Needles Guitar Tablature

Needles Guitar Tablature
Band: System of a Down
Written By: Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian
Song: Needles!
Album: Toxicity (Sony/ATV Music Publishing)
Tuning(low-to-high): (down 1 full step-drop C) C G C F A D
Key: /  = slide
      h  = hammer-on
      p  = pull-off
      b  = bend
      r  = release
      *  = pinch harmonic
     ( ) = ghost note
      x  = mute note
      ~  = vibrato
      ^  = let ring
     PM^ = palm mute
      #  = stompbox on/off
Tab by: Keith Dillon [email protected]


Intro:

|--4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3---4p3----|
|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
             PM^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

|--4p3---4p3---4p3--*4p3--*4p3--*4p3--*4p3--*4p3----|
|------3-----3-----3----*3----*3----*3----*3----*3--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
 PM^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

||-------------------------------------------------||
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||----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6--||	(play 2 times)
||--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--||
||--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--||
  PM^    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^   

||-------------------------------------------------||
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||-------------------------------------------------||	(play 2 times)
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||-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-||
 PM^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^  


Verse:
 1.I                    cannot  disguise 
 2.I                    cannot   deny
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|
||-5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|
||-5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|
    
   all the stomach pains   and the walking of the canes   when
   all the evil    traits  and the filling of the crates  when
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-----5--|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-----5--|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-----5--|
  
   you                     do come out                     and you
   you             (you)   do come out            (out)    and you   
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|

   whisper up   to me      in your life of tragedy         but
   slither up   to me      in your pimpin' majesty         but
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|

1.,2.I                        cannot grow                   'til you
     eat the last of me      oh    when will I be    free         and
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||	(play 2 times)
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||---6p5p0---6p5p0---6p5p0---6p5p0---6p5p0---6p5p0---6p5p0---6p5p0-||

   you                   a parasite                        just
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6--------|

 1.find another    host    just  another   stool to roast 'cuz
 2.find another    host    just  another   stool to  post 'cuz
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------||	(end Verse)
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------||
|--5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------5-------6-------||

Pre-Chorus:
   YOU! 
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||-5-----------------------1------------------------|
||-5-----------------------1------------------------|
||-5---------5/15---------1---------1/15----------|

  my tapeworm   tells me   what to    do
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----6----61/--6----61/--6----61/--6----61/-----|
|----6----61/--6----61/--6----61/--6----61/-----|
|----6----61/--6----61/--6----61/--6----61/-----|

   YOU!
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----------------------1------------------------|
|--5-----------------------1------------------------|
|--5---------5/15---------1---------1/15----------|

  my tapeworm   tells me   where to   go
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|----6----61/--6----61/--6----61/--6----61/----||	(end Pre-Chorus)
|----6----61/--6----61/--6----61/--6----61/----||
|----6----61/--6----61/--6----61/--6----61/----||


Chorus:
   Pull     the tapeworm     out of your  ass HEY!
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||-5------------3------------6------------5--------||	(play 3 times)
||-5----5---6---3----3---5---6----6-------5--------||
||-5----5---6---3----3---5---6----6---8---5---15--||

 1.Pull     the tapeworm     out of your  ass    HEY!
 2.Pull     the tapeworm     out of       me (to interlude)
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--5------------3------------6------------5--------||	(end Chorus)
|--5----5---6---3----3---5---6----6-------5--------||
|--5----5---6---3----3---5---6----6---8---5--------||

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6----|
 PM^    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^   

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0--|
 PM^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^  

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Play Verse 2
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Play Pre-Chorus
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Play Chorus 2
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Interlude:

  Bass (no guitar):
F|------------------------|-------------------------|
C|------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|
C|--6---61---1/5---5---|--/6---61---1/5---5---|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------8h7--------8p0--------0-----------0---------|
|---5----------5-----------------4-----------0------|
|-------------------------6-----------6-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------7p6--------7-0--------0------------0---------|
|--4----------4-----------------4------------4------|
|------------------------5------------5-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


Interlude Verse

  1.I'm                   sitting     in my 
  2.man                   sitting     in my 
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||------8h7--------8p0--------0-----------0---------|
||--5----------5-----------------4-----------0------|
||------------------------6-----------6-------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|

   room       with a     needle       in my 
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------7p6--------7-0--------0------------0---------|
|--4----------4-----------------4------------4------|
|------------------------5------------5-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

    hand             just waiting     for the 
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------8h7--------8p0--------0-----------0---------|
|---5----------5-----------------4-----------0------|
|-------------------------6-----------6-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

   tomb               of some  old    dying
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|------7p6--------7-0--------0------------0--------||
|--4----------4-----------------4------------4-----||	(play Intelude Verse 2)
|------------------------5------------5------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||

   MAN!
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6----|
 PM^    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^   

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6----|
 PM^    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^   

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0--|
 PM^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^  

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0--|
|--6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0-6p5p0--|
 PM^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   

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Play Pre-Chorus
===============

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Play Chorus
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Outro:

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||-------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------||	(play 2 times)
||-5--5--6--6--8--8--6--6--5--5--3--3--6--6--5--5--||	
||-5--5--6--6--8--8--6--6--5--5--3--3--6--6--5--5--||
 PM^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6----|
 PM^    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^   

                                            PERFECT!
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|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6--5--6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6----|
|--5-6-(5)-6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6-(5)-6-(5)-6--5--6----|
 PM^    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^     ^
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