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SHIMMY
As recorded by System Of A Down
(From the 2001 Album TOXCITY)
Words and Music by System of a Down
Transcribed by John Harag
Gtr I (C G C F A D) - '-'
Intro
Q=121
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||---------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||---------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||---------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||---------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||---------------------------------||
||--3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--||-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-||
PM------|
S E E S E S E E S E 3x S E E S E S S S S q
||-----------------------||----------------------||
||o---------------------o||----------------------||
||-----------------------||----------------------||
||--3-2-2-2-2-7-6-6-6-6--||-3-2-2-2-2------------||
||o-3-2-2-2-2-7-6-6-6-6-o||-3-2-2-2-2-7-6-6-6-6--||
||--3-2-2-2-2-7-6-6-6-6--||-3-2-2-2-2-7-6-6-6-6--||
Verse
$
PM------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S e E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-|-7-8-7-5----------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-|---------10-9-7-6-|
PM------------------------|
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S e E E E E E S S S E E E
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----6-7-6h7p6-------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-|-7-8-----------8-7-5-|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-|---------------------|
PM------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S e E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-|-7-8-7-5----------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-|---------10-9-7-6-|
To Coda
PM------------------------|
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e e e e S S S e e e e e e e e e e e
|-----------------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----6-7-6h7p6-------|--------------------||
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-|-7-8-----------8-7-8-|-7-5----------------||
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-|---------------------|-----10-9-10-9-7-6--||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/shimmy_tab_ver_4.html ]
Chorus
D.S. al Coda
PM------|
S S S E S E S S S E S E 3x S E E S E S S S S q
||---------------------------||----------------------||
||o-------------------------o||----------------------||
||---------------------------||----------------------||
||--3-2-2-2-2-2-7-6-6-6-6-6--||-2-2-2-2-2-2S6-6-6-6--||
||o-3-2-2-2-2-2-7-6-6-6-6-6-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2S6-6-6-6--||
||--3-2-2-2-2-2-7-6-6-6-6-6--||-2-2-2-2-2-2S6-6-6-6--||
Chorus Interlude
&
S S S E S E S S S E S E 8x S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q S S E Q
||---------------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------o||-------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2S6-6-6-6-6-6--||-2-2------2-2------|-2-2------2-2------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2S6-6-6-6-6-6-o||-2-2------2-2------|-2-2------2-2------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2S6-6-6-6-6-6--||-2-2------2-2------|-2-2------2-2------|
PM------|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|-2-2---2-2-----------------||
|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|-2-2---2-2---6-6-6-6-6-----||
|-2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|-2-2---2-2---6-6-6-6-6-----||
Bridge Outro
PM-------------| PM----------------------|
e e e e e e e e 5x e e e e e e e e S S S S S S S S S S S S e e 4x
||--------------------||------------------||-------------------------------||
||o------------------o||------------------||o-----------------------------o||
||--------------------||------------------||-------------------------------||
||--------------------||------------------||-------------------------------||
||o-7-8-7-5----------o||-7-8-7-5----------||o-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-o||
||----------10-9-7-6--||---------10-9-7-6-||--3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2--||
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
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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
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| - 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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