-12-12-11-12-11-12-11-11-12-12-11-12-11-12-11-11-|-12-12\11/12\11/12\11-11/12-12\11/12\11/12-----||
||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------12\-||
||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------12\-||
||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------12\-||
|Rhy. Fig. 3 End Rhy. Fig. 3|
* Thumb on (6) 13th Fret.
Verse:
Guitar I
G#5
\E
|
/
Guitar II
E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
||---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||-6-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-6-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-6-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A5 G#5
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
G#5 A5
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-||
$ Bridge:
Double-time feel
Guitars I & II w/ Rhy. Fig. 2
Guitar I To Coda
C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 F* D5
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\ S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Guitar II
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 S S
||-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------|-13-13\12/13\12/13\12-12/13-13\12/13---------||
||-12-12-11-12-11-12-11-11-12-12-11-12-11-12-11-11-|-12-12\11/12\11/12\11-11/12-12\11/12-----7-7-||
||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------7-7-||
||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------0-0-||
||-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------/5\-0-0-||
* Thumb on (6) 15th fret
Chorus:
Guitars I & II w/ Rhy. Fig. 1
D.S. al Coda
& Verse:
Guitar II
E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
||---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8\6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
||-6-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-6-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||-6-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A5 G#5
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
G#5 A5
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-7\---7\---7-7-7-7-||
Bridge:
Guitars I & II w/ Rhy. Fig. 2
Guitar I: w/ Riff A
Guitar II: w/ Rhy. Fig. 3
Outro-Verse:
Guitars I & II w/ Rhy. Fig. 1
E E S S S S S +S S S E E E E Q H
||-----------------------------|-------------*||
||-----------------------------|-------------*||
||-----8-8-8-8-8b9-(8)-8-0-----|-------------*||
||-6-6-------------------0-4-7-|-6-----------*||
||-6-6---------------------4-7-|-6-----------*||
||-6-6---------------------4-7-|-6-----------*||
Tab Legend
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h - Hammer On
p - Pull Off
b(n) - Bend '(n) is fret to bend to'
pb(n) - Pre Bend
~ - Vibrato
s or /\ - Legato Slide
S - Shift Slide
/ or \ - Slide in or out
tr - Trill
T - Tapping
harm. - Natural Harmonic
P.H. - Pinch Harmonic
n(n) - Harp Harmonic
P.S. - Pick Scrape
X - Dead Note
PM-| - Palm Muting
TR - Tremolo Picking
\n/ - Tremolo Bar Dip
\n - Tremolo Bar Down
/n - Tremolo Bar Up
/n\ - Tremolo Bar Inverted Dip
V - Vibrate Bar Scoop
v - Upstroke
n - Downstroke
(5) - Note Held From Previous
= - Connector for Hammer/Pulls/Bends etc.
< - Volume Swell
> - Accent
* - (Appears After A Note) read the margin box entitled * for details
Musical Notation
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W = Whole; H = Half; Q = Quarter; E = 8th; S = 16th; T = 32nd; X = 64th
. = Dotted Note; + = Connector for Notes; 8/s8 or 16/s16 s = swing
Lower Case notes are staccato (1/2 duration)
Musical Notation will always appear directly over the fret it represents.
Musical Notation with no fret symbolizes a rest.
Misc.
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| - Bar
: - Bar (freetime)
|| - Double Bar
||o - Open Repeat
o|| - Closed Repeat
*|| - Double Bar (ending)
|1. - Alternate Endings
$ - Segno
& - Coda
$$ - Segno Segno
&& - Dbl. Coda
Fine - "Fine"
D.S. al Coda - Go Back to the Segno (or double segno [if marked D.S.S.]) and play until the Coda (or Dbl. Coda [If marked Dbl. Coda])
8va-| - Played one octave higher then written
15ma-| - Played two ocataves higher then written
