The Art Of Shreddin'

Guitar Tabs

Psycho - System Of A Down

          C5                   Eb5
      0 0 0 x x x          3 3 3 x x x

Gtr I (C G C F A D) - 'Distortion'
Gtr II (C G C F A D) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (C G C F A D) - 'Clean'
Gtr IV (C G C F A D) - '12-string Acoustic'

 Intro
  Moderately Fast Rock Q=150
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


     E E  E E  E S S  E E    E S S  E E  E E  E S S    E E  E S S  E E  E S S
||--12-x-12-x-12-x-x-12-x-|-12-x-x-12-x-12-x-12-x-x-|-10-x-10-x-x-10-x-10-x-x-|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
|    Q    Q    Q      Q      Q      Q    Q    Q        Q    Q      Q    Q
||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--2----2----2------2---|--2------2----2----2-----|--0----0------0----0-----|
||---2----2----2------2---|--2------2----2----2-----|--0----0------0----0-----|


   E E  E S S  E S S  E S S     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-10-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x--||---13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|---------------------------o||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------o||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|
|  PM---------------------------------------------------
|  Q    Q      Q      Q         Q     Q     Q     Q
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------o||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|--0----0------0------0-----o||-3-----3-----3-----3----|
|--0----0------0------0------||-3-----3-----3-----3----|


   E        E  E  +E   E  E      E  E
|-13b13.5==13-13-(13)-13-13b14==13-13-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------|
|  Q           Q       Q         Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--3-----------3-------3---------3----|
|--3-----------3-------3---------3----|


   +E   E        E  E  E  E  E      E    E  E  E  E  E        E  E      E
|-(13)-13b14.5==13-13-13-13-13b15==13-|-13-13-13-13-13b15.5==13-13b16==13-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|   PM----------------------------------------------------------|
|   Q            Q     Q     Q           Q     Q     Q           Q
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---3------------3-----3-----3--------|--3-----3-----3-----------3--------|
|---3------------3-----3-----3--------|--3-----3-----3-----------3--------|


    Gtrs I, II
    PM---------------------------------|
    S S E Q  S S E Q    S S E Q  S S E Q
||--------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------o||
||--------------------|--------------------||
||--2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-2-2----2-2-2-----||
||o-2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-2-2----2-2-2----o||
||--2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-2-2----2-2-2-----||
|
|   W                   W
||--------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------o||
||--------------------|--------------------||
||--------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------o||
||--------------------|--------------------||


   Verse
    $
    PM----------------------------------------------|
    E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2-----2------|
||--2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-|-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3--|


  PM--------------------------------------------|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2-----2---|
|-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-|-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2---|


  PM----------------------------------------------|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|
|-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-|-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-|


  PM--------------------------------------------|
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E S S E S S E S S E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2-----2---|
|-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-|-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-3-3-2-0-|


  C5                             Eb5
  Gtr II
  H    Q.   E   +E  E Q  Q  Q     H     Q   E  E
  |    |    |    |  | |  |  |     |     |   |  |
  /    /    /    /  / /  /  /     /     /   /  /

  Gtr I
  H    Q.   E   +E  E Q  Q  Q     H     Q   E  E
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7----7----7-|-(7)-7-7--7--7S=|=10----10--10-10-|
|-7----7----7-|-(7)-7-7--7--7S=|=10----10--10-10-|
|-5----5----5-|-(5)-5-5--5--5S=|==8-----8---8--8-|
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|


                    1.
   H     Q   +Q      W                   W
   |     |    |
   /     /    /

                     PM-------------------------------|
   H     Q   +Q      S S E Q  S S E Q    S S E Q  S S E Q
|------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-10----10--(10)\--|-------------------|--------------------||
|-10----10--(10)\--|-------------------|--------------------||
|--8-----8---(8)\--|-2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-2-2----2-2-2----o||
|------------------|-2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-2-2----2-2-2-----||


  2.
  W          H.      Q    W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||
|-2--------|-2-------0--|-2--------|-(2)----------||
|-2--------|-2-------0--|-2--------|-(2)----------||
|-2--------|-2-------0--|-2--------|-(2)----------||
|
|                                    Gtrs III, IV
| W          W            W           H     Q  Q
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|------------|----------|-----------0--||
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||


