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                      Beethoven's  Cunt
                       by Serj Tankian

                           Tab by
                       Thegargoylevine

                     (The-gargoyle-vine)

This song is from Serj Tankian's solo album, Elect the Dead.
It is easily his heaviest song in the album, and is one of
the fastest.

This is my first tab, but that does not mean I'm new to UG
at all.  I've been using the site for years, so I have a
good idea what tabs look like.

And, as a side note, I never played Rock Band before, and I
bought Elect the Dead during fall of 2007, long before it
became a downloadable song in the game.

------------------------------------------------------------
                       Tab information
------------------------------------------------------------

I suppose most people reading this know how to read tabs, so
I'll just include some stuff some people might not know:

- Serj uses a special effect in the song when '?' appears.
To be honest, I don't know what he does, but I think it's a
wah-wah pedal.  If I'm wrong please post a comment and tell
me what he uses.

- Notes in '()' are held from the last note.  The duration
letter above it will have a '+' before it

- Double bars on the sides of a given area with two 'o's are
repeat bars; play the material inside their boundaries twice

- When there are '[1.]' and '[2.]' above a repeated section,
play the one under the '[1.]' the first time through, repeat
it, and play the part under the '[2.]' the second time
instead

- 'PM' means palm mute; PM all the notes covered by it, but
only on the guitar it is above.  In this case, it means that
you only PM Gtr I, and not Gtr II when it appears

- Numbers like 4/4 or 3/4 that appear above the duration
notes are tempo markings; play in the given tempo until
another tempo marking appears

------------------------------------------------------------
                            Song
------------------------------------------------------------

Gtr I (C G C F A D) - Lower, heavier tone
Gtr II (C G C F A D) - Higher, piercing tone

Tempo: 150-170, about 140 piano ending

4/4

  Gtr I
    E E E E E E E E         E E E E E E E E       W   +W
||-------------------|| ||-------------------|| |---|-----|
||o-----------------o|| ||o-----------------o|| |---|-----|
||-------------------|| ||-------------------|| |---|-----|
||-------------------|| ||-------------------|| |---|-----|
||o-----------------o|| ||o-----1-3-1-------o|| |-0-|-(0)-|
||--1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3--|| ||--1-3-------3-1-3--|| |-0-|-(0)-|


  Gtr I                       3/4     4/4
     W         W         W       Q. Q.   W
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|
| Gtr II                      3/4     4/4
| Q. Q. Q   Q. Q. Q   Q. Q. Q    Q. Q.   W
|---------|---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|----7----|----7----|----7----|-------|----|
|-5-----5-|-5-----5-|-7-----7-|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|


                              3/4     4/4
     W         W         W       Q. Q.   W
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|
|                             3/4     4/4
| Q. Q. Q   Q. Q. Q   Q. Q. Q    Q. Q.   W
|---------|---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---10----|---10----|----9----|-------|----|
|-7-----7-|-7-----7-|-5-----5-|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|

  PM----------------------------------------------------------|
                                      [1.          ][2.       ]
    Q Q E E Q   Q Q E E Q   Q Q E E Q   Q Q E E Q     Q Q Q Q
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-|
|
|                                     [1.          ][2.       ]     
|   Q Q Q   Q   Q Q Q   Q   Q Q Q   Q   H   H         H   H
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||-8---8---|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||-8---8---|
||------------|-----------|-----------|-5---2------||---------|
||------7-----|-----5-----|-----3-----|------------||---------|
||o-5-8-----5-|-3-7-----3-|-1-5-----1-|-----------o||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|


  Gtr I
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------7-----7-----|-6-----6-----6-6--||
||----7-----7-----7-|---6-----6--------||
||o-5-----5-----5---|-----4-----4-----o||
||------------------|------------------||


  Q. E Q. E   Q. E Q. E
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|------6--6-|------6--6-|
|-7--7-4--4-|-7--7-4--4-|
|-5--5------|-5--5------|
|-----------|-----------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-|
|-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-|


