Revenga - System of a down
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Artist: System of a Down
Song Title: Revenga
Album: Mezmerize
Tabbed By: DaseinMind

NOTE: This tab was created from my own ear without any other tabs or books for reference.
"Revenga" is the original work of System of a Down, I did not write this song.

Credits: MuddahPlucka for a tweak on the intro and thabiscuitman for corrected palm
in verse 1


[Intro: Clean]
D#-----------5-------6-------6--5--4------------------------------------|
A#---6-------6-------6-------6--6--5------------------------------------|
F#---7-------7-------7-------7--7--7------------------------------------|
C#---7------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#---5------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#---------------------------------------------------14/4---------------|


[Verse 1: Trebled Distortion] x2
Slide PM............................. PM........................................
D#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#---------0-000---000---000---000---000-0--8-8-8------------0-000---000---000-0---885--885--885--885--|
G#---------0-000---000---000---000---000-0--8-8-8------------0-000---000---000-0---885--885--885--885--|
C#---------0-000---000---000---000---000-0--8-8-8------------0-000---000---000-0---885--885--885--885--|

[Verse 2: Trebled Distortion]
PM.................................. PM.................
D#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#---------------------------------------11----------------------------11---12---11-8-7---|
G#---------------------------------------11----------------------------11---12---11-8-7---|
C#--00000---00000---00000---00000---0000-11-------00000---00000---0000-11---12---11-8-7---|


[Verse 3: Trebled Distortion]
PM.................................. PM.................
D#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#---------------------------------------11----------------------------11---12---14--15--|
G#---------------------------------------11----------------------------11---12---14--15--|
C#--00000---00000---00000---00000---0000-11--------0000---00000---0000-11---12---14--15--|


[Chorus: Trebled Distortion] x2
PM......... PM......... PM......... PM......... PM.........
D#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
G#--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
C#--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|

PM......... PM.........
D#---------------------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------------------|
F#---------------------------------------------|
C#-8-8-8---7---6---6-6-6-6-6-6-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G#-8-8-8---7---6---6-6-6-6-6-6-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C#-8-8-8---7---6---6-6-6-6-6-6-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|


[Verse 2]

[Verse 3]

[Chorus] x2

[Verse 1] x4

[Intro (without slide)]

[Intro 2: Clean]
D#-----------5-------6-------6--5--6------------------------------------|
A#---6-------6-------6-------6--6--6------------------------------------|
F#---7-------7-------7-------7--7--7------------------------------------|
C#---7------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#---5------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#----------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Solo: Trebled Distortion] x2
D#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#------7--------------------10-----------------------8--------------------7-------------|
C#--------7---------------------10----------------------8--------------------7-----------|
G#---5------8--5-4-5-7-----8-------11--8-7-8-10-----6-----9--6-5-6-8-----5-----8--5-4-5--|
C#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus] x2

[Verse 2]

[Verse 1] x2



************************************

| / Slide up

************************************
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Revenga
System of a Down
Tabber: Brian Gelvin
E-mail: deep_hard_metal_thrasher@yahoo.com

Some people get the intro very close and dito with the solo.
So here is what I think it is.

Key:
\=slide down
(pm)=palm mute


[INTRO clean]
Gutiar 1
Eb|--------5-------6-------6--5--5--------------|
Bb|6-------5-------6-------6--6--5--------------|
F#|7-------6-------7-------7--7--6--------------|
C#|7--------------------------------------------|
G#|5--------------------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------------14\4---|


[VERSE 1 dirty]
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|0--000---000---000---000-0--8-8-8-------0--000---000---000-0--885-885-885-885-|
|0--000---000---000---000-0--8-8-8-------0--000---000---000-0--885-885-885-885-|
|0--000---000---000---000-0--8-8-8-------0--000---000---000-0--885-885-885-885-|
(pm........................) (pm...................................)


[VERSE 2a dirty]
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------11-------------------------11--12--11--8--7--|
|-------------------------------------11-------------------------11--12--11--8--7--|
|00000---00000---00000---00000---0000-11----00000---00000---0000-11--12--11--8--7--|
(pm..................................) (pm..................)

[VERSE 2b dirty]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------11--12--14--15--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------11--12--14--15--|
|00000---00000---00000---00000---0000-11----00000---00000---0000-11--12--14--15--|
(pm..................................) (pm..................)


[CHORUS dirty]
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
(pm...........) (pm.........) (pm.........) (pm.........)


|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-7--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-7--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-7--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
(pm.........) (pm.) (pm.........) (pm.........)


