Revenga by System of a Down on the album Mezmerize
Tabbed by Scott Cheadle
Tuning is Dropped D, then drop all the strings another half tone (C# G# C# F# A# d#)
Intro: Clean Guitar down pick each chord
Six Beats…Six Beats… Six Beats…one beat, one beat, two beats (just slide down from around 18 th fret)
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|-6------------10----------11-----------11--------10-------9-----------------------------------------------|
|-5------------9-----------10-----------10-------10-------9-----------------------------------------------|
|-0------------0-----------0------------0---------0-------0-----------------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------18/--------------------------|
Pre-verse : W/ heavy distortion
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|----------------------------8-8-8/-----------------------8-7-5-8-75---------------------------------------|
|0-000-000-000-000-00-8-8-8/-0-000-000-000-00-8-7-5-8-75---------------------------------------|
PM|…………….………….| | ……………………|
Verse : W/ heavy distortion
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|------------------------------------------6--------------------------------------6--7--6--3--2---------------|
|------------------------------------------4--------------------------------------4--5--4--1--0---------------|
|---00000—0000--00000--00000-000----00000—0000--00000--00000--------------------------------|
PM|…………………………………….| |……………………………………|
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|---------------------------------------6--------------------------------------6--7--9--10-----------------|
|---------------------------------------4--------------------------------------4--5--7--8------------------|
|---00000—0000--00000--00000-----00000—0000--00000--00000--------------------------------|
PM|…………………………………….| |……………………………………|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/revenga_tab.html ]
Chorus : W/ heavy distortion (Down pick all the powerchords)
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|-0----------------0----------------7----------------7----------------8----------------8----------8-7-6--|
|-0----------------0----------------7----------------7----------------8----------------8----------8-7-6--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|…………………..| |…………………..| |……………………| |…………………..| |……………………| |……………| |…………………….|
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|3------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|3------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0—18/---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|…………………| |…………….|
I’ve transposed the solo so its as low down the fretboard as possible, Daron plays it differently sometimes so if you see him playing it a different way to this, just remember the notes are all the same. I know this is 100% Correct.
Solo : W/ heavy distortion. (there are probably more notes but I don’t have a tremolo symbol on my keyboard so I just put the notes multiple times, tremolo pick them all apart from the powerchord at the end)
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|---------333-----------------------------------------------666-------------------------------------------|
|---------------222-----------------------------------------------555-------------------------------------|
|-00000------------333--000--------000--222--33333-------------666--333--222--555------------|
|----------------------------------444----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|---------444----------------------------------------------333--------------------------------------------|
|--------------333-----------------------------------------------222--------------------------------------|
|-11111------------444--111--000--111--33333--00000------------333--000---------000-222-----0--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------4444----------------0--|
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That’s the whole song. You can figure out the order they go in and how many times etc, play along with the song and you’ll get it soon enough. Any comments? Email me at scott-iceman@hotmail.co.uk
