System of a Down: Aerials Tuning C G C F A D Intro Fig 1.............................. |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| |----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----| |--3-----2-----0-----0-----0------| ................................... |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| |----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----| |--5-----3-----2-----2-----2------| ................................... |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |------0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| |----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----| |--3-----5-----7-----8-----7------| ................................End Fig 1 |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--| |----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----| |--5-----3-----2-----0-----0-----0------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-------0------0-----0-----0-----0--| |-----0------0-----0-----0-----0----| |--12-----10-----7-----7-----7------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-------0------0-----0-----0-----0--| |-----0------0-----0-----0-----0----| |--14-----10-----7-----7-----7------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |-------0------0------0------0------0--| |-----0------0------0------0------0----| |--12-----14-----15-----17-----15------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-------0------0------0------0------0------0--| |-----0------0------0------0------0------0----| |--14-----12-----10-----12-----12-----12------| Verse: Just chum away on a B w/distortion Like x133xx or like 888xxx then play: |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |--0-0-0-0-5--0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-2--0-0-0-0-0--| |--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----| |--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----| Refrain: Play figure two (clean tone) It bounces back between verse and fig 1. eventually it comes here: w/distortion |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |--3-2-0--5-3-2--3-5-7-8-7-5-3-2-0--| |--3-2-0--5-3-2--3-5-7-8-7-5-3-2-0--| |--3-2-0--5-3-2--3-5-7-8-7-5-3-2-0--| This is basically just fig 1 only played as power chords finally return to fig 1 w/ a clean tone.