SYSTEM OF A DOWN - "Chop Suey! Perfect" Tablature

Band: System Of A Down
Album: Toxicity
Track Name: Chop Suey!
Track #: 6
Tabbed By: Disfunction3879

Tuning:(Low to High) C,G,C,F
Key:
* = Ring
/ = Slide Up
\ = Slide Down
()= Slide To the Note But Do Not Strike It

* NOTE * THIS TAB IS PRINTED BEST IF COPIED AND PASTED INTO WORD OR WORKS AND PRINTED IN LANDSCAPE FORM

Intro(00:09)(00:16) (The 3 on the low C and the 8 on the G are the both D#s so it’s
kind of hard to figure out but this is how I think it’s played)
F|---------||-----------------------------||---------------------------------------|
C|---------||-----------------------------||---------------------------------------|
G|---------||----------------*3*----------||---------*8*----*3*--------------------|
C|---*7*---||---*7*----*3*-----------*3*--||--*7*------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

(00:31) Repeat 2 Times
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7---7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6---10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9---12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10|

(00:39) Repeat 2 Times
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|





(00:46) Verse 1 (Repeat 4 Times)
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--8-7---8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7---7-6---7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6---|

(01:01) Chorus (Play Once)
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------*3*--------------------------*3*---------------------|
C|---*7*----*3*-----------*3*----/*7*----*3*-----------*3*----/7--------|

(01:17) Interlude
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7---7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6---10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9---12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10|

(01:24)
F|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
C|--8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7--|

(01:26) Verse 2 (Repeat 4 Times)
F|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
C|--8-7---8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7---7-6---7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6---|

(01:41) Chorus 2 (Play Twice) (But on the last time don’t slide to the 7 just hit the 3)
F|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------*3*--------------------------*3*---------------------|
C|---*7*----*3*-----------*3*----/*7*----*3*-----------*3*----/7--------|

(02:13) Bridge (Repeat 4 Times) (On the third and fourth times on this bridge Darron is Palm Muting these same chords but I don’t think Shavo is too but you can play this song with it or without palm muting I profer to do it without palm muting)
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7---7-6-7-6-7-6-7-6---10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9---12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10|

(02:28) Repeat 2 Times
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|

(02:35) Final Chorus (Repeat 6 Times but don’t play those eights the last time play the outro)
F|-----------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------8----8--8----\5----5--5----8----8--8--|
C|--7----7--7------------------------------------------|

(03:18) Outro
F|---------------------|
C|---------------------|
G|--8--8-8—-8—-8--*0*--|
C|---------------------|

And That’s It. That’s Chop Suey! perfect for bass. Another great S.O.A.D. song that you can play perfectly now. I will be tabbing out other great S.O.A.D. songs soon enough too.