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Guitar Tab for Holy Mountains

Performed by: System Of A Down. Composed by: Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian.
This song is published by SONY/ATV SONGS LLC and displayed here with permission. All rights reserved.
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   / System of a Down  /  I think that this song definitely is about the Armenian genocide in the
  / Holy Mountains    /  beginning of the 19th century done by the Turkish army. It is about how the
 / Hypnotize         /  Turkish soldiers became cold-hearted killers, liars and demons as they were
/___________________/  ordered to burn down villages and to kill even women and children. Amongst
                      the killed were also many of the members of System of a Down's family members.
The river Aras is the river that runs at the border between Armenia and Turkey, and Holy Mountain
refers to the mountain Ararat, the mountain considered to be biblical holy mountain, where the Ark
of Noah grounded after the great flood, which was taken to be Turkish ground after the genocide.


Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
        C# G# C# F# A# D#
Gtr I - Electric, Clean (lovely clean sound)
Gtr II - Electric, Distorted
Gtr III - Electric, Clean w/ Tremolo effect



 Intro:
  75 bpm
  4/4
  Gtr I
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S    S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||------0---------0-----0-------0-----|------0------0---------0-------0---|
||o---0---0---0-------0---0---0-------|----0---0--------0---0---0---0---0-|
||--0-------0---8---7-------7-----/12-|-12-------12---8---5-------5-------|


                                   1.                                  2.
                                                                       2/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||-----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------|
|-----0-----0---------0-------0---|-----0-----0---------0-------0----||-----0-----0-----|
|---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0-----------0---0---0---0-o||---0---0---------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7-------|-2-------2---3-2-0-------0--------||-2-------2---3-2-|



 Gtr I, II
 4/4
  Db5          A5  Ab5                Db(octave)   A5Ab5Gb5
  E   S. T S S E   E   S. T S S S S   E   S. T S S S S E   S. T S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-7---7--7-7-7----------------------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-x---x--x-x-x-8-7-5---5--5-5-5-5-0-|
|-0---0--0-0-0-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-5---5--5-5-5-8-7-5---5--5-5-5-5-0-|
|-0---0--0-0-0-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|--------------8-7-5---5--5-5-5-5-0-|
|-Rhy Fig 1


                                     2/4
  E5           A5  Ab5                Eb5          E5Eb5 Db5
  E   S. T S S E   E   S. T S S S S   E   S. T S S S S   E    T  T  T  T T T T T T T T T
|-----------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---3--3-3-3-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-2---2--2-2-2-3-2-|-0---12-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-|
|-3---3--3-3-3-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-2---2--2-2-2-3-2-|-0---12-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-|
|-3---3--3-3-3-8---7---7--7-7-7-7-0-|-2---2--2-2-2-3-2-|-0-------------------------------|
                                         end Rhy Fig 1-|-Fill                   end Fill-|



 4/4
  Db5         A5  Ab5               Db(octave)  A5Ab5Gb5
  Q       E   E   Q       E   S S   Q       E   S S Q       E   S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-7-------7-----------------------|
|-0-------0---8---7-------7---7-0-|-x-------x---8-7-5-------5---5-0-|
|-0-------0---8---7-------7---7-0-|-5-------5---8-7-5-------5---5-0-|
|-0-------0---8---7-------7---7-0-|-------------8-7-5-------5---5-0-|
|-Rhy Fig 2


                                   2/4               4/4
  E5          A5  Ab5               Eb5     E5  Eb5   Db5              Db5
 Gtr I
  Q       E   E   Q       E   S S   Q       E   E     W                W
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|--0-------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|--0-------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|--0-------------|
|                                     end Rhy Fig 2-|
|
|Gtr II
| Q       E   E   Q       E   S S   Q       E   E     W               +W
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|-(0)------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|-(0)------------|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7---7-0-|-2-------3---2---|-0-------------|-(0)------------|




 1st Verse:
 Gtr III
  W                 W                 H       H         Q   Q    Q    Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-0---------------|-2---------------|-3-------5-------|-7---8---10---12---|
|-Rhy Fig 3                                                 end Rhy Fig 3-|
...can you feel their haunting presence...



