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Attack Tab

by System Of A Down

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    ____________________
   / System of a Down  /  I think that this song is about the warfare that hits civilian, for
  / Attack            /  instance when USA bombed the medicine factory in Baghdad last year
 / Hypnotize         /  blindly convinced that it was a weapons factory. It could as well be
/___________________/  about massacres in general, where everything is slaughtered - hate.


Tunings: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
         C# G# C# F# A# D#
Gtr I - Electric, Distorted (lead)
Gtr II - Electric, Distorted (backup)
Gtr III - Electric, Clean (lead)
Gtr IV - Electric, Clean (rhythm)
Gtr V - Electric, Clean (fills)




(don't worry, the song is easily arrangenged on two guitars with some pedals
 - the only thing you have to worry about is the sudden physical exhaustion!)

 Intro:
 Gtr I
 Q=160 bpm
 4/4  
                                 PM--------|
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E   S S S S S S  3x  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E   E   Q
||--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------o||----------------------------------d-------|
||--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------r-------|
||--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------u-------|
||o-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---------------o||-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12-------m-------|
||--13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---0-0-0-0-0-0--||-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---------------|



 Gtr I, II
                                 PM--------|
     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E   S S S S S S  8x
||--------------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------||
||o-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---------------o|| (it's okay if your fingers are tired by now...)
||--13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-12---0-0-0-0-0-0--||
 |-Rhy Fig 1                    end Rhy Fig 1-|





 1st Verse:
 Gtr III
   Abm    Gbm            Gbm            Abm    Db
   Q.     E +H          +H         Q    Q      W                 W
|--8------6-(6)-------|-(6)--------6----8---|--5---------------|-----------------|
|-10------8-(8)-------|-(8)--------8---10---|--7---------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|
|Gtr IV
|  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
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-17-----15-----------|-----------15---17---|-14---------------|-----------------|
|--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|
...grieving each others lives...




   Abm    Gbm            Gbm       Gbm  Abm    Db                 Db       Gbm
   Q.     E +H          +H         Q    Q      W                  H        H
|--8------6-(6)-------|-(6)-------10----8---|--5---------------|--5--------6-------|
|-10------8-(8)-------|-(8)-------11---10---|--7---------------|--7--------8-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
|  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
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-17-----15-----------|-----------19---17---|-14---------------|-14-------15-------|
|--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|



   Abm                Gbm      Bm         Gbm                Abm      Gbm
   W                  H        Q          W                  H        H
|--8---------------|-10-------11-------|--6---------------|--8-------10-------|
|-10---------------|-11-------13-------|--8---------------|-10-------11-------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
|  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
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-17---------------|-19-------20-------|-15---------------|-17-------19-------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|



  Db                 Db
  E E H.             Q   Q   Q   Q
|-5-6-5------------|-5---5---5---5---|
|-7-7-7------------|-7---7---7---7---|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-----14-----------|-----------------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|




 Pre-Chorus:
 Gtr I, II
  PM--------------------------|     PM------------------------------|
  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E     E   E   E   E    E    E    E    E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5---5---4---5---7---7---5---7---|-8---8---7---8---10---10---10---10---|
|-5---5---4---5---7---7---5---7---|-8---8---7---8---10---10---10---10---|
|-5---5---4---5---7---7---5---7---|-8---8---7---8---10---10---10---10---|
...the calming sincerity of steel machines...


                                           1.
   PM-----------------------------------|    PM-------------------------------|
   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
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-||


 2.
   PM---------------------------|
   S  S  S  S S S S S E    E    E    E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8---10---13---12---|




 Chorus:
 Gtr I, II (Gtr II actually plays the 0's as 12's, but it's a mess to write)
           PM------------------------------------------------------|
     +E    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S E    E    E    E    3x
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||--(12)---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8---10---13---12----||
...we attack...


