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TEMPER - System Of A Down
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KEY:
w - whole note/chord
h - half note/chord
q - quarter note/chord
e - eighth note/chord
s - sixteenth note/chord
a - acciaccatura - very short therefore has no effect on timing
x. - 1.5 times x
x.. - 1.75 times x
x+y - note of duration of the sum of x and y
X - rest of duration x
+x - note/chord is tied to previous - do not play again
/ - strum chord
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
bN - bend to equivalent of fret N
r - release string
< - increase in volume
> - decrease in volume
GUITARS:
Guitar 1: CGCFAD - Distortion
CHORDS:
C#5 Eb5 F5
1 1 x x x x 3 3 x x x x 5 5 x x x x
INTRO & VERSE 1:
Guitar 1
~92bpm
4/4
W W W W a h q s s e q. e q. e
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
F|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
C|---------|---------|---------|---------|-7h8--8--7b8r7--|-5---5--7---7--|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
C|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
a h a q q q. e q. e a q. e q q q. e q. e
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------5-|
A|---------------|---------------|------------6--|-----8--6-----|
F|-5h7---5h7--5--|--------5---5--|-5h7--5--7-----|-8------------|
C|---------------|-8---8---------|---------------|--------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
C|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
q. e q q q. e q. e w +h.. e w x5 +w
D|-6---5--6---5--|---------------|--------|-||---------|-------||-|-------|
A|---------------|---------------|--------|-||---------|-------||-|-------|
F|---------------|-7---7--8---8--|-7------|-||o-(7)--8-|-7----o||-|-(7)---|
C|---------------|---------------|--------|-||o--------|------o||-|-------|
G|---------------|---------------|--------|-||---------|-------||-|-------|
C|---------------|---------------|--------|-||---------|-------||-|-------|
CHORUS 1:
Guitar 1
~144bpm
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/temper_tab_ver_4.html ]
F5 Eb5 C#5 Eb5
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / x4
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|<-- Riff 1 -->|
VERSE 2:
Rest 12 bars at ~92bpm
CHORUS 2:
As Chorus 1
SOLO & VERSE 3:
Guitar 1
~92bpm
h q q a q. s s q e e s s e+h e e q a q h
D|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
A|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
F|-3---3--5-|-5h7--5p3h5--3-2--|-3p2p0------0--2--|-3--3h5--2-----|
C|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
G|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
C|----------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
a h. e e a q. e q e e h. e e a q. s s q. e
D|-------------|-------------------|------------|---------------|
A|----------4--|-4h6---4---------4-|------------|---------------|
F|-5h7---7-----|----------5---7----|-7----3--5--|-5h7--5p3h5--8-|
C|-------------|-------------------|------------|---------------|
G|-------------|-------------------|------------|---------------|
C|-------------|-------------------|------------|---------------|
w +e. 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
D|-------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F|-7-----|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C|-------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|-------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
< < < < < > < < > < >
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
F|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------|
< < < <
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s x8
|-||-----------------------------------||-|
|-||------7-8-7---7-------7-8-7---7----||-|
|-||o-7-8-------8---8-7-8-------8---8-o||-|
|-||o---------------------------------o||-|
|-||-----------------------------------||-|
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CHORUS 3:
Riff 1 x7
Guitar 1
~144bpm
F5 Eb5 C#5 Eb5
s s s s s s s s s s s s s E.
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
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