Band: System of a Down
Album: Toxicity
Song: Toxicity aka Version 7.0
Tunning: Full Step down then drop D (CGCFAD)
Author: Anthony Tripaldi (kornn101@shockrealm.com)
^ = slight bend
pm--- = palm mute
Intro Riff / Verse Riff
(clean, palm mute some of the 7's)
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||------10----10----10----10----10----10-----13-----13------||
F||---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----10-----10----------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||-------13-----13-----13-----13----10----10----10---11-----||
F||---10-----10-----10-----10-----7-----7-----7-----7--------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------10----10----------------------||
A||---11--10----10-------13-------------13----13--11-----11--||
F||----------7-------10-----10----10-------10--------10------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------||
this riff is played repeatedly throughout the song with minor variations
in the second part
MAIN RIFF
(heavy distortion)
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||--0-----3--1--0--1--3--------8----7-----------------------||
G||--0-----3--1--0--1--3--------8----7-----------------------||
C||--0-----3--1--0--1--3--------8----7-----------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/toxicity_tab_ver_5.html ]
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||-3--1--0--1--3-3--1--0--1--3-3--1--0--1--3-3--1--0--1--3--||
G||-3--1--0--1--3-3--1--0--1--3-3--1--0--1--3-3--1--0--1--3--||
C||-3--1--0--1--3-3--1--0--1--3-3--1--0--1--3-3--1--0--1--3--||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||-8--7---------0---3--1--0--1--3----8--7-------------------||
G||-8--7---------0---3--1--0--1--3----8--7-------------------||
C||-8--7---------0---3--1--0--1--3----8--7-------------------||
FAST FILL
part 1 (light distortion) x4
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||--0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2^--------------------------------------||
G||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||----------------------------------------------------------||
part2 (real heavy and fast w/ slight palm mute) x8
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||--3-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------||
G||--3-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------||
C||--3-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------||
part 3 (heavy with slight palm mute)
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||--0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2^--------------------------------------||
G||--0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2^--------------------------------------||
C||--0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2^--------------------------------------||
pm--------------
part4 (real heavy and fast w/ slight palm mute) x8
D||----------------------------------------------------------||
A||----------------------------------------------------------||
F||----------------------------------------------------------||
C||--3-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------||
G||--3-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------||
C||--3-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------||
this is as close as i can possibly get it to the song, enjoy =)
