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FOREST - System Of A Down
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Tabbed by: Donald Morrison
Email: atwa@hotmail.com
Tuning: Drop D and one step down (C-G-C-F-A-D)
KEY:
-Below tab:
* - palm-mute note
-Above tab:
N/4 - timing, where N is the number of beats per measure
xN - repeat N times (repeated parts are marked by a double vertical line
at start and finish)
x - duration of note where x equals: w (whole note), h (half note), q
(quarter note), e (eighth note), or s (sixteenth note); note that x.
represents 1.5 times x
X - indicates a rest of specified duration (see above)
- used for anomalies in timing, especially triplets, where x is the
equivalent total duration of the notes within the brackets
- - allow note to ring out for an unspecified amount of time
4/4
e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
D|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
F|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-8--8-8-|
C|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-|
G|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-|
C|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
F|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
C|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
G|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C|--------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e s s e s s s s s s s s s s
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|-10--10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
C|--7---7--7--7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
G|--8---8--8--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
C|---------------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e s s e s s s s s s s s s s e s s e s s s s s s s s s s
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8--8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
C|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6--6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
C|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e s s e s s s s s s s s s s e e e e e e e e
D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F|-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
C|-6--6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
G|-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|
C|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
e. s e e e. s e e x4 e. s e e e. s e e x4
D||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
A||---------------------------||-||---------------------------||
F||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
C||o-0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4--o||-||o-0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4--o||
G||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||
C||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||
* * * * * * * *
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
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
C|---------4-4-4-4-----------------|---------5-5-5-5-----------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Walk with me my lit-tle child, ah!
e. s e e e. s e e x2 s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
D||---------------------------||-|---------------------------------|
A||---------------------------||-|---------------------------------|
F||o-------------------------o||-|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
C||o-0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4--o||-|---------5-5-5-5-----------------|
G||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
C||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
To the fo- rest
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e. s e e e. s e e x2
D|---------------------------------|-||---------------------------||
A|---------------------------------|-||---------------------------||
F|-----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-||o-------------------------o||
C|---------6-6-6-6-----------------|-||o-0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4--o||
G|-7-7-7-7-------------------------|-||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||
C|---------------------------------|-||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
of de- nial, ah!
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
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
C|---------4-4-4-4-----------------|---------5-5-5-5-----------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Speak with me my on- ly mind
e. s e e e. s e e x2 s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
D||---------------------------||-|---------------------------------|
A||---------------------------||-|---------------------------------|
F||o-------------------------o||-|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C||o-0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4--o||-|---------4-4-4-4-----------------|
G||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-|-5-5-5-5-------------------------|
C||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Walk with me un-
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
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
C|---------5-5-5-5-----------------|---------6-6-6-6-----------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|-7-7-7-7-------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
til the time And make the for-est
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
F|-----------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
C|---------7-7-7-7-------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-8---------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
turn to wine You
e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e
D|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
F|------7-----------7----|--------8---------8-----|------9------------9----|
C|----4----4------4----4-|------5---5-----5----5--|----6----6-------6----6-|
G|-5---------5-----------|-6----------6-----------|-7----------7-----------|
C|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
take the leg-end for a fall You saw the pro-duct
< h > < h > w w w x4 < h > < h >
D||------------------------------|----------|-----|------||-|--------------|
A||------------------------------|----------|-----|------||-|--------------|
F||o-----------------------------|----------|-----|-----o||-|--------------|
C||o-----------------------------|-0--------|-1---|-5---o||-|--------------|
G||------------------------------|-0--------|-1---|-5----||-|--------------|
C||--8----10----8---7----5----4--|-0--------|-1---|-5----||-|-8-10-8-7-5-4-|
Why can't you see that you are my child?
Why don't you know that you are my mind?
Tell ev-er-y- one in the world that I'm you
Take this pro- mise to the end of you
s e s e e s e s e e x4
D||-----------------------------||
A||-----------------------------||
F||o---------------------------o||
C||o-0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4--o||
G||--0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4---||
C||--0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4---||
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
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
C|---------4-4-4-4-----------------|---------5-5-5-5-----------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Walk with me my lit-tle friend
e. s e e e. s e e x2 s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
D||---------------------------||-|---------------------------------|
A||---------------------------||-|---------------------------------|
F||o-------------------------o||-|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
C||o-0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4--o||-|---------5-5-5-5-----------------|
G||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
C||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Take this pro-mise
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e. s e e e. s e e x2
D|---------------------------------|-||---------------------------||
A|---------------------------------|-||---------------------------||
F|-----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-||o-------------------------o||
C|---------6-6-6-6-----------------|-||o-0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4--o||
G|-7-7-7-7-------------------------|-||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||
C|---------------------------------|-||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
to the end, ah!
