SYSTEM OF A DOWN - "ATWA" Tablature
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The intro and verses are played clean and eveything else is
played with distortion.
The asterisks (*) mean that the measures enclosed are repeated. If you
have any comments, suggestions, or want to point out a mistake, please
email me.
The tuning for this song is as follows:
D
A
F
C
G
C
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|*----------------------------------------------------------------*|
|*----8------7------10------12-------13-------12------10------8---*|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---5---5\-3---3/-7----7/-8----8/-10----10\-8----8\-7----7\-5---5--|
Riff 1 (played during intro and verses)
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|*-----------------------------*|
|*-----------------------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Riff 2A (played after first verse)
repeat three times
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|*-----------------------------*|----------------------------|
|*-----------------------------*|----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5h6|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5h6|
Riff 2B (played after verse two and after solo)
repeat first measure twice
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-5-5-5-5h6-|-5-5-5-5h6-|-5-5-5-5h6-|-5-5-5-5h6-|
|-5-5-5-5h6-|-5-5-5-5h6-|-5-5-5-5h6-|-5-5-5-5h6-|
Riff 3 (chorus)
|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------|
|-5--5-5\-3--3-3/|7--7-7/-8--8-8/|10--10-10\-8--8-8\|7--7-7\-5--5-5|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------|
Solo
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
-----------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
-----------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
-----------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
-----------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
-----------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|*---------|-----------|-------------|----------*|
|*---------|-----------|-------------|----------*|
|-5----3--3|7---7-8---8|10---10-8---8|7---7-5--5-|
|-5----3--3|7---7-8---8|10---10-8---8|7---7-5--5-|
Riff 4 (final chorus)
repeat once
After Riff 4, play Riff 2B and Riff 3 until end the song.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
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