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Toxicity - System of a Down
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By: JD
I'll try to be as specific as possible..
Your guitar should be in dropped-D tunning
one whole step
(low to high)
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INTRO-(0:00-0:49)
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VERSE-(0:49-1:13) 2x
Conversion software version seven point oh
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/toxicity_tab_ver_12.html ]
CHORUS-(1:13-1:37) Now what do you own the world... Disorder...Disorder
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Now somewhere between the sacred.... Sacred silence and sleep
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Somewhere _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Between the sacred silence and sleep
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Disorder Disorder
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That was the end of the chorus (1:37)... now repeat again from 0:49 to 1:37
(only lyrics change during the second time)
After you're done with the second verse and chorus
you beging the Interlude which starts at 2:41 (play this really fast)
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(4x between 2:45-2:50) (4x between 2:50-2:56) (4x between 2:56-3:02
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After that you repeat the chorus again (from 1:13 to 1:37)
Then you start the outro at 3:27 (right during the last word of the chorus -"disorder")
Disor..................................................................der
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When i became the sun i shone life into............
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