Author/Artist: System Of A Down
Title: Prison Song
Album: Toxicity
Transcribed by: Sergio Moreno
Email: stangaddict@hotmail.com
This song is mainly played with distortion. It sounds like Daron also
uses some other effects on the riff he plays during the verses.
The asterisks (*) mean that the measures enclosed are repeated. If you
have any comments, suggestions, or want to point out a mistake, please
email me.
The tuning for this song is as follows:
C#
G#
E
B
F#
B
|------|------------------|---------------------|-------|
|------|------------------|---------------------|-------|
|------|*-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|------*|
|------|*-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|------*|
|-0----|--0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-------|
|-0----|--0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|-------|
intro repeat once
-----------------|---------|---------------|
-----------------|---------|---------------|
-----------------|---------|-------3-3-3-3-|
-----------------|---------|-------3-3-3-3-|
-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-|-------1-1-1-1-|
-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-|---------------|
pause
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|*-------------------------------|-----------------------3-3-3-3-*|
|*-------------------------------|-----------------------3-3-3-3-*|
|--0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0-|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-1-1-1-1--|
|--0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0-3-0-1-0-|-0-1-0-3-0-1-0---0-1-0----------|
Riff 1 repeat once (this riff played for chorus as well)
|-----------------|---------------------|-------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|-------|
|-----------------|-------------3-3-3-3-|-------|
|---0-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-1-1-1-|-------|
|---0-3-1-0-1-3-1-|-0-1-3-1-0-1---------|-------|
(riff 1)
|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
|--3-------3---|---3-------3---|
|1---1---1---1-|-1---1---1---1-|
|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|---------------|
Riff 2 played during verses
|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----3---------2-----|-----------------|
|------------3--|-------3---------2---|*----------------|
|------------3--|---------3---------2-|*----------------|
|-0--1--0----1--|-----------1-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0--1--0-------|---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
"for you and me..... for baby you and me..."
---------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
---------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
------------3-3-3-3-*|-*------------|--------------3-3-3-3-*|
------------3-3-3-3-*|-*------------|--------------3-3-3-3-*|
0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1--|--0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-1-1-1-1--|
0-0-0-0-0-0----------|--0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0----------|
"war research and successful..."
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