____________________
   / System of a Down  /  I think that this song is, as many other SOAD songs, about
  / U-Fig             /  forgetting about the constantly spreading optimal life achievement,
 / Hypnotize         /  ‘The American Dream’, a formula, which have permeated so many poor
/___________________/  American minds. It’s just thing that the optimal lifestyle is having
                      plenty of money, a beloved wife and kids, and all such things in an
objective way, means not for you own sake. So I think that the main message for the song is
to open your eyes, take a look at society and think about if what you’ve achieved has actually
made you any happier for you, not for anyone else!


Tunings: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
         C# G# C# F# A# D#
Gtr I - Electric, Overdriven
Gtr II - Electric, Ditstorted
Gtr III - Electric, Lightly Overdriven
Gtr IV - Electric, Clean
Gtr V - Electric, Clean



 Intro:
  3/4
  Q=115 bpm
  Gtr I
      Db5            Dbsus2          Dbm                           Abm/Db
      E    S E   S   E   S E   S     E    S  E    S   E      E     E
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------(5)---|
||o-(10)-----------(10)----------|-(10)---------------------------(5)---|
||----7----7-7---7---9---9-9---9-|--10---10-10---10--10------9-----5----|
||----0----0-0---0---0---0-0---0-|---0----0--0----0---0------0-----0----|
||o------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


  E.    E   S E   S E   S    E    S  E    S  E   E   E  
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-7-----7---7-9---9-9---9-|-10---10-10---10-10---9---5---|
|-0-----0---0-0---0-0---0-|--0----0--0----0--0---0---0---|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|


  A5                         A(b5)
  E.     E.    E    E  E     E.    E.    E   E   E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------10---------10------|-------9---------9--------||
|-8------------8-------8---|-8-----------8-------8----||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||




 1st Verse:
  Gtr I, II
    N.C.
    S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2--||
...melt in the sun, melt in the sun...




 Chorus:
  Gtr I, II
    Db5           Db5   B5      Db5           N.C.
                                              PM--------------------|
    Q.    Q.      Q.    E E E   Q.    Q.      S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------o||
||--7-----7-----|-7-----------|-7-----7-----|--------------------------||
||--7-----7-----|-7-------5---|-7-----7-----|--------------------------||
||o-5-----5-----|-5-----3---3-|-5-----5-----|-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------||
...you and me should go outside...




 2nd Verse:
similar to 1st Verse




 Chorus: 2x
similar to previous




 Bridge:
similar to Intro, then:


  Gtr I
  E.    E   S E.    E   S    E.     E    S  E   E   E  
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-----7---7-9-----9---9-|-10-----10---10-10---9---5---|
|-0-----0---0-0-----0---0-|--0------0----0--0---0---0---|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|


    E.     E.    E    E  E     E.    E.    E   E   E
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------10---------10------|-------9---------9--------||
||--8------------8-------8---|-8-----------8-------8----||
||o--------------------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
...realize you’re blind...



  Gtr I
     E   S E   S  E   S E   S    E    S  E    S   E   E   E
||----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||---7---7-7---7--9---9-9---9-|-10---10-10---10--10---9---5----||
||---0---0-0---0--0---0-0---0-|--0----0--0----0---0---0---0----||
||o---------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
|    E.           E.             E.               E.
||----------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--14-----------14-----------|-14---------------14------------||
||---x------------x-----------|--x----------------x------------||
||o-12-----------12-----------|-12---------------12-----------o||
||---0------------0-----------|--0----------------0------------||




 Interlude: (now, this is one of the reasons, why SOAD has achieved such an
attention that they have today. The beauty and peaceful parts represent the
aforementioned American Dream world, while the heavy parts represent the real
world, which you suddenly, and 'interuptively', are hurled in to.

 Gtr III
    E                                     B
    E     S  S  S  S  E    S  S  S  S     E     S  S  S  S  E    S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(13)--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--14----14-14-14-14-14---14-14-14-14-|-(12)--------------------------------|
|--15----15-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-|--14----14-14-14-14-14---14-14-14-14-|
|-------------------------------------|--15----15-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|Gtr IV
| H                        E     E       H                       Q
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-13----------------------------------|
|-------------------------14----15----|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


    A                                        /Bb        /A
    E     S    S   S    S   E        S    S   E          E    S  S  S  S  E    S    S   S  S
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-(15)------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--15----15---15--15---15--15-------15---15--15-------|-15---15-15-15-15-15---15---15--15-15-|
|--13----13---13--13---13--13-------13---13--12-------|-13---13-13-13-13-13---13---13--13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
|         |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|                          |--3--|
|   E     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    H                     S  S  S  E
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-15\----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------15-15-15-14----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


