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Shimmy Guitar Tablature
Song: Shimmy
Band: System of a Down
Album: Toxicity

Tuning (low to high): CGCFAD

pm : palm mute
 h : hammer-on
 p : pull-off

INTRO
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| 6X
|---------------------------------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|
  pm............................'

(gradually release pm on 6th time)

RIFF A
|-------------------    |--------------------|
|-------------------    |--------------------|
|------------------- 3X |--------------------|
|-3-2-2--2-7-6-6--6-    |-3-2-2--2-7-6-6-6-6-|
|-3-2-2--2-7-6-6--6-    |-3-2-2--2-7-6-6-6-6-|
|-3-2-2--2-7-6-6--6-    |-3-2-2--2-7-6-6-6-6-|


VERSE RIFF

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-|
  pm................................'


Ending 1           Ending 2
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----1-2-1h2p1-------|
|-2-3-2-0---------|-2-3-----------3-2-0-|
|---------3-2-0---|---------------------|
|---------------6-|---------------------|

Ending 3
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----1-2-1h2p1-----------------------|
|-2-3-----------3-2-3-2-0-------------|
|-------------------------3-2-3-2-0---|
|-----------------------------------6-|


CHORUS RIFF
                   Ending of 1st Chorus
|-------------    |-----------------|
|-------------    |-----------------|
|------------- 3X |-----------------|
|-2--2--6--6--    |-2--2--7-6-6-6-6-|
|-2--2--6--6--    |-2--2--7-6-6-6-6-|
|-2--2--6--6--    |-2--2--7-6-6-6-6-|

On 2nd Chorus repeat first bar 8 times


INTERLUDE

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-2------2------2------2-----|
|-2------2------2------2-----|
|-2------2------2------2-----|

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---22222--|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---22222--|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---22222--|

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------| 6X
|-2-3-2-0---------|
|---------3-2-0---|
|---------------6-|
  pm.............'

(gradually release pm on 6th time)

FINAL RIFF

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-|
|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2--0-|
  pm........................'


SONG STRUCTURE

Intro
Riff A
Verse: 1st bar, ending 1, 1st bar, ending 2,
       1st bar, ending 1, 1st bar, ending 3
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Interlude
Final Riff

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