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War

System of a Down
TabTuningDrop C
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Tab3

Bass1

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

Intro

D|----------------x--x-----------------x--x--x--x--------------x--x--x----|
A|----------------x--x-----------------x--x--x--x--------------x--x--x----|
F|-8--7--8--7--8--x--x-----8--7--8--7--x--x--x--x--8--7--8--7--x--x--x----|
C|-0-----0--0--------------0--0--0--0--------------0--0--0--0-----------0-|
G|----------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------x--x--x--x--------------x--x--x--x--|
A|---------------------------------------x--x--x--x--------------x--x--x--x--|
F|-8--7--8--7--12--7--12--7--8--7--8--7--x--x--x--x--8--7--8--7--x--x--x--x--|
C|-0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--------------0--0--0--0--------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------x--x--x--x--x---x----x-----x-----x-----x--x--x--x--x--x--x----|
A|-------------x--x--x--x--x---x----x-----x-----x----------------------------|
F|-8--7--8--7--x--x--x--x--------x-----x-----x-----x-------------------------|
C|-0--0--0--0--------------------x-----x-----x-----x-------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------0-|

Fig. 1

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x-------------x-x---------|
G|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x-------------x-x---------|
G|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0-|

Verse

x2, pm

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0-5-0-5-0-|
C|-1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0-5-0-5-0-|

then.

D|-------------x---------------x---------------x-x-----------------|
A|-------------x---------------x---------------x-x-----------------|
F|-------------x---------------x---------------x-x-----------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0-x-x-----1-0-1-0-5-0-5-0-|
C|-1-0-1-0-x-x---x-1-0-1-0-x-x---x-1-0-1-0-x-x-----1-0-1-0-5-0-5-0-|
D|-------------x---------------x---------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
A|-------------x---------------x---------------x-x-----------------|
F|-------------x---------------x---------------x-x-----------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0-x-x-------------------0-|
C|-1-0-1-0-x-x---x-1-0-1-0-x-x---x-1-0-1-0-x-x-------------------0-|

Chorus

Fig. 1

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x-------------x-x---------|
G|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x-------------x-x---------|
G|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0-|

Verse 2

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1-0-1-0---------1-0-/5----------1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0-5-0-5-0-|
C|-1-0-1-0---------1-0-/5----------1-0-1-0---------1-0-1-0-5-0-5-0-|
D|---------x-x-x-x-------------x-x---------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
A|---------x-x-x-x-------------x-x---------x-x-x-x-----------------|
F|---------x-x-x-x-------------x-x---------x-x-x-x-----------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1-0-1-0---------1-0-/5----------1-0-1-0-----------------------0-|
C|-1-0-1-0---------1-0-/5--0-0-----1-0-1-0-----------------------0-|

Chorus

Fig. 1

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x-------------x-x---------|
G|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x-------------x-x---------|
G|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0-|

before Interlude:

pm

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
G|-0-0-6-6-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|-0-0-6-6-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-----0-0-6-0-0-0-----0-0-6-0-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010-------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x------------1111---------|
G|-0-0-6-6-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|-0-0-6-6-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-----0-0-6-0-0-0-----0-0-6-0-|

Interlude

x4, pm

D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
F|---10-8-7---7-8-10---10-8-7---6-7-9--|
C|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|
G|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|

[Bridge] x6

pm

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|---10-8-7---10-8-7---10-8-7---10-8-7--|
C|-0--------0--------0--------0---------|
G|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|

then

D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---10-8-7---10-8-7---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9-|
C|-0--------0--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

x8, pm

D|------------------------------------|
A|-------10---------------10----------|
F|---6-7------6-7-9---6-7------6-7-9--|
C|-0--------0-------0--------0--------|
G|------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------|

x2, pm

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9---6-7-9-|
C|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

x4, pm

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|---10-8-7---10-8-7---10-8-7---10-8-7--|
C|-0--------0--------0--------0---------|
G|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|

Chorus

Fig. 1

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x-------------x-x---------|
G|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x-------------x-x---------|
G|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|---0-6-6-0-0-6-0---0-8-8-0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0---0-----0-0-6-0-|

Outro

pm

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------1010------------1111---------|
G|-0-0-6-6-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|-0-0-6-6-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-----0-0-6-0-0-0-----0-0-6-0-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------1010-------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------x-x------------1111---------|
G|-0-0-6-6-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-9-9-0-0-6-0-|
C|-0-0-6-6-0-0-6-0-0-0-8-8-0-0-6-0-0-0-----0-0-6-0-0-0-----0-0-6-0-|

that’s all

trevor jones

timmy91199@yahoo.ca

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