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FOREST
As recorded by System Of A Down
(From the 2001 Album TOXICITY)
Words by Serj Tankian
Music by Daron Malakian
Transcribed by John Harag
Gtr I (C G C F A D) - 'Distortion'
Intro
Q=151
N.C.
1/8 4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|---|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
PM------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------6-4------6-4-|------6-4------6-4-|
|-0--0-6-4-0--0-6-4-|-0--0-6-4-0--0-6-4-|
D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|------4-6------4-6-|------4-6------4-6--|
|-0--0-4-6-0--0-4-6-|-0--0-4-6-0--0-4-6--|
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
PM PM----------------| PM----------------| PM----| PM--|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6--|
|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6--|
1st, 2nd Verses
$
D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 N.C.
PM PM----| PM--------------------------------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------||o---------------------------------|
|---------------------||------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------||----------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-||o-5-5-5-5-------------------------|
|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-||----------------------------------|
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5
PM--------------------------------| PM----------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------|---------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|
|---------------------------------|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|-0---0-6-4-0---0-6-4-|
N.C.
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-6-6-6-6-------------------------|-7-7-7-7-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1.
D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
PM PM----| PM------| PM----| PM-------
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-o||
|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6-|-0---0-4-6-0---0-4-6--||
2.
-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|---------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-8-8-8-8-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-----7-------7---|-----8-------8---|
|---------8-8-8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|---5---5---5---5-|---6---6---6---6-|
|-9-9-9-9---------------------------------|-6-------6-------|-7-------7-------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
D5 Eb5
PM------------|
|-3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q W H.. +E
|-----------------|--------------||-----------|----------------|
|-----------------|--------------||o----------|----------------|
|-----9-------9---|--------------||-----------|----------------|
|---7---7---7---7-|--------------||-----------|----------------|
|-8-------8-------|--------------||o-0--------|-1---------(1)S=|
|-----------------|-8-10-8-7-5-4-||--0--------|-1---------(1)S=|
To Coda
G5 N.C. D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5
|-3--| |-3-|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x E. S E E E. S E E
|----------|---------------||-------------------|
|----------|--------------o||-------------------|
|----------|---------------||-------------------|
|----------|---------------||-------------------|
|-5--------|--------------o||------6-4------6-4-|
|-5--------|-8-10-8-7-5-4--||-0--0-6-4-0--0-6-4-|
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D.S. al Coda
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|------6-4------6-4-|------4-6------4-6-|------4-6------4-6-||
|-0--0-6-4-0--0-6-4-|-0--0-4-6-0--0-4-6-|-0--0-4-6-0--0-4-6-||
&
N.C. D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5
PM----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E E S E S E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-|
|-8-8-8-8-7-5-|-8-8-8-8-7-5-|-8-8-8-8-7-5-|-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-|
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5 D5 F#G#D5 F#G#5
PM------------------------------------------------------------|
S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E S E S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-|-0-0-0-4-6-0-0-0-4-6-|-0-0-0-4-6-0-0-0-4-6--|
|-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-|-0-0-0-4-6-0-0-0-4-6-|-0-0-0-4-6-0-0-0-4-6--|
N.C. D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 N.C.
PM----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E E S E S E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------|
|-------------|-------------||o---------------------o||-------------|
|-------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------|
|-------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------|
|-------------|-6-6-6-6-5---||o-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-o||-------------|
|-8-8-8-8-7-5-|-----------8-||--0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4--||-8-8-8-8-7-5-|
D5 G#F#D5 G#F#5 N.C.
PM----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E E S E S E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------|
|----------------|-------------||o---------------------o||-------------|
|----------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------|
|----------------|-------------||-----------------------||-------------|
|-6-6-6-6--5-----|-8-8-8-8-6-5-||o-0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4-o||-8-8-8-8-6-5-|
|-------------8--|-------------||--0-0-0-6-4-0-0-0-6-4--||-------------|
|--3--| |-3-| |--3--| |-3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-/10-10-10-10-8-6-|-/11-11-11-11-10-8-|
|------------------|-------------------|
D5
PM------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E S S S E S e E 4x
|--------------------||--------------------------||
|--------------------||o------------------------o||
|--------------------||--------------------------||
|--------------------||--------------------------||
|-/13-13-13-13-11-10-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----o||
|--------------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
3rd Verse
N.C.
PM------------------------------------------------|
Wx8 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------|-----6-------6---|-----7-------7---|-----8-------8----|
|------------|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---6---6---6---6--|
|------------|-5-------5-------|-6-------6-------|-7-------7--------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
PM-------------------------------------------------
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----9-------9---|---------6-6-------------6-6-----|
|---7---7---7---7-|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4-|
|-8-------8-------|-5-5-------------5-5-------------|
|-----------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---------7-7-------------7-7------|
|-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5--|
|-6-6-------------6-6--------------|
|----------------------------------|
Chorus
D5
PM----|
|-3--| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|---------------------------------|--------------||-------|
|---------------------------------|--------------||o------|
|---------8-8-------------8-8-8-8-|--------------||-------|
|-----6-6-----6-6-----6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------------||-------|
|-7-7-------------7-7-------------|--------------||o-0----|
|---------------------------------|-8-10-8-7-5-4-||--0----|
Eb5 G5 N.C. D5
PM--------------------|
|-3--| |-3-|
H.. +E W Q Q Q Q Q Q S E S E S S S E S E S S
|---------------|----------|---------------||-||--------------------------|
|---------------|----------|--------------o||-||o-------------------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------||-||--------------------------|
|---------------|----------|---------------||-||--------------------------|
|-1---------(1)S|=5--------|--------------o||-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1---------(1)S|=5--------|-8-10-8-7-5-4--||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Eb5 G5
PM----------------------------------------------|
S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
N.C. D5
|-3--| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|---------------||------*|
|--------------o||------*|
|---------------||------*|
|---------------||------*|
|--------------o||-0----*|
|-8-10-8-7-5-4--||-0----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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