Soldier Side Tab by System Of A Down

Soldier Side tab by System Of A Down

Guitar Tab

Artist: System Of A Down
Song: Soldier Side
Album: Hypnotize
Tuning: Dropped C#/Db
Tabbed by Jeremy Biane (shedourskin@hotmail.com)

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#|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
G#|13--------13--------13--------13--------|
C#|----------------------------------------|
   1  e &  a 2  e &  a 3  e  & a 4  e &  a

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d#|----------------------------------------|
a#|----------------------------------------|
f#|-----10--------10--------10--------10---|
C#|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
G#|12--------12--------12--------12--------|
C#|----------------------------------------|
   1  e  & a 2...

d#|------------------------------------|
a#|------------------------------------|
f#|-----9--------9--------9--------9---|
C#|---0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-|
G#|12-------12-------12-------12-------|
C#|------------------------------------|

d#|----------------------------------------|
a#|----------------------------------------|
f#|-----10--------10--------10--------10---|
C#|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-|
G#|12--------12--------12--------12--------|
C#|----------------------------------------|

   2nd time play:
d#|----------------------------------------|
a#|----------------------------------------|
f#|-----12------15--------15-----14---12---|
C#|---0----0-------0---------0------0----0-|
G#|13--------13------13-13-----13----------|
C#|----------------------------------------|

d#|-----------------------------------------|
a#|-----------------------------------------|
f#|-----10------12--------12------10--------|
C#|---0----0-------0----0----0-------0----0-|
G#|12--------12------12--------12------12---|
C#|-----------------------------------------|

d#|------------------------------------|
a#|------------------------------------|
f#|-----9--------9--------9--------9---|
C#|---0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-|
G#|12-------12-------12-------12-------|
C#|------------------------------------|

d#|--------------------------------------------|
a#|--------------------------------------------|
f#|-----10--------10------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
C#|---0----0----0----0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G#|12--------12--------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
C#|--------------------------------------------|


VERSE-a: "Dead men lying.."

d#|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------- --------|
a#|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------- --------|
f#|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------- --------|
C#|5-----------3-2-|0-----------8-10-|5-----------3-2-|0-------- ---8-10-|
G#|5-----------3-2-|0-----------8-10-|5-----------3-2-|0-------- ---8-10-|
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#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
G#|------------8-7-|----------------|------------8-7-|---------- ------|
C#|8---------------|0---------------|8---------------|0--------- ------|

   Guitar 2 - clean
   tremolo pick throughout---->>>>
d#|13-----------17-15-|-----------------|
a#|15-----------18-17-|15---------------|
f#|-------------------|14---------------|
C#|-------------------|-----------------|
G#|-------------------|-----------------|
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|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
C|---------|---------|---------|---------| X2

REPEAT VERSES a - c


Bridge:

   Guitar 1 - Distrotion
d#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
a#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
f#|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------- ------|
C#|5---5---5---3-2-|0---0---0---0---|7---7---7---7---|0---2---3- --2---|
G#|5---5---5---3-2-|0---0---0---0---|7---7---7---7---|0---2---3- --2---|
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#||--17-----------15-17-19---17-14-17---14-15-|
G#||o------------------------------------------|
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#|14---12-------14-15-14---12-------14-15-|
G#|----------------------------------------|
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#|14---11-------14-15-14---11---14-12-11---|
G#|-----------------------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------------------|
   1  e &  a 2 e &  a  3  e &  a 4  e  &  a

d#|-------------------------------------||
a#|------------------------------------o||
f#|10-------12-------14-------12--------||
C#|12-------14-------15-------14--------||
G#|------------------------------------o||
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#|3---3---2---2---|5---5---0---0---|2---2---2---2---|7---7---7- --7---|
G#|3---3---2---2---|5---5---0---0---|2---2---2---2---|7---7---7- --7---|
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#||--------------------|------------------|
G#||o-------------------|------------------|
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#|---------------------|------------------||
G#|---------------------|-----------------o||
C#|---------------------|------------------||X3
   1  & 2 & 3  &  4  &   1  & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUTRO:

d#|------------------------------------|
a#|10-------10-11-10---9-------9-------|
f#|------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------------------|
G#|-----8------------------7-------7---|
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#|----------------------------------------|
G#|/10-------------------------8--------8--|
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#|--------------------------------|----7-------7--------------- -----|
G#|----7-----------------------7---|0--------------------------- -----|
C#|--------------------------------|---------------------------- -----|

Last updated: May 6, 2019

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