 Bridge
  Gtrs III, IV
  H    Q.   E   +E  E Q  Q  E E   Q  E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|------3----3-|-(3)-3----3--3-3-|--------------------|
|-1----1----1-|-(1)-1----1--1-1-|-2--2-2-2-4-5-4pb5r=|
|-2-----------|-------2---------|-0------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|--------------------|


  +Q   Q  E E E E   H    Q  E E   +Q   Q  E E Q
|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------3----3-|-(3)--3--3-3-3--|
|-(4)--4--4-2-2-2-|------2----2-|-(2)--2--2-4-2--|
|-----------------|-3-------3---|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------|----------------|


  Gtrs I, II                               Gtrs III, IV
  PM-------------------------------|
  S S E Q  S S E Q    S S E Q  S S E Q     H    Q.   E
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|------3----3----|
|-------------------|--------------------|-1----1----1----|
|-------------------|--------------------|-2--------------|
|-2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-2-2----2-2-2-----|----------------|
|-2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-2-2----2-2-2-----|----------------|


  +E  E Q  Q  E E   Q.   E E E E A E   +E  Q  E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)-3----3--3-3-|------------------|-------------------|
|-(1)-1----1--1-1-|-2----2-2-4-5-5s7-|-(7)-5--5-4-4-2-2--|
|-------2---------|-0----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|


                                                                   D.S.
                                  Gtrs I, II
                                  PM-------------------------------|
  H    Q.   E   +E  E Q  E E Q    S S E Q  S S E Q    S S E Q  S S E Q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|------3----3-|-(3)-3----3-3-3--|-------------------|-------------------||
|------2----2-|-(2)-2----2-4-2--|-------------------|-------------------||
|-3-----------|-------3---------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------|-----------------|-2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-2-2----2-2-2----||
|-------------|-----------------|-2-2-2----2-2-2----|-2-2-2----2-2-2----||


 Outro
  Gtr II
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   A  H     +H         +H.          E  E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-10h12----(12)-----|-(12)---------10-12-|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
|    Gtrs III, IV
|     H      Q.   E    +E  E Q  Q   E  E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------3----3-|--(3)-3----3---3--3-|
|-----1------1----1-|--(1)-1----1---1--1-|
|-----2-------------|--------2-----------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/psycho_tab.html ]
                                 |--3--|
   H.             E  E       E   S  S  S  H.
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-12b13----------12-12----|-13--12h13p12p10------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|  Q     E E E E  E  E      +Q            Q   E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|--2-----2-2-2-4--5--4pb5r|=(4)-----------4---4-2-2-2--|
|--0----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|


                        ~~~~~~~~
   +W               S   E.  +Q    Q   Q
|----------------|-----------------------|
|-(10)-----------|-10h=12--(12)--10---9--|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|
|   H     Q  E E   +Q        Q    E E Q
|----------------|-----------------------|
|---------3----3-|-(3)-------3----3-3-3--|
|---------2----2-|-(2)-------2----2-4-2--|
|---3--------3---|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|


           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  E  E  A  H.            +H.          Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-9-10-10s12----------|-(12)---------10----|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|
| H            Q.   E    +E  E Q  Q   E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|--------------3----3-|--(3)-3----3---3-3--|
|-1------------1----1-|--(1)-1----1---1-1--|
|-2-------------------|--------2-----------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|


      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   A  W              +H.          E  E    H.          E    E
|-----------------|--------------------|-12------------------|
|-10h12-----------|-(12)---------10-12-|-------------12---12-|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|     H    Q.   E    +E  E Q  Q   E  E    Q.   E E E  E A  E
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|----------3----3-|--(3)-3----3---3--3-|---------------------|
|-----1----1----1-|--(1)-1----1---1--1-|--2----2-2-4--5-5s=7-|
|-----2-----------|--------2-----------|--0------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|


       |--3--|
   E   S  S  S  E      +E   +Q         +Q       +H      Q.    E
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-13--12-13-12-10b11==(10)r(10)b11====(10)r==|=(10)----10----10---|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|
| +E   Q                E    E      E   E  E     H      Q.    E
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|----------3-----3---|
|-(7)--5----------------5----4------4---2--2-|----------2-----2---|
|--------------------------------------------|---3----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|