                                                            PM---|
  E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E      E    E    E E   E    E    Q
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11s9---------------------|
|-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x-----------------------|
|-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9s7---------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------|------------------8---10---13\------|




 Pre-Chorus:
similar to previous




 Chorus:
almost similar to previous, but end on this instead:

  E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E      E    E    E    E    E   E   Q
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11---11---11---------------|
|-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x----x----x---------------|
|-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9----9----9---------------|
|-0--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|




 Interlude:
Rhy Fig 1 x8




 2nd Verse:
similar to 1st Verse




 3rd Verse:
similar to 1st and 2nd Verse, and add these fills:

 Gtr V
               Gbm                                         Db
    H.         E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   H.         E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  2x
||------------18-18-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-----------17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17--||
||o-----------20-20-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-----------19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-o||
||------------19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-----------19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--||
||------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||


   Db                                                  Gbm
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   Gbm                       Db
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|




 Pre-Chorus:
similar to previous




 Chorus:
again almost similar to previous, but end on this instead:

                                                            PM---|
  E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E      E    E    E E   E    E    E    E
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11s9----------------------|
|-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x------------------------|
|-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9s7----------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------|------------------8---10---13---12---|




 Final Chorus:
         PM------|       PM---------------------------------|
     E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E     E   E   E   E   E    E    E    E    3x
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||--12---------------0---------------|-------------------------------------||
||o-12---------------0---------------|------------------------------------o||
||--12---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---8---10---13---12----||
...attack all the homes and villages...


  E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E      E    E    E    E    E    E    E    E
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-7---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---|-11---12---11---11---11---11---11---11---|
|-x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|--x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x---|
|-5----9----9----9----9----9----9----9---|--9---10----9----9----9----9----9----9---|
|-0--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|




 Outro:
(half-time count)
  Q       Q       Q       Q         Q       Q       Q       S E.
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-4-------4-------4-------x-0-----|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-4-------4-------4-------x-0-----|
|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-4-------4-------4-------x-0-----|


                                   5/4
                                                            PM----------------|
  Q       S E.    Q       S E.      Q       S E.    Q       E    E    E    S  S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-4-------x-5-----4-------x-0-----|-4-------x-5-----4---------------------------|
|-4-------x-5-----4-------x-0-----|-4-------x-5-----4---------------------------|
|-4-------x-5-----4-------x-0-----|-4-------x-5-----4-------8---10---13---12-12-|


 4/4
   E   Q.         H
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-12------------------------------|
|-12------------------------------|
|-12------------------------------|



  Grieving each others lives
  Holding this in mind
  That if we fall, we all fall
  And we fall alone

  The calming sincerity of steel machines
  Have consumed our euphoria
  Transforming us into muted dreams
  Dreaming of the day that

  We attack
  Attack, attack our fatal servitude
  We attack
  Attack, attack with pesticide
  We attack
  All the years of propaganda
  We shall attack!

  Bombs illustrate what we already know
  Candles cry towards the sky
  Bracing your plants of a polluted coast
  Dreaming of the day that

  Was the philosophy of displaced minds
  The bombing of all homes and villages?
  Truth is the only sort we demise
  Pleading till the day that

  Attack all the homes and villages
  Attack all the schools and hospitals
  You have attacked all the innocent villages
  We shall attack!


- 16th /December /05
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments or corrections!

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axenoob wrote on December 17 2005, 05:43 pm

Maiti...you definitely don't suck at tabbing SOAD songs, keep it up man

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Maitinin wrote on December 18 2005, 04:45 am

thank you, ill do so then :)

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astepabove wrote on December 18 2005, 12:43 pm

yeah its a good tab, lyrics are a bit off though. The verses are really this:
The cold insincerity of steel machines
Have consumed our euphoria
Transforming us into muted dreams
Dreaming of the day that

Books illustrate what we already know
Candles cry towards the sky
Racing your flags along polluted coasts
Dreaming of the day that

What's the philosophy of displaced mines
The bombing of all homes and villages
Truth is the only sword bleeding minds
Bleeding till the day that

Still a good tab though.

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