Beethoven's Cunt by Serj Tankian Tab by Thegargoylevine (The-gargoyle-vine) This song is from Serj Tankian's solo album, Elect the Dead. It is easily his heaviest song in the album, and is one of the fastest. This is my first tab, but that does not mean I'm new to UG at all. I've been using the site for years, so I have a good idea what tabs look like. And, as a side note, I never played Rock Band before, and I bought Elect the Dead during fall of 2007, long before it became a downloadable song in the game. ------------------------------------------------------------ Tab information ------------------------------------------------------------ I suppose most people reading this know how to read tabs, so I'll just include some stuff some people might not know: - Serj uses a special effect in the song when '?' appears. To be honest, I don't know what he does, but I think it's a wah-wah pedal. If I'm wrong please post a comment and tell me what he uses. - Notes in '()' are held from the last note. The duration letter above it will have a '+' before it - Double bars on the sides of a given area with two 'o's are repeat bars; play the material inside their boundaries twice - When there are '[1.]' and '[2.]' above a repeated section, play the one under the '[1.]' the first time through, repeat it, and play the part under the '[2.]' the second time instead - 'PM' means palm mute; PM all the notes covered by it, but only on the guitar it is above. In this case, it means that you only PM Gtr I, and not Gtr II when it appears - Numbers like 4/4 or 3/4 that appear above the duration notes are tempo markings; play in the given tempo until another tempo marking appears ------------------------------------------------------------ Song ------------------------------------------------------------ Gtr I (C G C F A D) - Lower, heavier tone Gtr II (C G C F A D) - Higher, piercing tone Tempo: 150-170, about 140 piano ending 4/4 Gtr I EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE W +W ||-------------------|| ||-------------------|| |---|-----| ||o-----------------o|| ||o-----------------o|| |---|-----| ||-------------------|| ||-------------------|| |---|-----| ||-------------------|| ||-------------------|| |---|-----| ||o-----------------o|| ||o-----1-3-1-------o|| |-0-|-(0)-| ||--1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3--|| ||--1-3-------3-1-3--|| |-0-|-(0)-| Gtr I 3/4 4/4 W W W Q. Q. W |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-| |---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-| | | Gtr II 3/4 4/4 | Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. W |---------|---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |----7----|----7----|----7----|-------|----| |-5-----5-|-5-----5-|-7-----7-|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| 3/4 4/4 W W W Q. Q. W |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-| |---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-| | | 3/4 4/4 | Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. W |---------|---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---10----|---10----|----9----|-------|----| |-7-----7-|-7-----7-|-5-----5-|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| PM----------------------------------------------------------| [1. ][2. ] Q Q EE Q Q Q EE Q Q Q EE Q Q Q EE Q Q Q Q Q ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------| ||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||---------| ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------| ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-| | | [1. ][2. ] | Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||-8---8---| ||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||-8---8---| ||------------|-----------|-----------|-5---2------||---------| ||------7-----|-----5-----|-----3-----|------------||---------| ||o-5-8-----5-|-3-7-----3-|-1-5-----1-|-----------o||---------| ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------| Gtr I EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------7-----7-----|-6-----6-----6-6--|| ||----7-----7-----7-|---6-----6--------|| ||o-5-----5-----5---|-----4-----4-----o|| ||------------------|------------------|| Q. EQ. (022100@1)E (022100@1) Q. EQ. (022100@1)E|-----------|-----------| (022100@1)|-----------|-----------| |------6--6-|------6--6-| |-7--7-4--4-|-7--7-4--4-| |-5--5------|-5--5------| |-----------|-----------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-| |-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-| Gtr I Q. Q. Q W ||-----------|-------------|| ||o----------|------------o|| ||-----------|-------------|| ||-----------|-------------|| ||o--5--3--2-|-0----------o|| ||---5--3--2-|-0-----------|| | | Gtr II | Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q ||-----------|-------------|| ||o----------|------------o|| ||-----------|-------------|| ||--12-10--9-|-7-----------|| ||o-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-o|| ||-----------|-------------|| Q. Q. Q W Q. Q. Q EE EE EE EE W +W |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-----------------|-0-|-(0)-| |--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|-0-|-(0)-| | | | Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q. Q. Q W W +W |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |-12-10--9-|-7----------|-12-10--9-|-8---------------|-7-|-(7)-| |-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-|-10-8---7-|-6---------------|-5-|-(5)-| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| 3/4 4/4 W W Q. Q. W |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-| |---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-| | | 3/4 4/4 | Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. W |---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| |----7----|----7----|-------|----| |-5-----5-|-7-----7-|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| 3/4 4/4 W W Q. Q. W |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-| |---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-| | | 3/4 4/4 | Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. W |---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---10----|----9----|-------|----| |-7-----7-|-5-----5-|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| PM----------------------------------------------------------| [1. ][2. ] Q Q EE Q Q Q EE Q Q Q EE Q Q Q EE Q Q Q Q Q ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------| ||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||---------| ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------| ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-| | | [1. ][2. ] | Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||-8---8---| ||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||-8---8---| ||------------|-----------|-----------|-5---2------||---------| ||------7-----|-----5-----|-----3-----|------------||---------| ||o-5-8-----5-|-3-7-----3-|-1-5-----1-|-----------o||---------| ||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------| Gtr I EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ||------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------7-----7-----|-6-----6-----6-6--|| ||----7-----7-----7-|---6-----6--------|| ||o-5-----5-----5---|-----4-----4-----o|| ||------------------|------------------|| Q. EQ. (022100@1)E (022100@1) Q. EQ. (022100@1)E|-----------|-----------| (022100@1)|-----------|-----------| |------6--6-|------6--6-| |-7--7-4--4-|-7--7-4--4-| |-5--5------|-5--5------| |-----------|-----------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-| |-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-| Gtr I Q. Q. Q W ||-----------|-------------|| ||o----------|------------o|| ||-----------|-------------|| ||-----------|-------------|| ||o--5--3--2-|-0----------o|| ||---5--3--2-|-0-----------|| | | Gtr II | Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q ||-----------|-------------|| ||o----------|------------o|| ||-----------|-------------|| ||--12-10--9-|-7-----------|| ||o-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-o|| ||-----------|-------------|| Q. Q. Q W Q. Q. Q EE EE EE EE |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-----------------| |--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-| | | | Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q. Q. Q W |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |-12-10--9-|-7----------|-12-10--9-|-8---------------| |-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-|-10-8---7-|-6---------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| EE EE EE EE W +W |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|-0-|-(0)-| |--1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|-0-|-(0)-| | | | +W W +W |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |-(8)--------------|-7-|-(7)-| |-(6)--------------|-5-|-(5)-| |------------------|---|-----| Solo! Gtr II Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)Q ||-----------|----------|----------|-15-13-12-13-12--|| ||o-15-------|-17-------|-18-------|----------------o|| ||-----14-14-|----14-14-|----14-14-|-----------------|| ||-----------|----------|----------|-----------------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|----------------o|| ||-----------|----------|----------|-----------------|| E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) S S EE EE EE E (022100@1)||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-108-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| ||o-------------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------| ||o-------------------------|--------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------| S S EE EE EE E (022100@1) S S EE EE EE E|-8/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|| (022100@1)|-------------------|-------------------o|| |-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------o|| |-------------------|--------------------|| Gtr I E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E|-------------------------|-------------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------5-|-------------------------| |-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----7--5-------| |--5--7--8----------------|-----------8--------8--7-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| | | Gtr II | E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E|-------------------------|-------------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------5-|-------------------------| |-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----8--7--5----| |--5--7--8----------------|-----------8-----------8-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| | | E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) Q E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)Q |-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15----13-12----13-12----| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E|-------------------------|-------------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------5-|-------------------------| |-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----7--5-------| |--5--7--8----------------|-----------8--------8--7-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| | | E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E|-------------------------|-------------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------5-|-------------------------| |-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----8--7--5----| |--5--7--8----------------|-----------8-----------8-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| | | | E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| (022100@1)|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E|-------------------------| (022100@1)|-------------------------| |-------------------------| |--8--7--5-----8--7--5----| |-----------8-----------8-| |-------------------------| | | | E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| Q. Q. Q W Q. Q. Q W |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |----------|------------| ||o----------|------------o|| |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |--8--5--3-|-0----------| ||o--5--3--2-|-0----------o|| |--8--5--3-|-0----------| ||---5--3--2-|-0-----------|| | | | Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |----------|------------| ||o----------|------------o|| |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |-15-12-10-|-7----------| ||--12-10--9-|-7-----------|| |-13-10-8--|-5-0?-7?-8?-| ||o-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-o|| |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| Q. Q. Q EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE |----------|-----------------|------------------| |----------|-----------------|------------------| |----------|-----------------|------------------| |----------|-----------------|------------------| |--5--3--2-|-----------------|------------------| |--5--3--2-|-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|--1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-| | | | Q. Q. Q W +W |----------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------|-----------------|-----------------| |-12-10--9-|-8---------------|-(8)-------------| |-10-8---7-|-6---------------|-(6)-------------| |----------|-----------------|-----------------| EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE W +W |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----1-3-1-------|------1-3-1-------|--0-|--(0)-| |-1-3-------3-1-3-|--1-3-------3-1-3-|--0-|--(0)-| | | | H H H H W +W |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-8------10-------|-12------15-------|-14-|-(14)-| |-6------8--------|-10------13-------|-12-|-(12)-| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| +W +W REST |------|------|-P----------T------------| |------|------|-I----------O----------T-| |------|------|-A---------------------H-| |------|------|-N----------T----------E-| |--(0)-|--(0)-|-O----------H------------| |--(0)-|--(0)-|-&----------E------------| | | | +W +W REST |------|------|-V----------E------------| |------|------|-O----------N----------S-| |-(14)-|-(14)-|-C----------D----------O-| |-(12)-|-(12)-|-A---------------------N-| |------|------|-L----------O----------G-| |------|------|-S----------F------------| Please post any comments or corrections you wish.