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
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
C|---------4-4-4-4-----------------|---------5-5-5-5-----------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Speak with me my on- ly mind
e. s e e e. s e e x2 s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
D||---------------------------||-|---------------------------------|
A||---------------------------||-|---------------------------------|
F||o-------------------------o||-|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C||o-0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4--o||-|---------4-4-4-4-----------------|
G||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-|-5-5-5-5-------------------------|
C||--0---0-6--4--0---0-6--4---||-|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Walk with me un-
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
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
C|---------5-5-5-5-----------------|---------6-6-6-6-----------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|-7-7-7-7-------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
til the end And make the for-est
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
F|-----------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
C|---------7-7-7-7-------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-8---------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
turn to sand You
e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e
D|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
F|------7-----------7----|--------8---------8-----|------9------------9----|
C|----4----4------4----4-|------5---5-----5----5--|----6----6-------6----6-|
G|-5---------5-----------|-6----------6-----------|-7----------7-----------|
C|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
take the leg-end for a fall You saw the pro-duct
< h > < h > w w w x4 < h > < h > x3
D||------------------------------|----------|----|-----||-||--------------||
A||------------------------------|----------|----|-----||-||--------------||
F||o-----------------------------|----------|----|----o||-||o------------o||
C||o-----------------------------|-0--------|-1--|-5--o||-||o------------o||
G||------------------------------|-0--------|-1--|-5---||-||--------------||
C||--8----10----8---7----5----4--|-0--------|-1--|-5---||-||-8-8-8-8-7-5--||
Why can't you see that you are my child?
Why don't you know that you are my mind?
Tell ev-er-y- one in the world that I'm you
Take this pro- mise to the end of you
s e s e e s e s e e x4 < h > < h > < h > < h >
D||-----------------------------||-|-------------------|-------------------|
A||-----------------------------||-|-------------------|-------------------|
F||o---------------------------o||-|-------------------|-------------------|
C||o-0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4--o||-|-------------------|-------------------|
G||--0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4---||-|-------------------|-6--6--6--6--5-----|
C||--0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4---||-|-8--8--8--8--7--5--|----------------8--|
* * * * * * * * * *
s e s e e s e s e e x2 < h > < h > < h > < h >
D||-----------------------------||-|-------------------|-------------------|
A||-----------------------------||-|-------------------|-------------------|
F||o---------------------------o||-|-------------------|-------------------|
C||o-0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4--o||-|-------------------|-------------------|
G||--0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4---||-|-------------------|-6--6--6--6--5-----|
C||--0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4---||-|-8--8--8--8--7--5--|----------------8--|
* * * * * * * * * *
< h > < h > s e s e e s e s e e x2 < h > < h >
D|------------------|-||----------------------------||-|-------------------|
A|------------------|-||----------------------------||-|-------------------|
F|------------------|-||o--------------------------o||-|-------------------|
C|------------------|-||o-0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4-o||-|-------------------|
G|-8--8--8--8--6--5-|-||--0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4--||-|-8--8--8--8--6--5--|
C|------------------|-||--0-0--0-6--4--0-0--0-6--4--||-|-------------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
< h > < h > < h > < h > < h > < h >
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
C|-5--5--5--5--------|-6--6--6--6--5-----|-8--8--8--8--6--5--|
G|-------------8--6--|----------------8--|-------------------|
C|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
s e s e s s s e s q x4 W x8
D||----------------------------||-||------------------------------||
A||----------------------------||-||------------------------------||
F||o--------------------------o||-||o----------------------------o||
C||o-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0---o||-||o----------------------------o||
G||--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0----||-||------------------------------||
C||--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0----||-||------------------------------||
* * * * * * * * * *
Take this pro-mise
for a ride You
saw the for-est now
come in- side You
took the leg-end
for its fall You
saw the pro-duct
of it all No
e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e
D|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
F|------7-----------7----|--------8---------8-----|------9------------9----|
C|----4----4------4----4-|------5---5-----5----5--|----6----6-------6----6-|
G|-5---------5-----------|-6----------6-----------|-7----------7-----------|
C|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
te- le- vi- sions in the air No cir- cum- ci- sions
e. s e e e. s e e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
D|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
F|-------10------------10-----|---------7-7-------------7-7-----|
C|-----7-----7-------7-----7--|-----4-4-----4-4----4-4------4-4-|
G|-8-------------8------------|-5-5-------------5-5-------------|
C|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
on the chair You made the wea-pons
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e e e e e e
D|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F|---------8-8-------------8-8------|--------------9--9--9--9--9--9--|
C|-----5-5------5-5----5-5-----5-5--|---------6--6-6--6--6--6--6--6--|
G|-6-6-------------6-6--------------|-7----7-------7--7--7--7--7--7--|
C|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
for us all Just look at us now!
< h > < h > w w w x2
D||----------------------------|------|------|-------||
A||----------------------------|------|------|-------||
F||o---------------------------|------|------|------o||
C||o---------------------------|-0----|-1----|-5----o||
G||----------------------------|-0----|-1----|-5-----||
C||--8---10----8---7----5----4-|-0----|-1----|-5-----||
Why can't you see that you are my child?
Why don't you know that you are my mind?
< h > < h > e s s e s s s s s s s s s s
D||------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A||------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
C||o-----------------------------|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G||------------------------------|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C||--8----10----8---7----5----4--|--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Tell ev-er-y- one in the world that
Take this pro- mise to the end
e s s e s s s s s s s s s s e s s e s s s s s s s s s s x2
D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
F|-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
C|-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
G|-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
C|-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I'm you
of you
< h > < h > -
D|--------------------|-------|
A|--------------------|-------|
F|--------------------|-------|
C|--------------------|--0----|
G|--------------------|--0----|
C|-8--10--8--7--5--4--|--0----|
