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Song

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TEMPER - System Of A Down

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KEY:

w - whole note/chord

h - half note/chord

q - quarter note/chord

e - eighth note/chord

s - sixteenth note/chord

a - acciaccatura - very short therefore has no effect on timing

x. - 1.5 times x

x.. - 1.75 times x

x+y - note of duration of the sum of x and y

X - rest of duration x

+x - note/chord is tied to previous - do not play again

/ - strum chord

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

bN - bend to equivalent of fret N

r - release string

< - increase in volume

> - decrease in volume

GUITARS:

Guitar 1: CGCFAD - Distortion

CHORDS:

C#5 Eb5 F5

1 1 x x x x 3 3 x x x x 5 5 x x x x

INTRO & VERSE 1:

Guitar 1

~92bpm

4/4

W W W W a h q s s e q. e q. e

D|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
F|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
C|---------|---------|---------|---------|-7h8--8--7b8r7--|-5---5--7---7--|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
C|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|

a h a q q q. e q. e a q. e q q q. e q. e

D|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------5-|
A|---------------|---------------|------------6--|-----8--6-----|
F|-5h7---5h7--5--|--------5---5--|-5h7--5--7-----|-8------------|
C|---------------|-8---8---------|---------------|--------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
C|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|

q. e q q q. e q. e w +h.. e w x5 +w

D|-6---5--6---5--|---------------|--------|-||---------|-------||-|-------|
A|---------------|---------------|--------|-||---------|-------||-|-------|
F|---------------|-7---7--8---8--|-7------|-||o-(7)--8-|-7----o||-|-(7)---|
C|---------------|---------------|--------|-||o--------|------o||-|-------|
G|---------------|---------------|--------|-||---------|-------||-|-------|
C|---------------|---------------|--------|-||---------|-------||-|-------|

CHORUS 1:

Guitar 1

~144bpm

F5 Eb5 C#5 Eb5

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / x4

 |-||o---------------------------------o||

|<-- Riff 1 -->|

VERSE 2:

Rest 12 bars at ~92bpm

CHORUS 2:

As Chorus 1

SOLO & VERSE 3:

Guitar 1

~92bpm

h q q a q. s s q e e s s e+h e e q a q h

D|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
A|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
F|-3---3--5-|-5h7--5p3h5--3-2--|-3p2p0------0--2--|-3--3h5--2-----|
C|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
G|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
C|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|

a h. e e a q. e q e e h. e e a q. s s q. e

D|-------------|-------------------|------------|---------------|
A|----------4--|-4h6---4---------4-|------------|---------------|
F|-5h7---7-----|----------5---7----|-7----3--5--|-5h7--5p3h5--8-|
C|-------------|-------------------|------------|---------------|
G|-------------|-------------------|------------|---------------|
C|-------------|-------------------|------------|---------------|

w +e. 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)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C|-------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|-------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

< < < < < > < < > < >

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
F|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|

< < < <

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s x8

|-||-----------------------------------||-|
|-||------7-8-7---7-------7-8-7---7----||-|
|-||o-7-8-------8---8-7-8-------8---8-o||-|
|-||o---------------------------------o||-|
|-||-----------------------------------||-|
|-||-----------------------------------||-|

CHORUS 3:

Riff 1 x7

Guitar 1

~144bpm

F5 Eb5 C#5 Eb5

s s s s s s s s s s s s s E.

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

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