  Gtr I
     Q. Q. Q   W
||-----------|-------------||
||o----------|------------o||
||-----------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------||
||o--5--3--2-|-0----------o||
||---5--3--2-|-0-----------||
|
| Gtr II
|    Q. Q. Q   Q Q  Q  Q   
||-----------|-------------||
||o----------|------------o||
||-----------|-------------||
||--12-10--9-|-7-----------||
||o-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-o||
||-----------|-------------||

   Q. Q. Q   W             Q. Q. Q   E E E E E E E E   W   +W
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-----------------|-0-|-(0)-|
|--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|-0-|-(0)-|
|
|
|  Q. Q. Q   Q Q  Q  Q     Q. Q. Q   W                 W   +W
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|-12-10--9-|-7----------|-12-10--9-|-8---------------|-7-|-(7)-|
|-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-|-10-8---7-|-6---------------|-5-|-(5)-|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|


                    3/4     4/4
     W         W       Q. Q.   W
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|
|                   3/4     4/4
| Q. Q. Q   Q. Q. Q    Q. Q.   W
|---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|----7----|----7----|-------|----|
|-5-----5-|-7-----7-|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|


                    3/4     4/4
     W         W       Q. Q.   W
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|
|                   3/4     4/4
| Q. Q. Q   Q. Q. Q    Q. Q.   W
|---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---10----|----9----|-------|----|
|-7-----7-|-5-----5-|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|


  PM----------------------------------------------------------|
                                      [1.          ][2.       ]
    Q Q E E Q   Q Q E E Q   Q Q E E Q   Q Q E E Q     Q Q Q Q
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-|
|
|                                     [1.          ][2.       ]     
|   Q Q Q   Q   Q Q Q   Q   Q Q Q   Q   H   H         H   H
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||-8---8---|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||-8---8---|
||------------|-----------|-----------|-5---2------||---------|
||------7-----|-----5-----|-----3-----|------------||---------|
||o-5-8-----5-|-3-7-----3-|-1-5-----1-|-----------o||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|


  Gtr I
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------7-----7-----|-6-----6-----6-6--||
||----7-----7-----7-|---6-----6--------||
||o-5-----5-----5---|-----4-----4-----o||
||------------------|------------------||


  Q. E Q. E   Q. E Q. E
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|------6--6-|------6--6-|
|-7--7-4--4-|-7--7-4--4-|
|-5--5------|-5--5------|
|-----------|-----------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-|
|-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-|


  Gtr I
     Q. Q. Q   W
||-----------|-------------||
||o----------|------------o||
||-----------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------||
||o--5--3--2-|-0----------o||
||---5--3--2-|-0-----------||
|
| Gtr II
|    Q. Q. Q   Q Q  Q  Q   
||-----------|-------------||
||o----------|------------o||
||-----------|-------------||
||--12-10--9-|-7-----------||
||o-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-o||
||-----------|-------------||


   Q. Q. Q   W             Q. Q. Q   E E E E E E E E
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
|--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-----------------|
|--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|
|
|
|  Q. Q. Q   Q Q  Q  Q     Q. Q. Q   W                
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|
|-12-10--9-|-7----------|-12-10--9-|-8---------------|
|-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-|-10-8---7-|-6---------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|


   E E E E E E E E   W   +W
|------------------|---|-----|
|------------------|---|-----|
|------------------|---|-----|
|------------------|---|-----|
|------------------|-0-|-(0)-|
|--1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|-0-|-(0)-|
|
|
| +W                 W   +W
|------------------|---|-----|
|------------------|---|-----|
|------------------|---|-----|
|-(8)--------------|-7-|-(7)-|
|-(6)--------------|-5-|-(5)-|
|------------------|---|-----|


Solo!

