Artist: System of a Down
Album: Hypnotize
Song: Soldier Side
Transcripted by: FiretruckJoe

I made this so i could advertise my band Firetruck
We'll rock your socks.
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Now to the song:
This is from Soads new cd Hypnotize which is out in 5 days so I figured I'd get a head start and be

the first to tab this awesome song. Listen to the song for the timing cause im too lazy to do it right

although I did make a half ass attempt at it. Enjoy.

Drop Db Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Intro ____________________________________________________________________


(Clean)
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|-------12--------12--------12--------12--------10--------10--------10--------10---|
|-----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
|--13--------13--------13--------13--------12--------12--------12--------12--------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9--------9--------9--------9--------10--------10--------10--------10---|
|-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
|--12-------12-------12-------12-------12--------12--------12--------12--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------12------15--------15------14-12------10------12--------12--------10---|
|-----0----0-------0----0----0-------------0----0-------0----0----0----0----0-|
|--13--------13------13--------13-------12--------12------12--------12--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9--------9--------9--------9--------10--------10--------10--------10---|
|-----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
|--12-------12-------12-------12-------12--------12--------12--------12--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verses __________________________________________________________________


(Distortion)
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|---------------------------------------|
|----------------3-5---------------3-5--|
|--5----3-2-0----3-5-5----3-2-0----3-5--|
|--5----3-2-0----1-3-5----3-2-0----1-3--|
|--5----3-2-0--------5----3-2-0---------|

(Clean)
|--13-13-13-13-13-13-17-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----|
|--15-15-15-15-15-15-18-17-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-----|
|--15-15-15-15-15-15-------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-----|    2X
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


|--18-18-18-18--17-17-17-17--15-15-15-15--17-17-17-17-----|
|--20-20-20-20--18-18-18-18--17-17-17-17--18-18-18-18-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|    2X
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


Solo _____________________________________________________________________


Solo Rhythm (Distortion)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|     2X
|--5-5-5-3-2-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-0-2-3-2------|
|--5-5-5-3-2-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-0-2-3-2------|
|--5-5-5-3-2-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-0-2-3-2------|


Solo Lead (Double picking)  Repeat 2X
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--11---10-11-13-11-10-11--10-11-10------10-11-10------8-10-8------8-10-8----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------12------------12----------11----------11-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-----------9--10--12--|
|--9-11-12-------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

Solo Rhythm Guitar II (Second time only)
|--18-18-18-18--17-17-17-17--15-15-15-15--17-17-17-17-|
|--20-20-20-20--18-18-18-18--17-17-17-17--18-18-18-18-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


The Soldier Side __________________________________________________________


(Distortion)
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|    4X
|--3-3-2-2-5-5-0-0-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7---|
|--3-3-2-2-5-5-0-0-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7---|
|--3-3-2-2-5-5-0-0-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7---|

(Clean)  Last 3 times
|--17-17--16-16--18-18--17-17--16-16-16-16--21-21-21-21-|
|--18-18--17-17--20-20--18-18--17-17-17-17--22-22-22-22-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|


Outro ____________________________________________________________________


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|--10---10-11-10-9---9--------11/13-13/15/13-11-10--10--9---9------9-----------10-|
|----------------x------------12/14-14/15/14-12-10------x-------9---------9-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------7-----|
|-----8------------7---7-7/10---------------------8---8---7-------------7---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------7-----------|