Song: Chop Suey!
Artist: System of a Down
Album: Toxicity
Tabbed By: Anthony S. (fireball428@hotmail.com)

This is my first tab of a full song, so it might not be 100% right.

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)(Daron plays in Drop C, but I like to play this song in standard.)

Intro(Acoustic Guitar I)
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|-3-5-2-0-|   x4, Listen to the song for strumming pattern.
D|-5-7-3-1-|
A|---------|
E|---------|

(Guitar II, clean, comes in on first repeat of acoustic intro)
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-3-3-3-5-5-5-2-2-2-0-0-0--|   x3
D|--5-5-5-7-7-7-3-3-3-1-1-1-|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

(Guitar III, clean, comes in on second repeat of acoustic intro)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12-12-12-12-12-17-17-17-17-17-14-14-14-14-14-19-19-19-19-19|    x2
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-10-10-10-10-15-15-15-15-15-12-12-12-12-12-17-17-17-17-17|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Verse (Kick in the distortion)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|   x2
D|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------|

(Pick this next part really fast)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|   x2
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------|

Verse I ("Wake Up!")
e|-----|-------------------------------------------|
B|-----|-------------------------------------------|
G|-----|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----|-------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-|
E|-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-|
       |------------(repeat as needed)-------------|

Chorus I (Guitar I, clean)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-3-3---3-5-5---5-2-2---2-0-0---0-|   x2
D|--5-5-5---7-7-7---3-3-3---1-1-1--|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

(Guitar II, clean) (Quietly)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------5-------3---------------|   x2
D|-5-------5-------3-------5-------|
A|-5-------3-------1-------5-------|
E|-3-----------------------3-------|

Post-Chorus is the same as the Pre-Verse, until the part that is picked.

Screaming Riff between Post-Chorus and Verse II, pick this really fast about 32 times.
(Distortion comes back in)
e|---|
B|---|
G|---|   x whatever
D|---|
A|-5-|
E|-3-|

Verse II is the same as verse I

Chorus II
(Guitar I is the same as Chorus I)
Guitar II does this:
(clean)
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|   x4
D|------8-8-------8-8--|
A|-5-5--6-6--8-8--6-6--|
E|-3-3-------6-6-------|

Post-Chorus x2

During the screaming of "FATHER!", do the post chorus again, Palm-Muted.

Then do the picked part of the Pre-Verse x2

Bridge ("Why have you forsaken Me...")
(distorted) (A ~ means to hold the note)
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|   x2
D|----------8~~~~~~~~---------8~~~~~~~~|
A|-5~~~~~~~~6~~~~~~~~8~~~~~~~~6~~~~~~~~|
E|-3~~~~~~~~---------6~~~~~~~~---------|

Chorus III is the same as the bridge, x4

End by hitting this chord x6:
e|---|
B|---|
G|---|
D|---|
A|-5-|
E|-3-|

Thats all! Any questions, comments, death threats, insults, etc, e-mail me.
If you steal this tab from me and I find out, bad things may happen to you!