___________________ / System of a Down / This song tells about how senseless the American government's / Prison Song / way of handling the growing drug issue is, as they are using / Toxicity / more money on the prison sector than they are using on getting /__________________/ rid of the criminal drug addicts that actually load them. Guitar I (C G C F A D) - Electric, Heavily Distorted Guitar II (C G C F A D) - Electric, Crunchy Guitar III (D G C F A D) - Acoustic, Clean *note* the waiting time in the intro is very tricky - I won't assure that it's 100% correct, but this is my best suggestion, and I won't exclude that it may be the band's common feeling! INTRO: 102 bpm (roughly) Gtr I 3/4 4/4
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W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S s
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|
|-0-------|---------|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-------|---------|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|
2/4 4/4
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W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S s
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|
|---------|---------|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---------|---------|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|
5/4 4/4
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W H E E E E E E E E E E E E H Q S S S s
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----3-3-3-3-|
|---------|---------0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-----1-1-1-1-|
|---------|---------0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-------------|
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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 2x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-------------------------3-3-3-3--||
||o---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-1-1-1-o||
||----0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0----------||
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S s
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------|----Rhy----|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|---Fig-1---|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------|
|-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|-----------|
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-| VERSE Gtr II
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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
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------8---|----------------|-----------------|
|-----8----------|----------------|---------------8---|-----8-------8---|
|---6---6---6-----6-|---6-----6---6---6-|---6-----6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
Gtr I
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W W E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S s s
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----8-------8---|-----8-----8---8---8---8-|
|---------|---------|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6-----6---6---6---|
|---------|---------|-----------------|-------------------------|
CHORUS Gtr I Rhy Fig 1 x2 ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/prison_song_tab_ver_9.html ) VERSE Gtr II
PM PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM
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
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------|---------------------|------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---6-----6---6-----6-|---6-----6---6-----6-|---6--6---6-----6-|---6-----6---6-----6-|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Gtr I
PM PM PM----| PM--------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S s s
|---------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|--------------------|----------8---8---8---8-|
|---------|---------|---6--------6-----6-|---6-----6-----6---6---6---|
|---------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
CHORUS Gtr I Rhy Fig 1 x2, Rhy Fig 2, then: 3/4
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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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-|
|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-|
Gtr I 4/4 W E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------------|
|---------|-3---------2-----|
|---------|---3---3-----2---|
|-3-------|-----3---------2-|
|-1-------|---------0-------|
|---------|-----------------|
| |Gtr III | H. E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-------------5---|
|---------|---------------5-|
|---------|-7---------------|
|-------8-|---8-------7-----|
|---------|-----8-----------|
|---------|-------6-5-------|
BRIDGE: Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-------------1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-1-1-1-|
|-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---------|
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E E E S S E E E S E E E S S E E S S S S 4x
||--------------------|------------------------||
||o-------------------|-----------------------o||
||--------------------|------------------------||
||--------------------|---------------3-3-3-3--||
||o-0-0-----0-0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0-0-1-1-1-1-o||
||--0-0-----0-0-0---0-|-0-0-----0-0-0----------||
Gtr II Gtr I
PM PM--| PM----| PM---------------|
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S s
|---------|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------|---------|---------------|----------8---8---8---8-|
|---------|---------|---6-----6---6-----6-|---6-----6-----6---6---6---|
|---------|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|
CHORUS Gtr I Rhy Fig 1 x2, Rhy Fig 2, then: 3/4
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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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-|
|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|---0-1-0-1-0-1-0---0-1-0-|
Gtr I 4/4 W E E E E E E E E W
|---------|-----------------|-1-------|
|---------|-3---------2-----|-3-------|
|---------|---3---3-----2---|-2-------|
|-3-------|-----3---------2-|-0-------|
|-1-------|---------0-------|-0-------|
|---------|-----------------|-0-------|
| |Gtr III | W W W
|---------|-----------------|---------|
|---------|-----------------|-6-------|
|---------|-----------------|-7-------|
|---------|-----------------|-7-------|
|---------|-----------------|-5-------|
|---------|-----------------|---------|
29 /June /05 I'd love comments and corrections at Maitinin@gmail.com!
Source: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/prison_song_tab_ver_9.html