Aerials

System Of A Down

Album: Toxicity

The asterisks (*) mean that the measures enclosed are repeated. If you
have any comments, suggestions, or want to point out a mistake, please
email me.

The tuning for this song is as follows:
D
A
F
C
G
C

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--
|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0----
|-3-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0|-5-----3-----2-----2-----2-----2
Riff 1 (Intro and chorus) no distortion

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--
|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0----
|-3-----5-----7-----8-----7---5--|-3-----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-----
|-12-----10-----7-----7-----7-----7|/14-----10-----7-----7-----7-----7-


|------------------------------------|---------------------------------
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------
|------0------0------0------0-------0|-----0---------------------------
|----0------0------0------0----------|---0------0----0---0---0---0---0-
|-12-----14-----15-----17-----15-14--|12-----10----7---7---7---7---7---


|----------|---------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|---------|---------12---------10-|----------9---------7--|
|*---------|---------|---------12---------10-|----------9---------7-*|
|*-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-0--8-|-0-0-0-0--7-0-0-0-0-5-*|
|--8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|
|--8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----|
Riff 2 (Verses) w/distortion

verse 1 - repeat four times. on the last time only play first two
           measures and go back to Riff 1.

verse 2 - repeat two times followed by Riff 2A and Riff 3.

|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
|-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
|-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
Riff 2A


|--------|-------|-------------|--------|
|--------|-------|-------------|--------|
|*-------|-------|-------------|-------*|
|*-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--|
Riff 3 (Final chorus)

repeat twice. insert slides at the end of the first, second, and fourth
measures when repeating.

go back to Riff 1 and repeat until the song ends.




Aerials



Life is a waterfall,
We're one in the river,
And one again after the fall.

Swimming through the void
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all?

Cause we are the ones that want to play,
Always want to go,
But you never want to stay,

And we are the ones that want to chose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.

Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.

Life is a waterfall,
We drink from the river,
Then we turn around and put up our walls.

Swimming through the void
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all?

Cause we are the ones that want to play,
Always want to go,
But you never want to stay,

And we are the ones that want to chose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.

Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal prize.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal prize.