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Song
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FOREST
As recorded by System Of A Down
(From the 2001 Album TOXICITY)
Words by Serj Tankian
Music by Daron Malakian
Transcribed by John Harag
Gtr I (C G C F A D) - 'Distortion'
Intro
Q=151
N.C.
1/8 4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------------------------|
E 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
|---|-------------------------------|--------------------------| |---|-------------------------------|--------------------------| |---|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |---|-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--| |---|-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--| |---|-------------------------------|--------------------------| PM------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| PM------------------------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-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--| |-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--| |-----------------------------|------------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------|| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|| |-----------------------------|-----------------||
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |------6-4------6-4-|------6-4------6-4-| |-0--0-6-4-0--0-6-4-|-0--0-6-4-0--0-6-4-|
D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E
|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |------4-6------4-6-|------4-6------4-6--| |-0--0-4-6-0--0-4-6-|-0--0-4-6-0--0-4-6--|
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
PM PM----------------| PM----------------| PM----| PM--|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6--| |-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6--|
1st, 2nd Verses
$
D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 N.C.
PM PM----| PM--------------------------------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------||----------------------------------| |---------------------||o---------------------------------| |---------------------||------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |---------------------||----------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| |-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-||o-5-5-5-5-------------------------| |-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-||----------------------------------|
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5
PM--------------------------------| PM----------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------------|---------------------| |---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------|---------------------| |-6-6-6-6-------------------------|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-| |---------------------------------|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|
N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| |---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-6-6-6-6-------------------------|-7-7-7-7-------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1.
D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
PM PM----| PM------| PM----| PM-------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E
|---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|---------------------o|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |---------------------|----------------------|| |-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-o|| |-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6--||
2.
-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |---------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-8-8-8-8-------------------------| |---------------------------------| PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-----7-------7---|-----8-------8---| |---------8-8-8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|---5---5---5---5-|---6---6---6---6-| |-9-9-9-9---------------------------------|-6-------6-------|-7-------7-------| |-----------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
D5 Eb5
PM------------|
|-3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q W H.. +E
|-----------------|--------------||-----------|----------------| |-----------------|--------------||o----------|----------------| |-----9-------9---|--------------||-----------|----------------| |---7---7---7---7-|--------------||-----------|----------------| |-8-------8-------|--------------||o-0--------|-1---------(1)S=| |-----------------|-8-10-8-7-5-4-||--0--------|-1---------(1)S=|
To Coda
G5 N.C. D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5
|-3--| |-3-|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x E. S E E E. S E E
|----------|---------------||-------------------| |----------|--------------o||-------------------| |----------|---------------||-------------------| |----------|---------------||-------------------| |-5--------|--------------o||------6-4------6-4-| |-5--------|-8-10-8-7-5-4--||-0--0-6-4-0--0-6-4-|
D.S. al Coda
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| |------6-4------6-4-|------4-6------4-6-|------4-6------4-6-|| |-0--0-6-4-0--0-6-4-|-0--0-4-6-0--0-4-6-|-0--0-4-6-0--0-4-6-||
&
N.C. D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5
PM----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E E S E S E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-| |-8-8-8-8-7-5-|-8-8-8-8-7-5-|-8-8-8-8-7-5-|-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-|
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
PM------------------------------------------------------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-|-0-0-0-4-6-0-0-0-4-6-|-0-0-0-4-6-0-0-0-4-6--| |-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-|-0-0-0-4-6-0-0-0-4-6-|-0-0-0-4-6-0-0-0-4-6--|
N.C. D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 N.C.
PM----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E E S E S E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------| |-------------|-------------||o---------------------o||-------------| |-------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------| |-------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------| |-------------|-6-6-6-6-5---||o-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-o||-------------| |-8-8-8-8-7-5-|-----------8-||--0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4--||-8-8-8-8-7-5-|
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 N.C.
PM----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E E S E S E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------|
|----------------|-------------||o---------------------o||-------------|
|----------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------|
|----------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------|
|-6-6-6-6--5-----|-8-8-8-8-6-5-||o-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-o||-8-8-8-8-6-5-|
|-------------8--|-------------||--0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4--||-------------|
|--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--|Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| |-/10-10-10-10-8-6-|-/11-11-11-11-10-8-| |------------------|-------------------|
D5
PM------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E S S S E S e E 4x
|--------------------||--------------------------|| |--------------------||o------------------------o|| |--------------------||--------------------------|| |--------------------||--------------------------|| |-/13-13-13-13-11-10-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----o|| |--------------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
3rd Verse
N.C.
PM------------------------------------------------|
Wx8 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |------------|-----6-------6---|-----7-------7---|-----8-------8----| |------------|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---6---6---6---6--| |------------|-5-------5-------|-6-------6-------|-7-------7--------| |------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
PM-------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| |-----9-------9---|---------6-6-------------6-6-----| |---7---7---7---7-|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4-| |-8-------8-------|-5-5-------------5-5-------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| -------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |---------7-7-------------7-7------| |-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5--| |-6-6-------------6-6--------------| |----------------------------------|
Chorus
D5
PM----|
|-3--| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|---------------------------------|--------------||-------| |---------------------------------|--------------||o------| |---------8-8-------------8-8-8-8-|--------------||-------| |-----6-6-----6-6-----6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------------||-------| |-7-7-------------7-7-------------|--------------||o-0----| |---------------------------------|-8-10-8-7-5-4-||--0----|
Eb5 G5 N.C. D5
PM--------------------|
|-3--| |-3-|
H.. +E W Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E S S S E S E S S
|---------------|----------|---------------||-||--------------------------| |---------------|----------|--------------o||-||o-------------------------| |---------------|----------|---------------||-||--------------------------| |---------------|----------|---------------||-||--------------------------| |-1---------(1)S|=5--------|--------------o||-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-1---------(1)S|=5--------|-8-10-8-7-5-4--||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Eb5 G5
PM----------------------------------------------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
N.C. D5
|-3--| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|---------------||------*| |--------------o||------*| |---------------||------*| |---------------||------*| |--------------o||-0----*| |-8-10-8-7-5-4--||-0----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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