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The Metro

System of a Down
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

System Of A Down - Metro

Tabbed By: Shanus

EMail: panteraman69@hotmail.com

Not all of it is covered. A tiny bit is missing in

the last part of the song. If youve heard tha song

youll know what i mean. But Im sure its 100%!!

You system fans should know the tuning...

Intro (listen for pattern and timing)

|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

x4

|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-15-------------------------|
|----14-15-12-14----12-------|
|----------------15----14-12-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-15---------------------------|
|----14-1515-12-14----12-------|
|------------------15----14-12^|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

Chorus

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8888|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8--8--8--8--8-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8888|
|-----------------8-8-8-8-----------------------------8-8-8-8-8888|

Verse (not quite sure on this)

|-------------------|	|-5-5-5-5-5| (hear for timing)
|-------------------|	|-5-5-5-5-5|
|-------------------|	|----------|
|-------------------|	|----------|
|---------3-3-------|	|----------|
|-0-7-0-3-----5-8-7-|	|----------|
PM-----------------|

Interlude

|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-|
|-8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-|
|-8--8--8--8--8-8-8-8-|

Solo

(2nd time let notes ring) 1st time finish

|---------------------|		|---------17-15-12-13--------|
|-15------------------|		|-15------------------15-----|
|-----14--15-12-14-15-|	x2	|-----14------------------14-|
|---------------------|		|----------------------------|
|---------------------|		|----------------------------|
|---------------------|		|----------------------------|

2nd time finish

|---------17-15-12-13---------------------------------|
|-15------------------15-14-13-12-1515-1414-1313-1212-|
|-----14----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Ending

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------------33-33----------|
|-00-77-00-33-------55-88-77-|
PM--------------------------|

=========== ARTIST: System of a Down

SONG: The Metro

ALBUM: Dracula 2000 Soundtrack

TABBED BY: John Keogh (johnk@ar2.com)

TUNING: Dropped-C (low to high: CGCFad)

Notes:

This is the first tab i've ever really formally submitted,

so grant me a bit of slack.. but on the whole, i think it

turned out relatively accurate. The only parts that i'm not

sure on are the verse and chorus... From the sound of the

song, it seems the guitar is just following the bass, so i

turned the bass notes into power chords. Daron Malakian does

a lot of little lead-ins, and fills, in this song, but most

of it is just palm muting and playing around with the given

notes.

Another thing, tuning your guitar down to Dropped-C is a

pain if your not fast at tuning, and a general waste of

time. The way I've been playing it, is in normal Dropped-D.

Dropped-C is obviously just Dropped-D a step lower, so play

it that way if your lazy, like me. hm.. i just realized I

wrote this while in normal tuning... i'm not about to go

back and figure it out, so do it yourself, or play it the

lazy way.

Introduction:

          d|---------|--8-88--88-88-8-8--|
          a|-x--x--x-|-------------------|
          f|-x--x--x-|-------------------|
          c|-x--x--x-|-------------------|
          g|-x--x--x-|-------------------|
          c|-x--x--x-|-------------------|

Pre Verse:

          d|--8----------------------|--8------------------------|
          a|----8-9----8-------------|----8-9-9----8-------------|
          f|--------10---8-10--------|----------10---8-10--------|
          c|------------------12-10--|--------------------12-10--|
          g|-------------------------|---------------------------|
          c|-------------------------|---------------------------|

Verse:

          d|----------------------------|
          a|----------------------------|
          f|----------------------------|
          c|---------5-5----------------|
          g|-0-7-0-3-3-3-5-8-7----------|
          c|-0-7-0-3-----5-8-7----------|

Chorus:

          d|-----|-----|-----|------|
          a|-----|-----|-----|------|
          f|--5--|--7--|-----|--10--|
          c|--5--|--7--|--8--|--10--|
          g|--3--|--5--|--8--|---8--|
          c|-----|-----|--8--|------|

Interlude:

          d|--8------------|------|-8---15-13----------|
          a|----8-9----8-9-|------|---8-------15-16----|
          f|--------10-----|-rep.-|-----------------17-|
          c|---------------|--3x--|--------------------|
          g|---------------|------|--------------------|
          c|---------------|------|--------------------|
          d|--8------------|------|-8---15-13--------------------------|
          a|----8-9----8-9-|------|---8-------15-16--------------------|
          f|--------10-----|-rep.-|-----------------17-/~~~~~~-/~~~~~~-|
          c|---------------|--3x--|------------------------------------|
          g|---------------|------|------------------------------------|
          c|---------------|------|------------------------------------|

Outro:

          d|----------------------------|
          a|----------------------------|
          f|----------------------------|
          c|-------------55-------------|
          g|-00-77-00-33-33-55-88-77----|
          c|-00-77-00-33----55-88-77----|

*- the outro is both muted, and tremolo picked

open to any questions, comments, suggestions--

-john keogh (johnk@ar2.com

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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