      ~~~~~~~~~~
   S  E.    +Q    Q   E E   Q  E  E S     +S  +E  E  E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10h12----(12)--10---9-9-|-9--9-10-9b10==(9)r(9)-9-10-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|  E     E   Q    E E Q     H       Q.               E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|--3-----3--------3-3-3---|---------3----------------3-|
|--2-----2--------2-4-2---|-1-------1----------------1-|
|------------3------------|-2--------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|


   E.    S  +E  E  Q  E  E    E E  E E  E  E  E E
|--------------------------|----0----0-----0----0--|
|-12----10-(10)-9-10----10-|-12---12---12----12----|
|---------------------9----|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +E  E      Q     Q  E  E    H         Q.      E
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(3)-3------------3--3--3-|------------3-------3--|
|-(1)-1------------1--1--1-|--1---------1-------1--|
|------------2-------------|--2--------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|


   E  E  E E  E E  E E    E E  E E  E E  E E       E  E  E E  E E  E E
|-----0----0----0----0-|----0----0----0----0----|-----0----0----0----0-|
|-12----12---10---12---|-13---13---13---12------|-12----10---10---10---|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| +E  E  Q    Q    E E    Q    E E  E E  E E      +Q     Q    E E  E E
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|-(3)-3-------3----3-3-|------------------------|----------------------|
|-(1)-1-------1----1-1-|--2----2-2--2-4--5-4pb5r|=(4)----4----4-2--2-2-|
|--------2-------------|--0---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|


   E E  E E  E E  E E    E  E  E E  E E E E   E  E  E E  E  E  E E
|----0----0----0----0-|-----0----0----0---0-|---------0-----0----0-|
|-10---10---10---10---|-12----12---10---9---|-9-10-12---12----12---|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|
|  H         Q    E E   +Q     Q    E E Q     H          Q.      E
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|------------3------3-|-(3)----3----3-3-3---|------------3-------3-|
|------------2------2-|-(2)----2----2-4-2---|-1----------1-------1-|
|--3--------------3---|---------------------|-2--------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|


   E  E  E E  E E  E E    E E  E E  E  E  E E    E  E  E E  E E  E E
|-----0----0----0----0-|----0----0-----0----0-|-----0----0----0----0-|
|-12----12---12---10---|-12---12---12----12---|-12----12---10---12---|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| +E  E  Q    Q    E E    H         Q.      E   +E  E  Q    Q    E E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-(3)-3-------3----3-3-|------------3-------3-|-(3)-3-------3----3-3-|
|-(1)-1-------1----1-1-|--1---------1-------1-|-(1)-1-------1----1-1-|
|--------2-------------|--2-------------------|--------2-------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|


   E  E  E E  E E  E   E    E  E  E E  Q   Q
|-----0----0----0------0-|-----0----0------0---|
|-15----15---15---13-----|-13----12---10-------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|
|  Q.      E  E E  E A E   +E  Q    E  E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|--2-------2--2-4--5-5s7-|-(7)-5----5--4-4-2-2-|
|--0---------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|


                             H.=H
   Q  Q   Q   Q      Q    Q   Q   Q    W
|-----0-------0---|-------0-------0--|-0----*|
|-10-----10-------|-12-------10------|-9----*|
|-----------------|------------------|------*|
|-----------------|------------------|------*|
|-----------------|------------------|------*|
|-----------------|------------------|------*|
|
|  H      Q.    E   +E  E Q   E E Q    W
|-----------------|------------------|------*|
|---------3-----3-|-(3)-3-----3-3-3--|------*|
|---------2-----2-|-(2)-2-----2-4-2--|-1----*|
|--3--------------|-------3----------|-2----*|
|-----------------|------------------|------*|
|-----------------|------------------|------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths