Standard (EADGBE)

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

Chorus is the same as the part before the verse

W/ some stops sometimes

Then

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”

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

| 3 repeat 4x

Then it builds a little

Back to the Breakdown 1x

Then

C| 0 12 12 12 12 12 3x... then slide 7/ / / 12

h= hammer on

Then (repeat either 8x)

C| or 0 (the first one has better tone)

C| 12 7h10

Then the loud, scary swearing for 1 measure

Then the verse with even more messed up rhythms