____________________/ System of a Down / I think that this song is about the warfare that hits civilian, for/ Attack / instance when USA bombed the medicine factory in Baghdad last year/ Hypnotize / blindly convinced that it was a weapons factory. It could as well be/___________________/ about massacres in general, where everything is slaughtered - hate.Tunings: Db Ab Db Gb Bb EbC# G# C# F# A# D#Gtr I - Electric, Distorted (lead)Gtr II - Electric, Distorted (backup)Gtr III - Electric, Clean (lead)Gtr IV - Electric, Clean (rhythm)Gtr V - Electric, Clean (fills)(don't worry, the song is easily arrangenged on two guitars with some pedals- the only thing you have to worry about is the sudden physical exhaustion!)Intro:Gtr IQ=160 bpm4/4PM--------|S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S E E Q||--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------| ||o------------------------------------------o||----------------------------------d-------| ||--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------r-------| ||--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------u-------| ||o-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---------------o||-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12-------m-------| ||--13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---0-0-0-0-0-0--||-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---------------|Gtr I, IIPM--------|S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S 8x||--------------------------------------------|| ||o------------------------------------------o|| ||--------------------------------------------|| ||--------------------------------------------|| ||o-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---------------o|| (it's okay if your fingers are tired by now...) ||--13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---0-0-0-0-0-0--|||-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|1st Verse:Gtr IIIAbm Gbm Gbm Abm DbQ. E +H +H Q Q W W|--8------6-(6)-------|-(6)--------6----8---|--5---------------|-----------------| |-10------8-(8)-------|-(8)--------8---10---|--7---------------|-----------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|||Gtr IV| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------| |-17-----15-----------|-----------15---17---|-14---------------|-----------------| |--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|...grieving each others lives...Abm Gbm Gbm Gbm Abm Db Db GbmQ. E +H +H Q Q W H H|--8------6-(6)-------|-(6)-------10----8---|--5---------------|--5--------6-------| |-10------8-(8)-------|-(8)-------11---10---|--7---------------|--7--------8-------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-17-----15-----------|-----------19---17---|-14---------------|-14-------15-------| |--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|Abm Gbm Bm Gbm Abm GbmW H Q W H H|--8---------------|-10-------11-------|--6---------------|--8-------10-------| |-10---------------|-11-------13-------|--8---------------|-10-------11-------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------||| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| |-17---------------|-19-------20-------|-15---------------|-17-------19-------| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-| |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|Db DbE E H. Q Q Q Q|-5-6-5------------|-5---5---5---5---| |-7-7-7------------|-7---7---7---7---| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------||| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |-----14-----------|-----------------| |-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|Pre-Chorus:Gtr I, IIPM--------------------------| PM------------------------------|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-5---5---4---5---7---7---5---7---|-8---8---7---8---10---10---10---10---| |-5---5---4---5---7---7---5---7---|-8---8---7---8---10---10---10---10---| |-5---5---4---5---7---7---5---7---|-8---8---7---8---10---10---10---10---|...the calming sincerity of steel machines...1.PM-----------------------------------| 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|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| |-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-||2.PM---------------------------|S S S S S S S S E E E E|----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8---10---13---12---|( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/attack_tab_ver_4.html )Chorus:Gtr I, II (Gtr II actually plays the 0's as 12's, but it's a mess to write)PM------------------------------------------------------|+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E 3x||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| ||o------------------------------------|------------------------------------o|| ||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| ||o------------------------------------|------------------------------------o|| ||--(12)---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8---10---13---12----||...we attack...PM---|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11s9---------------------| |-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x-----------------------| |-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9s7---------------------| |-0--------------------------------------|------------------8---10---13\------|Pre-Chorus:similar to previousChorus:almost similar to previous, but end on this instead:E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11---11---11---------------| |-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x----x----x---------------| |-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9----9----9---------------| |-0--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|Interlude:Rhy Fig 1 x82nd Verse:similar to 1st Verse3rd Verse:similar to 1st and 2nd Verse, and add these fills:Gtr VGbm DbH. E E E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E E E E 2x||------------18-18-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-----------17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|| ||o-----------20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-----------19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-o|| ||------------19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-----------19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--|| ||------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|| ||o-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------o|| ||------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||Db GbmE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-| |-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-| |-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|Gbm DbE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-| |-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-| |-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|Pre-Chorus:similar to previousChorus:again almost similar to previous, but end on this instead:PM---|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11s9----------------------| |-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x------------------------| |-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9s7----------------------| |-0--------------------------------------|------------------8---10---13---12---|Final Chorus:PM------| PM---------------------------------|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| ||o----------------------------------|------------------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| ||--12---------------0---------------|-------------------------------------|| ||o-12---------------0---------------|------------------------------------o|| ||--12---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---8---10---13---12----||...attack all the homes and villages...E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11---11---11---11---11---11---| |-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---| |-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9----9----9----9----9----9---| |-0--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|Outro:(half-time count)Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S E.|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-4-------4-------4-------x-0-----| |-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-4-------4-------4-------x-0-----| |-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-4-------4-------4-------x-0-----|5/4PM----------------|Q S E. Q S E. Q S E. Q E E E S S|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------| |-4-------x-5-----4-------x-0-----|-4-------x-5-----4---------------------------| |-4-------x-5-----4-------x-0-----|-4-------x-5-----4---------------------------| |-4-------x-5-----4-------x-0-----|-4-------x-5-----4-------8---10---13---12-12-|4/4E Q. H|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-12------------------------------| |-12------------------------------| |-12------------------------------|Grieving each others livesHolding this in mindThat if we fall, we all fallAnd we fall aloneThe calming sincerity of steel machinesHave consumed our euphoriaTransforming us into muted dreamsDreaming of the day thatWe attackAttack, attack our fatal servitudeWe attackAttack, attack with pesticideWe attackAll the years of propagandaWe shall attack!Bombs illustrate what we already knowCandles cry towards the skyBracing your plants of a polluted coastDreaming of the day thatWas the philosophy of displaced mindsThe bombing of all homes and villages?Truth is the only sort we demisePleading till the day thatAttack all the homes and villagesAttack all the schools and hospitalsYou have attacked all the innocent villagesWe shall attack!- 16th /December /05Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments or corrections!
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