[SOLO dirty]
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-7---------------------10-10------------------------8-8---------------------7-7-------------|
|-------7-------------------------10-------------------------8-----------------------7-----------|
|5--------8--5-4-5-7-----8-----------11--8-7-8-10-----6--------9--6-5-6-8-----5--------8--5-4-5--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Daron proboblys really hits that uper note 2x
Or he probobly uses a delay.


Song Structure:
[Intro]

[Verse 1] 2x

[Verse 2a]

[Verse 2b]

[Chorus] 2x

[Verse 2a]

[Verse 2b]

[Chorus] 2x

[Verse 1] 4x

[Intro] w/out the 14\4 2x

[Solo] 2x

[Chorus] 2x

[Verse 2a]

[Verse 1] 2x

Enjoy.
Tunning: Drop C (C G C F A D)
[Intro: Clean]
D#-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#---6------10------11------11-10-9----------------------------------------|
F#---7------9-------10------10-9-10----------------------------------------|
C#---0---------------0-------0---------------------------------------------|
G#---0---------------0-------0---------------------------------------------|
C#---0------------------------------------------------15/4-----------------|


[Verse 1: Trebled Distortion ( TRIPLETS)] x2
PM............................... ...................................
D#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#0-000---000---000---000---000-0--8-8-8--0-000---000---000-0-8-7-5--8-7-5--8-7-5--8-7-5--|
C#0-000---000---000---000---000-0--8-8-8--0-000---000---000-0-8-7-5--8-7-5-
8-7-5--8-7-5--|
[Verse 2: Trebled Distortion]
PM.................................. PM.................
D#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#---------------------------------------11----------------------------11---12---11-8-7---|
G#---------------------------------------11----------------------------11---12---11-8-7---|
C#--00000---00000---00000---00000---0000-11-------00000---00000---0000-11---12---11-8-7---|


[Verse 3: Trebled Distortion]
PM.................................. PM.................
D#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#---------------------------------------11----------------------------11---12---14--15--|
G#---------------------------------------11----------------------------11---12---14--15--|
C#--00000---00000---00000---00000---0000-11--------0000---00000---0000-11---12---14--15--|


[Chorus: Trebled Distortion] x2
PM......... PM......... PM......... PM......... PM.........
D#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
G#--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
C#--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|

PM......... PM.........
D#---------------------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------------------|
F#---------------------------------------------|
C#-8-8-8---7---6---6-6-6-6-6-6-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G#-8-8-8---7---6---6-6-6-6-6-6-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C#-8-8-8---7---6---6-6-6-6-6-6-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|


[Verse 2]

[Verse 3]

[Chorus] x2

[Verse 1] x4

[Intro
[Intro 2: Clean]
D#-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#---6------10------11------11-10-9----------------------------------------|
F#---7------9-------10------10-9-10----------------------------------------|
C#---0---------------0-------0---------------------------------------------|
G#---0---------------0-------0---------------------------------------------|
C#---0---------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Solo: Trebled Distortion] x2
D#-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#------7--------------------10-----------------------8--------------------|
C#--------7---------------------10----------------------8------------------|
G#---5------8--5-4-5-7-----8-------11--8-7-8-10-----6-----9--6-5-6-8-------|
C#-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus] x2

[Verse 2]

[Verse 1] x2
Tunning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
____________________
/ System of a Down / I think this song is about this guy being dumped by the
/ Revenga / love of his life and how he gets so furious that he gets
/ Mezmerize / murderous thoughts about her. It could also be interpret
/___________________/ with a perverse twist. ‘Bleeding in a sink’ and ‘the taking
is in the making baby’ could hint at the poor guy made his
now former girlfriend in his rage and eager for revenge. I think he would do it to
leave his signs at her, like showing her that he had actually meant something in
her life.



Tunings: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
C# G# C# F# A# D#
Gtr I - Clean
Gtr II, III - Distorted
Gtr IV - Distorted /w Tremolo effect equal to 16th parts
(I'm not sure wether Daron actually use the pedal or not, as he has with
the years become skilled enough to actually play this riff without.)



