SYSTEM OF A DOWN - "Its Called Deer Dance" Tablature

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Tuning:(low to high) C-G-C-F-A-D (Drop D + 1 Full Step Down)

Words and Music by System of a Down
Song: Deer Dance
CD: Toxicity
Transcribed by Josh Guittard

Legend:
ex: 5*= harmonic
PM---------|= Palm Mute

Intro/Chorus 1


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||o-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--o||
||--1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1---||



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|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||

Verse 1 and 2
3x
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||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
||------------------|--------5*-----|-----------------|--------5*------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||--5/--8\--3/--7\--|-1/--5\--------|-5/--8\--3/--7\--|-1/--5\---------||

Pre-Chorus 1 and 2
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

slight distortion x2
PM-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------5*----------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5--------------||

distorted (same as the rest of the song)
chorus again
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||o----------------|----------------o||
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||o-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--o||
||--1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1---||



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|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||

Shavo does his deal, pretty much all through the ‘solo’, I couldn’t tell you what his deal was though…
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Note: there are two guitar parts in this ‘solo’, I just tabbed the
one that I liked more………
Guitar Solo
PM--------------8x--|------------------------------à _ ||------------------------|-------------------------------| |
||o---10-9------12-10-9---|-10-10-10-9----10(3x)-9--------| |
||---------9------------9-|------------11----------9------| |
||-----------11-----------|--------------------------11---| |
||o-----------------------|-------------------------------| |
||------------------------|-------------------------------| |
|
PM -------------------------------------------- |x2
|------------------------------------------------9--10-9-|| |
|-12--12-10-9---9-9-9-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12--------o|| |
|-------------9------------------------------------------|| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|| |
|-------------------------------------------------------o|| |
|--------------------------------------------------------|| |
_|

(then this junk)
PM-----------------------------| repeat 6x
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-10-9---10-9---10-9--------10-9-|---10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-|
|------9------9------9----9------|----9--9--9--9-9-9-9-9-|
|----------------------11--------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------|

Serj sings a bit here…
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chorus yet again
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||o----------------|----------------o||
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||o-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--o||
||--1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1---||


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|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|

The ending… Same as chorus, as you can see, just different rhythm, song listening helps here…

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||o-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1---o||
||--1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1----||



Ta Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! You have just finished playing Deer Dance. I hope this is acceptable to you, if not, email me @: woccixelsyd@hotmail.com so i can have some hate mail.

In case you want it, here’s a map:

Intro (a.k.a. chorus)
Verses 1 and 2
Then pre-choruses
Back to the chorus
Then verses 1 & 2 again
And the pre-chorus 2x again
Back to the chorus
Then the ‘solo’
Next is the chorus again…
And the FINALE! The outro.

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