Tabs
Artist: System Of 
A augmentedA Down
Song: Soldier Side
Album: Hypnotize
Tuning: Dropped C#/Db
Tabbed by Jeremy Biane ([email protected])
Probably easiest to just listen to the song to get the timing down,
but I counted out the more difficult parts just in case (1 e & a...)
INTRO: Pattern 1 (1st 4 measures)
d#|----------------------------------------|
a#|----------------------------------------|
f#|-----12--------12--------12--------12---|
C#C#|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
G#G#|13--------13--------13--------13--------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
d#|----------------------------------------|
a#|----------------------------------------|
f#|-----10--------10--------10--------10---|
C#C#|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
G#G#|12--------12--------12--------12--------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2...
d#|------------------------------------|
a#|------------------------------------|
f#|-----9--------9--------9--------9---|
C#C#|---0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-|
G#G#|12-------12-------12-------12-------|
C#C#|------------------------------------|
d#|----------------------------------------|
a#|----------------------------------------|
f#|-----10--------10--------10--------10---|
C#C#|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
G#G#|12--------12--------12--------12--------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------|
2nd time play:
d#|----------------------------------------|
a#|----------------------------------------|
f#|-----12------15--------15-----14---12---|
C#C#|---0----0-------0---------0------0----0-|
G#G#|13--------13------13-13-----13----------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------|
d#|-----------------------------------------|
a#|-----------------------------------------|
f#|-----10------12--------12------10--------|
C#C#|---0----0-------0----0----0-------0----0-|
G#G#|12--------12------12--------12------12---|
C#C#|-----------------------------------------|
d#|------------------------------------|
a#|------------------------------------|
f#|-----9--------9--------9--------9---|
C#C#|---0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-|
G#G#|12-------12-------12-------12-------|
C#C#|------------------------------------|
d#|--------------------------------------------|
a#|--------------------------------------------|
f#|-----10--------10------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
C#C#|---0----0----0----0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G#G#|12--------12--------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
C#C#|--------------------------------------------|
VERSE-a: "Dead men lying.."
d#|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------- --------|
a#|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------- --------|
f#|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------- --------|
C#C#|5-----------3-2-|0-----------8-10-|5-----------3-2-|0-------- ---8-10-|
G#G#|5-----------3-2-|0-----------8-10-|5-----------3-2-|0-------- ---8-10-|
C#C#|5-----------3-2-|0-----------8-10-|5-----------3-2-|0-------- ---8-10-|
VERSE-b: "Maybe you're a sinner..."
Guitar 1 - Distortion
32nd notes/tremelo pick--->>>
d#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
a#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
f#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
C#C#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
G#G#|------------8-7-|----------------|------------8-7-|---------- ------|
C#C#|8---------------|0---------------|8---------------|0--------- ------|
Guitar 2 - clean
tremolo pick throughout---->>>>
d#|13-----------17-15-|-----------------|
a#|15-----------18-17-|15---------------|
f#|-------------------|14---------------|
C#C#|-------------------|-----------------|
G#G#|-------------------|-----------------|
C#C#|-------------------|-----------------|X2
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 &...
VERSE-c: "They were crying..."
Guitar 1 - play pattern 1 (intro)
Guitar 2
tremolo pick throughout---->>>>
d|18-------|17-------|15-------|17-------|
a|20-------|18-------|17-------|18-------|
f|---------|---------|---------|---------|
C majorC|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G+G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
C majorC|---------|---------|---------|---------| X2
REPEAT VERSES a - c
Bridge:
Guitar 1 - Distrotion
d#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
a#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
f#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
C#C#|5---5---5---3-2-|0---0---0---0---|7---7---7---7---|0---2---3- --2---|
G#G#|5---5---5---3-2-|0---0---0---0---|7---7---7---7---|0---2---3- --2---|
C#C#|5---5---5---3-2-|0---0---0---0---|7---7---7---7---|0---2---3- --2---|X2
Guitar 2 - Clean (tremelo pick)
d#||-------------------------------------------|
a#||o------------------------------------------|
f#||--15-----------14-15-17---15-15-15---15-17-|
C#C#||--17-----------15-17-19---17-14-17---14-15-|
G#G#||o------------------------------------------|
C#C#||-------------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
d#|----------------------------------------|
a#|----------------------------------------|
f#|15---10-------15-17-15---10-------12-14-|
C#C#|14---12-------14-15-14---12-------14-15-|
G#G#|----------------------------------------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
d#|-----------------------------------------|
a#|-----------------------------------------|
f#|12---9--------12-14-12---9----12-10-9----|
C#C#|14---11-------14-15-14---11---14-12-11---|
G#G#|-----------------------------------------|
C#C#|-----------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
d#|-------------------------------------||
a#|------------------------------------o||
f#|10-------12-------14-------12--------||
C#C#|12-------14-------15-------14--------||
G#G#|------------------------------------o||
C#C#|-------------------------------------||X2
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
2nd time through:
Guitar 3 - Clean (tremelo pick)
|13-----------------17-18-----------|17---13-----------17---13-- ---------|
|15-----------------18-20-----------|18---15-----------18---15-- ---------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------- ---------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------- ---------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------- ---------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------- ---------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
|12-12-------------15-------12-------|13-------15-------17------ -15-------|
|---14-------------17-------14-------|15-------17-------18------ -17-------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------- ----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------- ----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------- ----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------- ----------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
CHOURS: "Welcome..."
Guitar 1 - Distortion
d#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
a#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
f#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
C#C#|3---3---2---2---|5---5---0---0---|2---2---2---2---|7---7---7- --7---|
G#G#|3---3---2---2---|5---5---0---0---|2---2---2---2---|7---7---7- --7---|
C#C#|3---3---2---2---|5---5---0---0---|2---2---2---2---|7---7---7- --7---|X4
2nd time through:
Guitar 2 - Clean (tremelo)
d#||--13-------12-------|15-------13-------|
a#||o-15-------14-------|17-------15-------|
f#||--------------------|------------------|
C#C#||--------------------|------------------|
G#G#||o-------------------|------------------|
C#C#||--------------------|------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
d#|12-------17-15-13-15-|12----------------||
a#|14-------18-17-15-17-|14---------------o||
f#|---------------------|------------------||
C#C#|---------------------|------------------||
G#G#|---------------------|-----------------o||
C#C#|---------------------|------------------||X3
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
OUTRO:
d#|------------------------------------|
a#|10-------10-11-10---9-------9-------|
f#|------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------------------|
G#G#|-----8------------------7-------7---|
C#C#|------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
d#|----------------------------------------|
a#|-----11/13/15\13--\12-10-------10-------|
f#|-----12/14/15\14--\12-10----------------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------|
G#G#|/10-------------------------8--------8--|
C#C#|----------------------------------------|
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Pick slowly
d#|--------------------------------|---------------------------- -----|
a#|9-------9---------------9-------|----------------10---------- -----|
f#|----------------9---------------|--------9------------------- -----|
C#C#|--------------------------------|----7-------7--------------- -----|
G#G#|----7-----------------------7---|0--------------------------- -----|
C#C#|--------------------------------|---------------------------- -----|
Other versions of Soldier Side
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