 Gtr I
 w/Rhy Fig 3
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-10-------10-------10-------10-------10----------|-12-------12-------12-------12-------12----------|
|----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10-|----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10-|
|-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10----|-------10-------10-------10-------10-------10----|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 4


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-13-------13-------13----15-------15-------15----|-17-17-17-17-18-18-18-18-20-20-20-20-22-22-22-22-|
|----10-------10-------10----10-------10-------10-|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------10-------10-------------10-------10-------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
                                                                                      end Rhy Fig 4-|




 Chorus:
  Gtr II
    D5      N.C.D5      N.C.D5        N.C.D5      Db5 E5  Db5 D5
    E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E     E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|-----1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
||o-1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|-----1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
||--1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|-----1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
...liar, killer, demon...


 1.
  Db      Eb       E           Gb            Ab          A           B           Db (octaves)
  S S S S S S S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-19-19-19-19--||
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-o||
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------||


 2.
    A5                  Ab5 Gb5 Ab5   Db5
    Q       E.    S E   E   E   E     Q       E.    S E   E   S S E    2x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||--8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0----||
||o-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0---o||
||--8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0----||
...freedom, freedom...


  A5                  Ab5 Gb5 Ab5
  Q       E.    S E   E   E   E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|




 Interlude:
Rhy Fig 2




 2nd Verse:
Rhy Fig 3 + 4




 Chorus:
similar to previous




 Pre-Bridge:
 Gtr III
  Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------0---|-------------0---|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-0---1---3-------|-0---1---3-------|-0-1-3---0-1-3---|-0-1-3---0-1-3---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  Gtr II
    PM------------------------------------|
    S S S S  S  S  S  S S S S S  S  S  S  S  3x
||-------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------------o||
||--7-7-8-8-10-10-12-12-7-7-8-8-10-10-12-12--||




 Bridge:
Rhy Fig 1  w/Fill

Rhy Fig 1




 Final Chorus:
  Gtr II
    D5      N.C.D5      N.C.D5         D5           Db5 E5  Db5 D5
    E   E   E   E   E   E   S S S S   +E    E   E   E   E   E   E   E
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||--1---1-------1---1-------1-1-1-1-|-(1)---1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
||o-1---1-------1---1-------1-1-1-1-|-(1)---1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
||--1---1-------1---1-------1-1-1-1-|-(1)---1---1---0---3---1---0---0---|
...liar, killer, demon...


 1.
Rhy Fig 1


 2.
    Q       E.    S E   E   E   E     Q       E.    S E   E   S S E    2x
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||--8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0----||
||o-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0---o||
||--8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0-0-0----||


  Q       E.    S E   E   E   E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|
|-8-------8-----8-8---7---5---7---|




 Post-Chorus:
Rhy Fig 1  w/Fill



 Outro:
 Gtr II
  Q.          E   Q.          S S   Q.          S S H
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-0-----------8---7-----------7-0-|-x-----------8-7-5---------------|
|-0-----------8---7-----------7-0-|-5-----------8-7-5---------------|
|-0-----------8---7-----------7-0-|-------------8-7-5---------------|


                                     2/4
  Q.          E   Q        Q          Q       E   E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------|------
|-----------------------------------|-----------------|------
|-----------------------------------|-----------------|------ 
|-3-----------8---7-------12\\-------|-2-------3---2---|-0*---  *let this chord ring throughout
|-3-----------8---7-------12\\-------|-2-------3---2---|-0*---   the rest of the song and even
|-3-----------8---7-------12\\-------|-2-------3---2---|-0*---   into Vicinity of Obscenity



(slow down completely during this ending part)
 4/4
 Gtr I
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----0---------0-----0-------0---|------0------0---------0-------0---|
|---0---0---0-------0---0---0---0-|----0---0--------0---0---0---0---0-|
|-0-------0---8---7-------7-------|-12-------12---8---5-------5-------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E     S S S S S S S S S S E   S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----0-----0---------0-------0---|-----0-----0---0-----0-------0---|
|---0---0-------0---0---0---0-----|---0---0-----------0-------0-----|
|-3-------3---8---7-------7-------|-2-------3---2---0-------0-------|



- 28th /November /05
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Thats the way I play holy mountain ,but the intro is a deep sound like a bass, other than that, good tab.

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