Album: Toxicity
Published by American Recordings
Words and music: Tankian, Malakian

Tuning (low to high): CGCFAD

< > : natural harmonic
 pm : palm mute
   : slide down
 x  : dead note
 ~  : vibrato
 h  : hammer on

INTRO

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-<7>-----------------------------| 2X
|-----0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
      pm.........................]

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-<7>-------------<7>-------------|
|-----0-0-000-0-0-----0-0-000-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
      pm.........]    ...........]

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-<7>-----<7>-----<7>-----<7>-----|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
      pm.     pm.     pm.     pm.


MAIN RIFF

|-----------------    | -----------------|
|-----------------    | -----------------|
|-7-------------- 3X | -----------------|
|-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-    | -----------------|
|-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-    | ------7-8-10-8-7-|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-    | -8--8------------|
      pm........]


VERSE RIFF

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-8------------------------------| 2X
|-x------------------------------|
|-6--5-5-555-5-5-555-5-5-555-5-5-|
|--------------------------------|
     pm........................]

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-<7>-------------<7>-------------|
|-----0-0-000-0-0-----0-0-000-0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
      pm.........]    ...........]

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-<7>-----<7>-----<7>-----<7>-----|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
      pm.     pm.     pm.     pm.


PRE-CHORUS: Main Riff


CHORUS RIFF

(let chords ring)
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-0---------2---------3------------------------|
|-0---------2---------3-------------7-8-10-8-7-|
|-0---------2---------3--------8--8------------|


INTERLUDE

(chords distorted, notes clean, all with palm mute)
|------------------------------8----------|
|-----8-10-----10-11-----10-11---11-10-11-|
|---7--------7---------7------------------| 2X
|-0--------0---------0--------------------|
|-0--------0---------0--------------------|
|-0--------0---------0--------------------|

|------------------------------8----8----|
|-----8-10-----10-11-----10-11---11---11-|
|---7--------7---------7-----------------|
|-0--------0---------0-------------------|
|-0--------0---------0-------------------|
|-0--------0---------0-------------------|

(from now on all clean, let ring throughout)
|---------------------------|
|-----8-10~~--8-7-7-7h8-7---|
|---7---------------------7-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-0-------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------8----------------|
|-----8-10---11-8-10-10-10-10------8-10-----11-10-10-10-10-|
|---7----------------------------7-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------0---------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----8-10---11-8-10-10-10-10------8-10~~--8-7-7-7h8-7---|
|---7----------------------------7---------------------7-| (last measure
|--------------------------------------------------------|  + this one) 2X
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------0-------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----8-10---11-8-10-10-10-11-8-10-10-10-11-8-10-10-10-|
|---7--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------------------|


LAST CHORUS RIFF

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----------------9----------------10--------------------------------|
|-5-555-555-555-55-7-777-777-777-77-8--888-888-888-88------7-8-10-8-7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------8--8------------|
    pm...........]   .............]    .............]



SONG STRUCTURE:

Intro 1X
Main Riff 2X
Verse Riff 2X
Main Riff 2X
Verse Riff 1X
Chorus Riff 2X
Interlude 1X
Verse Riff (last 2 measures) 1X
Main Riff 2X
Last Chorus Riff 2X
Chorus Riff 2X 
End with muted open C chord