   E    S  S  S  S  E    S  S  S  S    E    S  S  S  S  E    S  S  S  S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-14---14-14-14-14-14---14-14-14-14-|------------------15---------------|
|-15---15-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-|-14---14-14-14-14-14---14-14-14-14-|
|-----------------------------------|-15---15-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|  Q.               Q          E       Q.               E    E     E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-14---------------12---------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------15----|-14---------------14---15----14----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


   E    S  S  S  S  E    S  S  E      E    S  S  S  S  E    S  S  S  S
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-15---15-15-15-15-15---15-15-15---|-15---15-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-|
|-13---13-13-13-13-13---13-13-12---|-13---13-13-13-13-13---13-13-13-13-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|  Q          E     Q          E      H                     Q
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-12-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------15----13---------12---|-13--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|



  Gtr I, 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
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2--||



 Gtr III
   E        S    S   S    S   E        S    S   S    S     E        S    S   S    S   E        S    S   S    S
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-------14---14--14---14--14-------14---14--14---14--|----------------------------15-------------------------|
|-15-------15---15--15---15--15-------15---15--15---15--|-14-------14---14--14---14--14-------14---14--14---14--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-15-------15---15--15---15--15-------15---15--15---15--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Gtr IV
|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  
|  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  S  E
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------15---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|
|Gtr V
|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
|  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  S  E
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------15---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|


    E     S  S  S  S  E    S  S  E       E     S  S  S  S  E    S  S  S  S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--15----15-15-15-15-15---15-15-15---|--15----15-15-15-15-15---15-15-15-15-|
|--13----13-13-13-13-13---13-13-12---|--13----13-13-13-13-13---13-13-13-13-|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|  +Q           E     Q.                +H                      Q
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(15)---------13--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------15--------------|-(15)--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
|  +Q           E     Q.                +H                      Q
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(15)---------14--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------17--------------|-(17)--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|



  Gtr I, 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
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--0h2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-2-2-3p2-2-2-2-2--||




 Chorus:
  Gtr I, II
                                             1. 2. 3.                    4.
                                              PM--------------------|      PM--------------------|
    Q.    Q.      Q.    E E E   Q.    Q.      S S S S S S S S S S S S      S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------||---------------------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------o||o--------------------------||
||--7-----7-----|-7-----------|-7-----7-----|--------------------------||---------------------------||
||--7-----7-----|-7-------5---|-7-----7-----|--------------------------||---------------------------||
||o-5-----5-----|-5-----3---3-|-5-----5-----|-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-o||o-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------||---------------------------||




 Outro:
  Gtr I
    E   S E   S E   S E   S    E    S  E    S  E   E   E  
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--7---7-7---7-9---9-9---9-|-10---10-10---10-10---9---5----||
||--0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|--0----0--0----0--0---0---0----||
||o-------------------------|------------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||


    A5                          Aadd#11
    E.     E   S E    E   E     E.    E   S E   E   E
||----------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------10---------10-------|-------9---------9--------||
||-------------8----------8---|-----------8---------8----||
||o--------------8------------|-------------8-----------o||
||--8-------------------------|-8------------------------||



 (slow down here)
    Ab5
                                |-------3-------|          Ab7        Db5
    E.    E   S E   E   E    2x Q.      Q.      Q.         H.         H.
||---------------------------||-------------------------|----------|-----------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------------|----------|-----------|
||--------9---------9--------||---------9---------------|-9^-------|-14^-------|
||------------7---------7----||-----------------7-------|-7^-------|-12^-------|
||o-------------7-----------o||-7-----------------------|-7^-------|-12^-------|
||--7------------------------||-------------------------|-7^-------|-12^-------|



  Melt in the sun
  Melt in the sun
  Who wants to come with me and melt in the sun?

  Hide in the sky
  Hide in the sky
  Who wants to come with me and hide in the sky?

  You and me should go outside
  And beat ‘em beat ‘em beat ‘em beat ‘em beat ‘em beat ‘em
  All pathetic, flag waving, ignorant geeks
  And we’ll eat ‘em eat ‘em eat ‘em eat ‘em eat ‘em eat ‘em

  Come join the cause
  Come join the cause
  Who wants to come with me and come join the cause?

  Hide in the sky
  Hide in the sky
  Who wants to come with me and hide in the sky?

  Realize you’re blind
  And we’re out of time
  It’ll show your mind

  It’ll show your mind
  That you have a mind



- 26th /November /05
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments and corrections!
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