Band: System Of A Down
Song: IEAIAIO
Album: Steal This Album!
Tuning: Drop C (CGCFAD)
Tabbed By: Joey Hegedusich (sk8punk***@yahoo.com)

I have no clue on the intro thingy so here we go (if you know the intro thingy, correct me, lol) I’m tabbing this out with IEAIAIO and Why (Why is IEAIAIO unmastered…the unmastered version has some guitar parts hearable where IEAIAIO’s guitar parts you wouldn’t be able to hear…so :-D for me, lol) Im gonna write the riffs down once…so I can save space…have fun:-D

Intro 2

4|-0-1-0--0--0-1-0--0--0-1-0--0--0-1-0--0-|
5|-0-1-0--0--0-1-0--0--0-1-0--0--0-1-0--0-|
6|-0-1-0--0--0-1-0--0--0-1-0--0--0-1-0--0-|

Intro 3 (palm muted, fast picking)

4|-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
5|-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
6|-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Verse 1 (palm muted, fast picking)

5|-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-|

(play Intro 2)…or…

Why Intro 2

3|-7-8-7--7--7-8-7--7--7-8-7--7--7-8-7--7--|
4|-x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--|
5|-5-6-5--5--5-6-5--5--5-6-5--5--5-6-5--5--|

(play Verse 1 again)

(play Intro 2 again or Why Intro 2)

Verse 2 (fast picking)

2|-6-5-6-5---------6-5-6-5---------|
3|---------------------------------|
4|---------------------------------|
5|---------8-7-8-7---------8-7-8-7-|

(play Intro 2 again or Why Intro 2)

Verse 3 (fast picking)

2|-3-2-3-2---------3-2-3-2---------|
3|---------------------------------|
4|---------------------------------|
5|---------5-4-5-4---------5-4-5-4-|

(play Intro 2 again or Why Intro 2)

Chorus 1 (“I…EA..I..A..IO”) (palm muted, fast picking)

4|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
5|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
6|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|

(play Intro 2 again)

(play Verse 1 again)

(play Intro 2 again or Why Intro 2)

(play Verse 1 again)

(play Intro 2 again or Why Intro 2)

(play Verse 2 again)

(play Intro 2 again or Why Intro 2)

(play Verse 3 again)

(play Intro 2 again or Why Intro 2)

(play Chorus 1 again)

(play Intro 2 again)

Chorus 2 (palm muted on 0s, fast picking on 0s)

4|--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
5|--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
6|--3--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

(play Intro 2 again)

Solo (^-bend...P-pinch harmonics)

2|--------10--10--11-10--------------10-8--x-x-x-x-|
3|-7--9-7---------------7--7--9-7-7--------x-x-x-x-|

2|--------10--10--11-10--------------10-11--11^-11^-11^-11^-11^p-11^p-11^p-11^p-|
3|-7--9-7---------------7--7--9-7-7---------------------------------------------|

3|-7--8-7--8-7--8-7--8-5-5-6-6-|Play 4 Times then...

2|-7--8-7--8-7--8-7--8-5-5-6-6-|Play 4 times
3|-7--8-7--8-7--8-7--8-5-5-6-6-|

(play Chorus 1 again, no palm muting, no fast picking…play each chord as single note, as in no tremolo)

(play Intro 2 again or Why Intro 2)

(play Chorus 2 again)

(play Intro 2 again or Why Intro 2)

FINISH!!!

Have fun…I know I did!...what you think? (Tip: if you could get 2 guitars to play intro 2 and Why intro 2 on the parts where it says play intro 2 or why intro 2 together...it would sound awesome. lol :-P)