Serj Tankian – Beethovens Cunt (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
by Serj Tankian
Tab by
Thegargoylevine
(The-gargoyle-vine)
This song is from Serj Tankian's solo album, Elect the Dead.
It is easily his heaviest song in the album, and is one of
the fastest.
This is my first tab, but that does not mean I'm new to UG
at all. I've been using the site for years, so I have a
good idea what tabs look like.
And, as a side note, I never played Rock Band before, and I
bought Elect the Dead during fall of 2007, long before it
became a downloadable song in the game.
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Tab information
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I suppose most people reading this know how to read tabs, so
I'll just include some stuff some people might not know:
- Serj uses a special effect in the song when '?' appears.
To be honest, I don't know what he does, but I think it's a
wah-wah pedal. If I'm wrong please post a comment and tell
me what he uses.
- Notes in '()' are held from the last note. The duration
letter above it will have a '+' before it
- Double bars on the sides of a given area with two 'o's are
repeat bars; play the material inside their boundaries twice
- When there are '[1.]' and '[2.]' above a repeated section,
play the one under the '[1.]' the first time through, repeat
it, and play the part under the '[2.]' the second time
instead
- 'PM' means palm mute; PM all the notes covered by it, but
only on the guitar it is above. In this case, it means that
you only PM Gtr I, and not Gtr II when it appears
- Numbers like 4/4 or 3/4 that appear above the duration
notes are tempo markings; play in the given tempo until
another tempo marking appears
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Song
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Gtr I (C G C F A D) - Lower, heavier tone
Gtr II (C G C F A D) - Higher, piercing tone
Tempo: 150-170, about 140 piano ending
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W
||-------------------|| ||-------------------|| |---|-----|
||o-----------------o|| ||o-----------------o|| |---|-----|
||-------------------|| ||-------------------|| |---|-----|
||-------------------|| ||-------------------|| |---|-----|
||o-----------------o|| ||o-----1-3-1-------o|| |-0-|-(0)-|
||--1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3--|| ||--1-3-------3-1-3--|| |-0-|-(0)-|
Gtr I 3/4 4/4
W W W Q. Q. W
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-||
| Gtr II 3/4 4/4
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. W
|---------|---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|----7----|----7----|----7----|-------|----|
|-5-----5-|-5-----5-|-7-----7-|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
3/4 4/4
W W W Q. Q. W
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|---------|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-||
| 3/4 4/4 | Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. W |---------|---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---10----|---10----|----9----|-------|----| |-7-----7-|-7-----7-|-5-----5-|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|---------|-------|----|
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
[1. ][2. ]
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-||
| [1. ][2. ]
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||-8---8---|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||-8---8---|
||------------|-----------|-----------|-5---2------||---------|
||------7-----|-----5-----|-----3-----|------------||---------|
||o-5-8-----5-|-3-7-----3-|-1-5-----1-|-----------o||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------7-----7-----|-6-----6-----6-6--||
||----7-----7-----7-|---6-----6--------||
||o-5-----5-----5---|-----4-----4-----o||
||------------------|------------------||
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|------6--6-|------6--6-|
|-7--7-4--4-|-7--7-4--4-|
|-5--5------|-5--5------|
|-----------|-----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-|
|-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-|
Gtr I
Q. Q. Q W
||-----------|-------------||
||o----------|------------o||
||-----------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------||
||o--5--3--2-|-0----------o||
||---5--3--2-|-0-----------|||
| Gtr II | Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q ||-----------|-------------|| ||o----------|------------o|| ||-----------|-------------|| ||--12-10--9-|-7-----------|| ||o-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-o|| ||-----------|-------------|| Q. Q. Q W Q. Q. Q E E E E E E E E W +W |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----| |--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-----------------|-0-|-(0)-| |--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|-0-|-(0)-|
|
|
| Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q. Q. Q W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
|-12-10--9-|-7----------|-12-10--9-|-8---------------|-7-|-(7)-|
|-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-|-10-8---7-|-6---------------|-5-|-(5)-|
|----------|------------|----------|-----------------|---|-----|
3/4 4/4
W W Q. Q. W
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-||
| 3/4 4/4
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. W
|---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|----7----|----7----|-------|----|
|-5-----5-|-7-----7-|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
3/4 4/4
W W Q. Q. W
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|-------|----|
|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-|
|---------|---------|--2--3-|--0-||
| 3/4 4/4 | Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. W |---------|---------|-12-13-|-10-| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---10----|----9----|-------|----| |-7-----7-|-5-----5-|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----| |---------|---------|-------|----|
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
[1. ][2. ]
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-|-1-1-1-1-1--||-1-1-1-1-||
| [1. ][2. ]
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||-8---8---|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||-8---8---|
||------------|-----------|-----------|-5---2------||---------|
||------7-----|-----5-----|-----3-----|------------||---------|
