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/ System of a Down / I think this song is about people stuck and controlled by the system.
/ Needles / The tapeworm is a metaphor for the system, as it sticks to you and drains
/ Toxicity / from you. This song is an urging to break free from the system, or you’ll
/__________________/ just end up sitting in your room as and old man, who wasted his life.
Guitar I (C G C F A D) – Electric, Distorted
Guitar II (C G C F A D) – Electric, Crunchier less distorted
Guitar III (D G C F A D) – Acoustic 12-string, Clean
Intro:
98 bpm
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3---------------| |-3-| |-----------------------3---------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S e 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
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-9p8---9p8---9p8---9p8---9p8---9p8---9-9p8---|-9p8---9p8---9p8---9p8---9p8---9p8---9p8---9p8---|
|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-------7-|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
Gtr I, II
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
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--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-|
||o-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-|
||--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-|
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
|-----------------------3---------------------| |-----------------------3---------------------|
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 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||
|-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-|-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-o||
|-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-|-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0--||
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/needles_tab_ver_6.html ]
Verse:
Gtr II Gtr I, II Gtr II
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
||------------------|------------------||-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|------------------||----Rhy----|-----------------|-----------------|
||--5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-|-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6--||---Fig 2---|-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-|
||--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-|
Chorus:
Gtr I, II
Q Q Q Q e +e e +e e +e e +e e S S e S S e S S e S S 4x
||----------------------|------------------------------||---------------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------------------o||o-------------------------o||
||----------------------|------------------------------||---------------------------||
||--5---------1---------|-6-(6)\-6-(6)\-6-(6)\-6-(6)\--||--5-5h6-3-3h5-6-6h8-5-5-5--||
||o-5---12\---1---12\---|-6-(6)\-6-(6)\-6-(6)\-6-(6)\-o||o-5-5h6-3-3h5-6-6h8-5-5-5-o||
||--5---12\---1---12\---|-6-(6)\-6-(6)\-6-(6)\-6-(6)\--||--5-5h6-3-3h5-6-6h8-5-5-5--||
Interlude:
Gtr I, II
Rhy Fig 1 x0,5 + Rhy Fig 2 x0,5
Verse
Chorus
Bridge:
Gtr II
PM--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
W W W W E S S E S S S E S E S S S E S S E S S S E S E S S S 6x
|---------|---------|---------|---------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||o---4p3---4p3p1-------------|---3p2---3p2p0-------------o||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||--0-----0---------0-----0---|-----------------0-----0----||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||--------------------4-----4-|-4-----4-----------4-----4--||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||o---------------6-----6-----|---------------5-----5-----o||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|
|Gtr III
| W W W W H E S E S S S H E S E S S S 6x
|---------|---------|---------|---------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||------------------0-----0---|-----------------0-----0----||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||--------------------4-----4-|-------------------4-----4--||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||o---------------6-----6-----|---------------5-----5-----o||
|---------|---------|---------|---------||----------------------------|----------------------------||
Interlude:
Gtr I, II
Rhy Fig 1 x1 + Rhy Fig 2 x1
Chorus
Outro:
Gtr I, II
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||---------------|
||o---------------------------------o||---------------|
||-----------------------------------||---Rhy Fig 1---|
||-----------------------------------||------x2-------|
||o-5-5-6-6-8-8-6-6-5-5-3-3-6-6-5-5-o||---------------|
||--5-5-6-6-8-8-6-6-5-5-3-3-6-6-5-5--||---------------|
- 13th /October /05
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