Song: Soil
Band: System of a Down
Tabbed by Karnatz (Karnatz@home.com)
Corrected version of tab submitted by Chunky Rice
Submitted by: Mark Rawlins (www.geocities.com/ilseoband)
Website: (www.angelfire.com/boybands/tomandthenuts)
Tuning Low to high: C, G, c, F
Guitar plays a chord for 8 beats, then play
F|
C|
G| 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8\\\(slide down neck)
C|

Then the part before the verse is written
the same as the verse but is played w/ different
rhythm...
F|
C|
G|
C| 3 1 0  3 1 0  3 1 0  3 1 0    repeat 4x
Then the verse is written the same

Then the lead into the chorus
F|
C|
G|      3  5 5
C| 0 0

Chorus is the same as the part before the verse
W/ some stops sometimes

Then
F|
C|             6 6 6 6     9 9 9 9     8 8 8 8    6 6 6 6
G|
C| 0 (hold out)       0           0           0

Back to verse
Then the lead into the chorus
Then when Serj starts saying “Don’t you... Realize... Evil”
“The Breakdown”
F
C
G
C 0 0               0 0          0 0       0 0 0 0 repeat 3x

The fourth time just play “0”s on the low “C”

Then During the guitar solo
F|
C|
G| 5         1
C|                    3     repeat 4x

Then it builds a little
F|
C|                                                     3 3     3 3
G|     5 5     5 5     5 5     5 5     1 1     1 1
C| 0 0     0 0     0 0     0 0     0 0     0 0     0 0     0 0

Back to the Breakdown 1x

Then
F|
C|
G|
C| 0  12 12 12 12 12  3x... then slide 7/ / / 12

h= hammer on
Then (repeat either 8x)
F|
C|                or    0         (the first one has better tone)
G|                          0   3
C| 12    7h10

Then the loud, scary swearing for 1 measure

Then the verse with even more messed up rhythms