Soil
System of a Down
rmwaters3000@hotmail.com
Tuning- c g c f a d
This tab is out of the book and is 100% correct. This song has multiple guitars
playing so I hope you can figure this out. Have fun (that's what the guitar's
for anyhow!)
INTRO
Gtrs.1 (slight dist.)& 2 (dist.)
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10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
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10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10---0--0--|
-8---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8---0--0--|
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|-3---1---0---3--3-----1--1---0---0--0--|-3---1---0---3--3-----1--0--0--4---0-|
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VERSE
Riff A (Gtr. 2)
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3--1--0--3-3---1-1-1-0-|-3--1--0--3-3---1-0-0-4-4-0-|-3--1--0--3-3---1-1-1-0--|
The phoe-nix he helped cre - ate,
Making a decision of death-while every1 around you pled.Now you fly in peace I
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End Riff A
hope, my friend
Gtr. 2 w/Riff A, 2 times
out of control boy without a
A man can't avoid doin' what he's meant to do when he's meant to do it,
dad shot the gun that
even if he doesn't really want to. My memories are of fun
started my life
and friendship of weakness within the strength of youth. For
(Gtr. 2)
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while I drove him with a for - ty
reasons undefined, reasons undefined,
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five
reasons undefined, resons undefined.
CHORUS
RhyFig1 (Gtrs. 1 & 2)
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Friends for years, images in red, RhyFig1
Gtrs. 1 & 2 w/RhyFig1, 2 times
blew off his own moth-er-fuck-in' head. Con-fidence, death, in-se-cur-ity.
Gtrs. 1 & 2
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1st Chorus ending Gtr. 2
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Men fall un-real-ized, un-real - ized,
Gtr.1
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9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|-|12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-|-|
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Gtr.2 un-real-ized.
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9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|-|12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-|-|
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__________________
Gtr.1
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11-------------------------|-|13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
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Gtr.2
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11-------------------------|-|13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
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2nd Chorus ending
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Men fall unrealized.
BRIDGE
RhyFig2
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DontYou realize evil livesinthemotherfuckingskin
End RhyFig2
Gtrs.1 & 2 w/RhyFig2, 2 times.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/soil_tab_ver_6.html ]
Gtr.3
ph ph pm... ph pm.... ph
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Don't You realize that
pm... pm............... ph pm ph pm.... pm...
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e-vil lives in the motherfucking skin?
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Don't you
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real - ive that
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e - vil
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lives in the
GUITAR SOLO(Gtr.2)
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-10h--10-10----10h--10-10----|-10h--10-10----------10-12^--12p10-|
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Don't you realize
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e - vil lives in the motherfucking skin?
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11/12-12-12-12\11-11-11-11\8-8-8-8\7-7-7|7/8-8-8-8/11-11-11-11/12-12\11-11-11-11
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Don't you realize that
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e - vil lives in the motherfucking skin.
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Why the fuck did you take him away from us you motherfucker!
OUTRO(Gtr.1 & 2)
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-3-1-0-3-3--1-1-1-0-0--(x3)-|-3-1-0-3-3--1-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-0-3-3--1-1-1-0-0-|
-3-1-0-3-3--1-1-1-0-0-------|-3-1-0-3-3--1-1-1-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-0-3-3--1-1-1-0-0-|
This may look long and very hard but once you look over it it isn't that bad.
So all my guitar friends enjoy this tab.
fin
