Tuning:(low to high) C-G-C-F-A-D (Drop D + 1 Full Step Down) 

Words and Music by System of a Down
Song: Deer Dance
CD: Toxicity 
Transcribed by Josh Guittard

Notes: I had this song tabbed out before but i left the 'solo' the way i had it tabbed when i was playing it dropped d, sorry folks. It should be totally correct now so enjoy.

Legend: 
ex: 5*= harmonic
    PM---------|= Palm Mute
 
   Intro/Chorus 1
   

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||o----------------|----------------o||
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||o-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--o||
||--1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1---||


  
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|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||

   Verse 1 and 2
                                                                       3x
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
||------------------|--------5*-----|-----------------|--------5*------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||--5/--8--3/--7--|-1/--5--------|-5/--8--3/--7--|-1/--5---------||

   Pre-Chorus 1 and 2                                                     _
 PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|   |
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|   |
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|   |
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|   |
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|   |
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|   |
||--5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|   |
                                                                           | 2x
                                        slight distortion                  |
  PM-----------------------------------------------|                       |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||        |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||        |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------||        |
|---------------------------------|------------------5*----------||        |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||        |
|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-|-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5--------------||       _|
                                                                          
   distorted (same as the rest of the song)
   chorus again
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||o----------------|----------------o||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||o-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--o||
||--1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1---||


  
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|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
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|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||

Shavo does his deal, pretty much all through the ‘solo’, I couldn’t tell you exactly what it was though.
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Note: there are two guitar parts in this ‘solo’, I just tabbed the 
one that I liked more………
   Guitar Solo          
     PM-------------8x------|-----------------------------|
à                                                            _                     
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|   |
||o---13-12------14-13-12---|-13-13-13-12---13(3x)-12-----|   |
||---------12------------12-|------------12----------12---|   |
||-----------14-------------|--------------------------14-|   |
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|   |
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|   |
                                                              |
 PM ------------------------------|                           |2x
|-----------------------------------12-13-12--||              |
|--9-9-9-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12----------o||              |
|---------------------------------------------||              |
|---------------------------------------------||              |
|--------------------------------------------o||              |
|---------------------------------------------||              |
                                                             _|

 (then this junk)
                                     |------repeat 6x------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-13-12---13-12---13-12--------13-12-|---13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-|
|------12------12------12----12------|---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------14---------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|

 Serj sings a bit here…
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   chorus yet again
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||o----------------|----------------o||
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||o-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1--o||
||--1p0-1p0-1p0-1--|-1p0-1p0-1p0-1---||

  
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|
|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|

   The ending… Same as chorus, as you can see, just a different rhythm but if youve listened to the song, you know this.
    
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||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
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||o-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1---o||
||--1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-1----||



Ta Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! You have just finished playing Deer Dance. I hope this is acceptable to you, if not, email me @: [email protected] so i can have some hate mail.

In case you want it, here’s a map:

Intro (a.k.a. chorus)
Verses 1 and 2
Then pre-choruses
Back to the chorus
Then verses 1 & 2 again
And the pre-choruses  again
Back to the chorus
Then the ‘solo’
Next is the chorus again…
And finally! The outro.