____________________
/ System of a Down / I think that this song is simply about existentialism.
/ Question! / The red berries refer to Adam and Eve and wether why that
/ Mezmerize / is not a way of seeing things. Maybe being dead is just as
/___________________/ good as being alive, maybe the ghosts are very alike us.
Em
12 10 9 12 0 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Steel Stringed Acoustic, Clean
Gtr II (C G C F A D) - Electric, Distorted
Gtr III (C G C F A D) - Electric, Distorted
Gtr IV (C G C F A D) - Electric, Clean
*Before even starting on the intro, you really need to catch the 9/16 feeling - and of
course build up your finger endurance, as it is an extremely challenging song to play.
Anyways, to get that feeling, imagine the 12/16 (6/8 or 3/4) feeling, and then forget
about the last three 16th parts. I think the 5/8 feeling is actually easier to catch!
After doing this tab, I've really realized that SOAD have really become clever musicians!
Intro
Q=90 bpm
9/16 5/8
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S 7x S S S E. E. +H +E +H +E
||--0------------------------||-0--------------0^---|--(0)--------(0)-|--(0)--------(0)-|
||o---0----------0----------o||---0------------0^---|--(0)--------(0)-|--(0)--------(0)-|
||------12----12---12----12--||-----12--------12^---|-(12)-------(12)-|-(12)-------(12)-|
||---------10---------10-----||--------10------9^---|--(9)--------(9)-|--(9)--------(9)-|
||o-------------------------o||---------------10^---|-(10)-------(10)-|-(10)-------(10)-|
||---------------------------||---------------12^---|-(12)-------(12)-|-(12)-------(12)-|
5/8
Gtr I
|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|
Em Em
E S E S E E E S E S E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II, III
PM-------------------|
E S E S S S S S 4x S T T S S S S S S S S 4x
||-------------------------||--------------------------||
||o-----------------------o||o------------------------o||
||-------------------------||--------------------------||
||-------------------------||--------------------------||
||o--4---11-9---7-7-9-6-7-o||o-4-4-4-11-9-9-7-7-9-6-7-o||
||---4---11-9---7-7-9-6-7--||--4-4-4-11-9-9-7-7-9-6-7--||
|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-||-Rhy Fig 3 end Rhy Fig 3-|
9/16
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0-----------------------|--0------------------------|
|---0----------0----------|-----0----------0----------|
|-----12----12---12----12-|-------12----12---12----12-|
|--------10---------10----|----------10---------10----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|Gtr II, III
| W +W
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4-----------------------|-(4)-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|-(4)-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|-(4)-----------------------|
1st Verse:
9/16
Gtr I
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
||--0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
||o---0----------0----------|---0----------0----------|---0----------0----------|
||------12----12---12----12-|-----12----12---12----12-|-----12----12---12----12-|
||---------10---------10----|--------10---------10----|--------10---------10----|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|Gtr IV
| PM----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E. E.
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------2--4--2----2-------|------2--4--2----2-------|-------------------------|
||o---4----------4-----4--5-|---4----------4-----4--5-|-------------------------|
||--4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|-------------------------|
...sweet berries ready for two...
1. 2.
6/8 6/8
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 S
|-0-----------------------|--------0-------------0-----||---------0-------------0------||
|---0----------0----------|-----0----0--------0----0---||o-----0----0--------0----0---o||
|-----12----12---12----12-|---5--------5----5--------5-||----5--------5----5--------5--||
|--------10---------10----|-7-------------7------------||--7-------------7-------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||o----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------||
|
| 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 S
|-------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||o----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------||
|------2--4--2----2-------|----------------------------||------------------------------||
|---4----------4-----4--5-|-2-----s9-----s2-----s9-----||o-2-----s9-----s2-----s9-----o||
|-4-----------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/question_tab_ver_4.html ]
Pre-Chorus:
6/8
Gtr I
Em Em Em Em
E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
...dreaming the night...
Chorus:
6/8
Gtr II, III
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------6p4---------6p4-|---------6p4---------6p4-|---------6p4---------6p4-|
||o-4---4-4-----4---4-4-----|-4---4-4-----4---4-4-----|-4---4-4-----4---4-4-----|
||--4---4-4-----4---4-4-----|-4---4-4-----4---4-4-----|-4---4-4-----4---4-4-----|
...do we, do we know...
PM PM PM PM
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||-------------------------|
|----------------------------o||-------------------------|
|-----------------------------||-------------------------|
|-9-----11p9---12p9---11p9----||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-9--------------------------o||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-9---9------9------9------9--||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
Rhy Fig 2 x2 + Rhy Fig 1 x2
2nd Verse:
similar to previous
Pre-Chorus:
similar to previous
Chorus:
similar to previous
Bridge:
Gtr II, III
6/8
W +W
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-4-----------------------|-(4)-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|-(4)-----------------------|
|-4-----------------------|-(4)-----------------------|
Rhy Fig 2 x4 + Rhy Fig 1 x4
Rhy Fig 3 x4 + Rhy Fig 1 x4
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T 4x
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||--4-4-4-4-11-11-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-6-6-7-7--||
Rhy Fig 2 x4 + Rhy Fig 1 x4
4/4
S T T T T S S T T T T S S T T T T S S T T T T S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---|
Final Chorus:
4/4
S T T T T S S T T T T S S T T T T S S T T T T S
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||--4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---|
S T T T T S S T T T T S S T T T T S S T T T T S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---|
S T T T T S S T T T T S S T T T T S S T T T T S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---4---4-4-4-4-0---|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
Outro:
Rhy Fig 2 x4 + + Rhy Fig 1 x4
9/16
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0-----------------------||---0-------------------------||
|---0----------0----------||o-----0----------0----------o||
|-----12----12---12----12-||--------12----12---12----12--||
|--------10---------10----||-----------10---------10-----||
|-------------------------||o---------------------------o||
|-------------------------||-----------------------------||
|
|Gtr II, III
| W +W
|-------------------------||-----------------------------||
|-------------------------||o---------------------------o||
|-------------------------||-----------------------------||
|-4-----------------------||--(4)------------------------||
|-4-----------------------||o-(4)-----------------------o||
|-4-----------------------||--(4)------------------------||
9/16 5/8
Gtr I
S S S E. E. +H +E
|-0--------------0^---|--(0)--------(0)-|
|---0------------0^---|--(0)--------(0)-|
|-----12--------12^---|-(12)-------(12)-|
|--------10------9^---|--(9)--------(9)-|
|---------------10^---|-(10)-------(10)-|
|---------------12^---|-(12)-------(12)-|
Rhy Fig 2 x2 + Rhy Fig 1 x2
Sweet berries ready for two
Ghosts are no different than you
Ghosts are now waiting for you
Are you dreaming?
Dreaming the night
Dreaming all right
Do we, do we know when we fly?
When we, when we go do we die?
- 5th /February /05
Just mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com with questions, comments and corrections!