Intro:
4/4
Q=140 bpm
Gtr I
Dbm Absus4/Db
W +W W +W
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-6---------------|-(6)---------------|-10---------------|-(10)---------------|
|-7---------------|-(7)---------------|--9---------------|--(9)---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|--0---------------|--(0)---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|------------------|--------------------|


Amaj7/Db G/Db
W +H Q Q W +H. Q
|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-11---------------|-(11)-------11---10---|-9---------------|-(9)-----------------|
|-10---------------|-(10)-------10----9---|-8---------------|-(8)-----------------|
|--0---------------|--(0)--------0----0---|-0---------------|-(0)-----------------|
|--0---------------|--(0)-----------------|-----------------|----------------*----|
|--0---------------|--(0)-----------------|-----------------|---------------12\---|
*the distorted guitars
do this slide as well



Main Riff:
Gtr II, III
Db5 Db5 Ab5
PM----------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E +E
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------8---8---8---(8)\---|
||o-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0---8---8---8---(8)\---|
||--0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0---8---8---8---(8)\---|


PM--------------------|
Db5 A AbGb A AbGb A AbGb A AbGb
E S S E S S E S S E E S S E S S E S S E S S E 2x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0---|---------------------------------o||
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0---|-8-7-5---8-7-5---8-7-5---8-7-5----||




1st Verse:
Db Db C5
PM------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S Q
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-------------------------11------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------11------|
||--0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-11------|
...poisoning a drink, bleeding in a sink...


1.
Db C5 Db5 C5 A5 Ab5
PM----------------------------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S Q Q E E Q
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-11-------12-------11---8---7--------||
|---------------------------------|-11-------12-------11---8---7-------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-11-------12-------11---8---7--------||


2.
C5 Db5 Eb5 E5
Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-11-------12-------14-------15-------||
|-11-------12-------14-------15-------||
|-11-------12-------14-------15-------||




Chorus:
Db5 Db5
PM------------------| PM------------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
||o-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---|


Ab5 Ab5
PM------------------| PM------------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-7-------7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7-------7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-7-------7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7-------7---7---7---7---7---7---|


A5 A5
PM------------------| PM--|
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|-8---------------8-------7-------|
|-8-------8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8-------8---8---8-------7-------|
|-8-------8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8-------8---8---8-------7-------|


1.
G5 E5
PM------------------| PM------------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-6-------------------------------|-3--------------------------------||
|-6-------6---6---6---6---6---6---|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3---o||
|-6-------6---6---6---6---6---6---|-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3----||


2.
E5 Db5
PM----------|
Q E E E E Q
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-3---------------------------------||
|-3-------3---3---3---3---12\-------||
|-3-------3---3---3---3---12\-------||




2nd Verse:
similar to 1st Verse




Chorus:
similar to previous




Main Riff:
similar to previous




Interlude: x2
similar to Intro, just forget the slide 1st time




Solo:
Gtr IV
Dbmmaj7 Emmaj7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----7-----------|-------------------|-----10-------------|--------------------|
|---------7-------|-------------------|----------10--------|--------------------|
|-5-----------8---|--5----4---5---7---|-8-------------11---|--8----7---8---10---|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|
|Gtr II, III
| Db5 Db5 Gb5 E5 E5
| W +H H W +H H
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-------5-------|-3------------------|-(3)-------3--------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-------5-------|-3------------------|-(3)-------3--------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-------5-------|-3------------------|-(3)-------3--------|


Dmmaj7 Dbmmaj7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----8-----------|-----------------|-----7-----------|-----------------|
|---------8-------|-----------------|---------7-------|-----------------|
|-6-----------9---|-6---5---6---8---|-5-----------8---|-5---4---5---7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| D5 D5 Db5 Db5
| W W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-1---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-1---------------|-1---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|




Chorus:
similar to previous



Outro:
first repeat of a Verse, Main Riff, end on:

Gtr II, III
Db5
W
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-0---------------|
|-0---------------|
|-0---------------|



Poisoning a drink
Bleeding in a sink
Choking with a link
Killing with a stink
Just your mother's ho

Bleeding in a sink
Poisoning a drink
Burning up
My sweet Clementine

Trampling a shrink
Bleeding in a sink
Hallelujah wink
Getting on the brink
Just your mother's ho

Hallelujah wink
Murdering a shrink
Burning up

My sweet revenge
Will be yours for the taking
It's in the making baby

Killing with a stink
Bleeding in a sink
Poisoning a drink
Getting on the brink
Just your mother's ho

Bleeding in a sink
Trampling a shrink
Burning up
My sweet Clementine

Poisoning a drink
Bleeding in a sink
Choking with a link
Killing with a stink
Just your mother's ho

Poisoning a drink
Bleeding in a sink
Burning up

I saw her laugh
Then she said "Go away"

My sweet revenge
Will be yours it's in the making
It's in the taking, making, baking, taking, faking

Should've been, could've been
Would've been've, would've been you
Should've been, could've been
Would've been, would've been you



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