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From: " SeRg " <stangaddict@hotmail.com>
Subject: s/system_of_a_down/prison_song.tab
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 18:52:49 -0700

Author/Artist: System Of A Down
Title: Prison Song
Album: Toxicity
Transcribed by: Sergio Moreno
Email: stangaddict@hotmail.com

This song is mainly played with distortion. It sounds like Daron also
uses some other effects on the riff he plays during the verses.

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:
C#
G#
E
B
F#
B

|------|------------------|---------------------|-------|
|------|------------------|---------------------|-------|
|------|*-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|------*|
|------|*-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|------*|
|-0----|--0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-------|
|-0----|--0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|-------|
intro               repeat once

-----------------|---------|---------------|
-----------------|---------|---------------|
-----------------|---------|-------3-3-3-3-|
-----------------|---------|-------3-3-3-3-|
-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-|-------1-1-1-1-|
-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-|---------------|
                             pause

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|-----------------------3-3-3-3-*|
|*-------------------------------|-----------------------3-3-3-3-*|
|--0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0-|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-1-1-1--|
|--0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0-|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0----------|
Riff 1  repeat once  (this riff played for chorus as well)

|-----------------|---------------------|-------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|-------|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|-------|
|---0-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-------|
|---0-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|-------|
                                         (riff 1)

|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
|--3-------3---|---3-------3---|
|1---1---1---1-|-1---1---1---1-|
|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
Riff 2 played during verses

|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----3---------2-----|-----------------|
|------------3--|-------3---------2---|*----------------|
|------------3--|---------3---------2-|*----------------|
|-0--1--0----1--|-----------1-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0--1--0-------|---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
"for you and me..... for baby you and me..."

---------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
---------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
------------3-3-3-3-*|-*------------|--------------3-3-3-3-*|
------------3-3-3-3-*|-*------------|--------------3-3-3-3-*|
0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1--|--0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-1-1-1-1--|
0-0-0-0-0-0----------|--0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0----------|
                        "war research and successful..."

Other tabs for this song:

prison song (2)

COMMENTS:

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oz	April 22, 2002, 3:21
dude i think the tab is in drop c not b. but ohter then that nice job

POOSTAIN	December 3, 2002, 17:36
All SOAD songs are in Drop D 1-D 2-A 3-F 4-C 5-G 6-C

richard	December 13, 2002, 18:18
nice jod but drop d

Ralph	October 15, 2003, 14:10
HEY DORK...IT'S DROPPED C!!!

GuitarFreak	October 18, 2003, 22:55
dude this song is awesome.......just wanted to tell you that!!

Zane	December 19, 2003, 21:07
hey dued its in drop D every system song is daron said it himself thats why he plays all his concerts on one guitar only

UKNOWN	January 7, 2004, 5:36
hey since its tuned wrong in the tab can some1 send me the real one? or does it work if i just play this tab in drop d????

DARONMALAKIAN IS HOT!	June 27, 2004, 22:51
not really zane. not ALL of the system's songs are dropped in D. Aerials is in drop C. and if u dont beleive me u can go on the aerials tabs and look at the comments cuz daron malakian is on one of them saying that aerials is in drop C.

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