Song: Soil
Band: System of a Down
Tabbed by Karnatz (Karnatz@home.com)
Corrected version of tab submitted by Chunky Rice
Submitted by: Mark Rawlins (www.geocities.com/ilseoband)
Website: (www.angelfire.com/boybands/tomandthenuts)
Tuning Low to high: , , ,
Guitar plays a chord for 8 beats, then play
| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8\\\(slide down neck)
Then the part before the verse is written
the same as the verse but is played w/ different
rhythm...
| 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 repeat 4x
Then the verse is written the same
Then the lead into the chorus
| 3 5 5
| 0 0
W/ some stops sometimes
Then
| 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6
| 0 (hold out) 0 0 0
Back to verse
Then the lead into the chorus
Then when Serj starts saying Don't you... Realize... Evil
The Breakdown
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 repeat 3x
The fourth time just play 0s on the low
Then During the guitar solo
| 5 1
| 3 repeat 4x
Then it builds a little
| 3 3 3 3
| 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Back to the Breakdown 1x
Then
| 0 12 12 12 12 12 3x... then slide 7/ / / 12
h= hammer on
Then (repeat either 8x)
| or 0 (the first one has better tone)
| 0 3
| 12 7h10
Then the loud, scary swearing for 1 measure
Then the verse with even more messed up rhythms