||o-5-8-----5-|-3-7-----3-|-1-5-----1-|-----------o||---------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||---------|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||------7-----7-----|-6-----6-----6-6--||
||----7-----7-----7-|---6-----6--------||
||o-5-----5-----5---|-----4-----4-----o||
||------------------|------------------||
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|------6--6-|------6--6-|
|-7--7-4--4-|-7--7-4--4-|
|-5--5------|-5--5------|
|-----------|-----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-|
|-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-|-5-7-5-7-7-8-7-8-|
Gtr I
Q. Q. Q W
||-----------|-------------||
||o----------|------------o||
||-----------|-------------||
||-----------|-------------||
||o--5--3--2-|-0----------o||
||---5--3--2-|-0-----------|||
| Gtr II | Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q ||-----------|-------------|| ||o----------|------------o|| ||-----------|-------------|| ||--12-10--9-|-7-----------|| ||o-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-o|| ||-----------|-------------|| Q. Q. Q W Q. Q. Q E E E E E E E E |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-----------------| |--5--3--2-|-0----------|--5--3--2-|-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|
|
|
| Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q. Q. Q W |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| |-12-10--9-|-7----------|-12-10--9-|-8---------------| |-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-|-10-8---7-|-6---------------| |----------|------------|----------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E W +W |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|-0-|-(0)-| |--1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|-0-|-(0)-|
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| +W W +W |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |------------------|---|-----| |-(8)--------------|-7-|-(7)-| |-(6)--------------|-5-|-(5)-| |------------------|---|-----|
Solo!
Gtr II
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q E Q E Q
||-----------|----------|----------|-15-13-12-13-12--||
||o-15-------|-17-------|-18-------|----------------o||
||-----14-14-|----14-14-|----14-14-|-----------------||
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|----------------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------------||
E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10\8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||o-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|
S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E
|-8/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------5-|-------------------------|
|-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----7--5-------|
|--5--7--8----------------|-----------8--------8--7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
| Gtr II | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------5-|-------------------------| |-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----8--7--5----| |--5--7--8----------------|-----------8-----------8-| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q |-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15----13-12----13-12----| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------5-|-------------------------| |-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----7--5-------| |--5--7--8----------------|-----------8--------8--7-| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------5-|-------------------------| |-----------5--7--7--8----|--8--7--5-----8--7--5----| |--5--7--8----------------|-----------8-----------8-| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| E E E E E E E E |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |--8--7--5-----8--7--5----| |-----------8-----------8-| |-------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| Q. Q. Q W Q. Q. Q W |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |----------|------------| ||o----------|------------o|| |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |--8--5--3-|-0----------| ||o--5--3--2-|-0----------o|| |--8--5--3-|-0----------| ||---5--3--2-|-0-----------||
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| Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q. Q. Q Q Q Q Q |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |----------|------------| ||o----------|------------o|| |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| |-15-12-10-|-7----------| ||--12-10--9-|-7-----------|| |-13-10-8--|-5-0?-7?-8?-| ||o-10-8---7-|-5-0?-7?-8?-o|| |----------|------------| ||-----------|-------------|| Q. Q. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------|-----------------|------------------| |----------|-----------------|------------------| |----------|-----------------|------------------| |----------|-----------------|------------------| |--5--3--2-|-----------------|------------------| |--5--3--2-|-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|--1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3-|
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| Q. Q. Q W +W |----------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------|-----------------|-----------------| |-12-10--9-|-8---------------|-(8)-------------| |-10-8---7-|-6---------------|-(6)-------------| |----------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----1-3-1-------|------1-3-1-------|--0-|--(0)-| |-1-3-------3-1-3-|--1-3-------3-1-3-|--0-|--(0)-|
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| H H H H W +W |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-8------10-------|-12------15-------|-14-|-(14)-| |-6------8--------|-10------13-------|-12-|-(12)-| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| |-----------------|------------------|----|------| +W +W REST |------|------|-P----------T------------| |------|------|-I----------O----------T-| |------|------|-A---------------------H-| |------|------|-N----------T----------E-| |--(0)-|--(0)-|-O----------H------------| |--(0)-|--(0)-|-&----------E------------|
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| +W +W REST |------|------|-V----------E------------| |------|------|-O----------N----------S-| |-(14)-|-(14)-|-C----------D----------O-| |-(12)-|-(12)-|-A---------------------N-| |------|------|-L----------O----------G-| |------|------|-S----------F------------|
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