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NEEDLES
As recorded by System Of A Down
(From the 2001 Album TOXICITY)
Words by Serj Tankian and Daran Malakian
Music by Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian
Transcribed by Tim Chambers & John Harag
Gtr I (C G C F A D) - '-'
Gtr II (C G C F A D) - '-'
Gtr III (C G C F A D) - '-'
Intro
Q=190
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---|-4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---|
|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
PM--------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E
|-4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---|-4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-||
|-----3-----3-----3-----3-|---3---3---3---3-||
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------||
G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
Gtr II
PM| PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|
||--5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|
G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 N.C.
PM| PM PM PM PM----------------------------------------------|
S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|--------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0---|
PM----------------------------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0--||
1st, 2nd Verses
$
G5 G#5G5 G#5 G5 G#5G5 G#5 G5 G#5G5 G#5 G5 G#5G5 G#5
PM-------------------------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
||--5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6---||
||o-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--o||
||--5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6---||
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0--||
G5 G#5G5 G#5 G5 G#5G5 G#5 G5 G#5G5 G#5 G5 G#5G5 G#5
PM-------------------------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6---||
|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6--|-5--6--5--6---||
Pre-Chorus
$$
G5 Eb5 G#5
H H H H Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-5------------|-1------------|-6\------6\------|-6\------6\------o||
||--5------/13\--|-1------/13\--|-6\--0-0-6\--0-0-|-6\--0-0-6\--0-0--||
Chorus
G5 G#F5 G5 G#5 G5 G5 G#F5 G5
Q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q 3x Q E E Q E E
||----------------|--------------------||----------------||
||o---------------|-------------------o||----------------||
||----------------|--------------------||----------------||
||----------------|--------------------||----------------||
||o-5--5-6-3--3-5-|-6-6-6-(8)-5-------o||-5--5-6-3--3-5--||
||--5--5-6-3--3-5-|-6-6-6--8--5--15\---||-5--5-6-3--3-5--||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/needles_tab_ver_4.html ]
To Coda
To Coda
G#5 G5 G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
PM| PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM
E E E E Q Q S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
|---------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|---------------||--------------------|----------------------|
|-6-6-6---5-----||-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----|
|-6-6-6-8-5-----||-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----|
D.S. al Coda
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-||
&
N.C.
Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
N.C.
Gtrs I, III
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||-----8p7----8p0-|---------------|----7p6----7p0-|----------------||
||--5-------5-----|----5-4----5-0-|-4-------4-----|-0--5-4--0-5-0--||
||o---------------|-6-------6-----|---------------|---------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
Interlude
N.C.
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E 4x
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
||-----8p7----8p0-|---------------|----7p6----7p0-|----------------||
||--5-------5-----|----5-4----5-0-|-4-------4-----|-0--5-4--0-5-0--||
||o---------------|-6-------6-----|---------------|---------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
Gtr II
PM| PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--|
G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 N.C.
PM| PM PM PM PM----------------------------------------------|
S S E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0--|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
PM----------------------------------------------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-|-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-6-5p0-||
Outro
&&
N.C. G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
PM--------------------------------------| PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||---------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||---------------------|
||------------------|------------------||---------------------|
||------------------|------------------||---------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|
||--5-5-6-6-8-8-6-6-|-5-5-3-3-6-6-5-5--||-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|
G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5 G5 G#G5G#G5G#G5G#5
PM| PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM PM| PM PM PM
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------*|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------*|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----*|
|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---|-5-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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