  Gtr II
     Q. Q. Q    Q. Q. Q    Q. Q. Q    Q  E  Q  E  Q
||-----------|----------|----------|-15-13-12-13-12--||
||o-15-------|-17-------|-18-------|----------------o||
||-----14-14-|----14-14-|----14-14-|-----------------||
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|----------------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------------||


     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    S S E E E E E E E 
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10\8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||o-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|


  S S E E E E E E E   S S E E E E E E E
|-8/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||


  Gtr I
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------5-|-------------------------|
|-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----7--5-------|
|--5--7--8----------------|-----------8--------8--7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E 
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------5-|-------------------------|
|-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----8--7--5----|
|--5--7--8----------------|-----------8-----------8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    Q     E  Q     E  Q 
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15----13-12----13-12----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------5-|-------------------------|
|-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----7--5-------|
|--5--7--8----------------|-----------8--------8--7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E 
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------5-|-------------------------|
|-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----8--7--5----|
|--5--7--8----------------|-----------8-----------8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|--8--7--5-----8--7--5----|
|-----------8-----------8-|
|-------------------------|
|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|


   Q. Q. Q   W                 Q. Q. Q   W
|----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------||
|----------|------------| ||o----------|------------o||
|----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------||
|----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------||
|--8--5--3-|-0----------| ||o--5--3--2-|-0----------o||
|--8--5--3-|-0----------| ||---5--3--2-|-0-----------|| 
|
|
|  Q. Q. Q   Q Q  Q  Q         Q. Q. Q   Q Q  Q  Q
|----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------||
|----------|------------| ||o----------|------------o||
|----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------||
|-15-12-10-|-7----------| ||--12-10--9-|-7-----------||
|-13-10-8--|-5-0?-7?-8?-| ||o-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-o||
|----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------||


   Q. Q. Q   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------|-----------------|------------------|
|--5--3--2-|-----------------|------------------|
|--5--3--2-|-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|--1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|
|
|
|  Q. Q. Q   W                 +W
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-12-10--9-|-8---------------|-(8)-------------|
|-10-8---7-|-6---------------|-(6)-------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E    W    +W
|-----------------|------------------|----|------|
|-----------------|------------------|----|------|
|-----------------|------------------|----|------|
|-----------------|------------------|----|------|
|-----1-3-1-------|------1-3-1-------|--0-|--(0)-|
|-1-3-------3-1-3-|--1-3-------3-1-3-|--0-|--(0)-|
|
|
| H       H          H       H          W    +W
|-----------------|------------------|----|------|
|-----------------|------------------|----|------|
|-8------10-------|-12------15-------|-14-|-(14)-|
|-6------8--------|-10------13-------|-12-|-(12)-|
|-----------------|------------------|----|------|
|-----------------|------------------|----|------|


   +W     +W        REST
|------|------|-P----------T------------|
|------|------|-I----------O----------T-|
|------|------|-A---------------------H-|
|------|------|-N----------T----------E-|
|--(0)-|--(0)-|-O----------H------------|
|--(0)-|--(0)-|-&----------E------------|
|
|
|  +W     +W        REST
|------|------|-V----------E------------|
|------|------|-O----------N----------S-|
|-(14)-|-(14)-|-C----------D----------O-|
|-(12)-|-(12)-|-A---------------------N-|
|------|------|-L----------O----------G-|
|------|------|-S----------F------------|

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Thegargoylevine wrote on June 27 2008, 06:27 pm

Thanks for the good ratings, but I have failed to achieve a perfect tab. I made a mistake in the first measure of the solo;

Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. (Q.) Q E Q E Q
||-----------|----------|-----------|-15-13-12-13-12--||
||o-15-------|-17-------|-18--------|----------------o||
||-----14-14-|----14-14-|----14--14-|-----------------||
||-----------|----------|-----------|-----------------||
||o----------|----------|-----------|----------------o||
||-----------|----------|-----------|-----------------||

The tempo marking in the parenthesis are wrong. It should be 'Q', not 'Q.'

Sorry for that Convenient Truth, but I must say, the tab is therefore wrong, and that Global Warmings will kill the earth in 2011.

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Thegargoylevine wrote on June 27 2008, 06:29 pm

And once again tempo is in the wrong place! Well, it's the 'Q.' above the last '14' in the third measure.

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dc811 wrote on February 9 2013, 08:10 pm

i got lost after th intro XD still good tab

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