Song: TOXICITY
Artist: SYSTEM OF A DOWN
Album: Toxicity
Track No: 12
Label: American
Submitted By: IcEmAn
Tabbed by: Edd Dawson (All my own work).
This was such a cool song I had to tab it. It's all pretty simple
really, although it's a bit tricky sometimes to get those fast chord
changes in the chorus sounding distinct, especially with a guitar
tuned as low as you need for this song. Enjoy :)
Any comments/corrections to: ma0etd@bath.ac.uk
My notation:
^ means bend.
[PALM MUTED... ...] means palm-mute the notes.
[MUTED] also means palm-mute the notes.
Only reason I used two different symbols for muting is that it looks
neater in some places.
Ok here's the structure:
------------------------
INTRO
CHORUS (drums come in here)
VERSE (singing starts here)
CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS
POST-CHORUS
CHORUS
ENDING
INTRO: Clean, All palm-muted.
D|----------------------------------------------------
A|--10--10--10--10--10--10-/--13--13--13--13--13--13--
F|-7---7---7---7---7---7---/10--10--10--10--10--10----
C|----------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------------
C|----------------------------------------------------
|
|
|----------------------------------10--10--------------
|--10--10--10-13--13-12--12---13---------13--13-11--11-
|-7---7---7-----10-----10---10--10---10----10-----10---
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
CHORUS: Distortion.
D|-----------------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------
F|-----------------------------------------------
C|-0--------------------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
G|-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
C|-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
| [MUTED]
|
|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-0--------------------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
|-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
|-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
| [MUTED]
|
|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|----------------------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
|--320200320200320200320200--8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
|--320200320200320200320200--8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
| [PALM MUTED............]
|
|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-0--------------------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
|-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
|-0---------32020------------8--8-8-8--7--7-7-7-
[MUTED]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/toxicity_tab_ver_11.html ]
VERSE: Clean.
D|----------------------------------------------------
A|--10--10--10--10--10--10-/--13--13--13--13--13--13--
F|-7---7---7---7---7---7---/10--10--10--10--10--10----
C|----------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------------
C|----------------------------------------------------
|
|
|--------------------------------10--10--------------
|--10--10--10-11--11-10--10--13--------13--13-11--11-
|-7---7---7------7------7--10--10--10----10-----10---
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|
|
|--------------------------------12----13----12------
|--10--10--10--10--10--10-/--13------13----13----13--
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---/10--10--10----10----10----
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|
|
|--------------------------------10--10--------------
|--10--10--10-11--11-10--10--13--------13--13-11--11-
|-7---7---7------7------7--10--10--10----10-----10---
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|
|
|--------------------------------12----13----12------
|--10--10--10--10--10--10-/--13------13----13----13--
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---/10--10--10----10----10----
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|
|
|--------------------------------10--10--------------
|--10--10--10-11--11-10--10--13--------13--13-11--11-
|-7---7---7------7------7--10--10--10----10-----10---
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
POST-CHORUS: Distortion.
NOTE: The bends in the following parts are very slight.
D|----------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------
F|----------------------------------------------------
C|-0---0-0-0-0-3-00-2^------0---0-0-0-0--3-00-2^------ x 2
G|----------------------------------------------------
C|----------------------------------------------------
|
|
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------- x 2
|-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-
|-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-
| [PALM MUTED...........................]
|
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------- x 2
|-0---0-0-0-0-330----------0---0-0-0-0-330-----------
|-0---0-0-0-0-330-2^-------0---0-0-0-0-330-2^--------
| [PALM MUTED...] [PALM MUTED...]
|
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------- x 2
|-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-
|-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-
| [PALM MUTED...........................]
ENDING: Distortion.
D|-----------------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------
F|-----------------------------------------
C|----------------------------------------- x 2
G|-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-
C|-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-320-0-0-0-220-0-0-0-
| [PALM MUTED...........................]
|
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------- x 2
|-0---0-0-0-0-330----------0---0-0-0-0-330-----------
|-0---0-0-0-0-330-2^-------0---0-0-0-0-330-2^--------
| [PALM MUTED...] [PALM MUTED...]
That's it. Send any comments/corrections/death-threats to:
ma0etd@bath.ac.uk
Edd
