PSYCHO
As recorded by System of a Down
(From the 2001 Album TOXICITY)
Words and Music by Daron Malakian and Serj Tankion
Transcribed by John Harag
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
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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-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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||o-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| 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||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
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| 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-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------|
| 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-|
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|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| 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-----||
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| W W
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||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
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||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
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||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||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
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/ / /
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)----------||
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| 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
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a H +H +H. E E
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|-10h12----(12)-----|-(12)---------10-12-|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
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| 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-----------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|--3--|
H. E E E S S S H.
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-12b13----------12-12----|-13--12h13p12p10------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
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| 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---|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
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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-|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
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| 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
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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
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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
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| - 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
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