System of a Down

SOAD - Science
Tuning (low to high): CGCFAD

: natural harmonic
pm : palm mute
: slide down
x : dead note
~ : vibrato
h : hammer on

INTRO

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------| 2X
|-----0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
pm.........................]

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-----0-0-000-0-0-----0-0-000-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
pm.........] ...........]

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
pm. pm. pm. pm.


MAIN RIFF

|----------------- | -----------------|
|----------------- | -----------------|
|-7-------------- 3X | -----------------|
|-x--0-0-0-0-0-0- | -----------------|
|-5--0-0-0-0-0-0- | ------7-8-10-8-7-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0- | -8--8------------|
pm........]


VERSE RIFF

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-8------------------------------| 2X
|-x------------------------------|
|-6--5-5-555-5-5-555-5-5-555-5-5-|
|--------------------------------|
pm........................]

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-----0-0-000-0-0-----0-0-000-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
pm.........] ...........]

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
pm. pm. pm. pm.


PRE-CHORUS: Main Riff


CHORUS RIFF

(let chords ring)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-0---------2---------3------------------------|
|-0---------2---------3-------------7-8-10-8-7-|
|-0---------2---------3--------8--8------------|


INTERLUDE

(chords distorted, notes clean, all with palm mute)
|------------------------------8----------|
|-----8-10-----10-11-----10-11---11-10-11-|
|---7--------7---------7------------------| 2X
|-0--------0---------0--------------------|
|-0--------0---------0--------------------|
|-0--------0---------0--------------------|

|------------------------------8----8----|
|-----8-10-----10-11-----10-11---11---11-|
|---7--------7---------7-----------------|
|-0--------0---------0-------------------|
|-0--------0---------0-------------------|
|-0--------0---------0-------------------|

(from now on all clean, let ring throughout)
|---------------------------|
|-----8-10~~--8-7-7-7h8-7---|
|---7---------------------7-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-0-------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------8----------------|
|-----8-10---11-8-10-10-10-10------8-10-----11-10-10-10-10-|
|---7----------------------------7-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------0---------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----8-10---11-8-10-10-10-10------8-10~~--8-7-7-7h8-7---|
|---7----------------------------7---------------------7-| (last measure
|--------------------------------------------------------| + this one) 2X
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------0-------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----8-10---11-8-10-10-10-11-8-10-10-10-11-8-10-10-10-|
|---7--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------------------|


LAST CHORUS RIFF

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----------------9----------------10--------------------------------|
|-5-555-555-555-55-7-777-777-777-77-8--888-888-888-88------7-8-10-8-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------8--8------------|
pm...........] .............] .............]



SONG STRUCTURE:

Intro 1X
Main Riff 2X
Verse Riff 2X
Main Riff 2X
Verse Riff 1X
Chorus Riff 2X
Interlude 1X
Verse Riff (last 2 measures) 1X
Main Riff 2X
Last Chorus Riff 2X
Chorus Riff 2X
End with muted open C chord