Kill Rock'n Roll Chords

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Kill Rock'n Roll by System Of A Down is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Db, Ab, Gb, Bb and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Song: Kill Rock n Roll 
Artist: System of a Down 
tabber: SpkGrk ([email protected]) 
 
Tuning Drop D half step down (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) 
 
/-slide 
PM-palm mute 
x-scrape 
 
Intro (clean): 
 
Guitar 1 
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-|---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10---10 
-|-8----8----8----8----8----8----8----8----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--- 
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
-|---------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|---------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|---------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9 
-|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------  
 
Guitar 1 repeats intro, during the repeat Guitar 2 plays: 
 
-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12/13 
-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10/12 
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-|-15-15-15-15-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 
-|-17-17-17-17-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 
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-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
Verse (Distorted): 
 
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-|------5---------4---------------------------------- 
-|-3-xx-5-xx-2-xx-4-xx-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 
-|-3-xx-3-xx-2-xx-2-xx-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 
-|-3-xx---xx-2-xx---xx-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 
PM                        . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
 
The last time the verse is played before the Chorus, the palm mute is gradually released on the last chord. 
 
 
Chorus (Distorted): 
 
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-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------------- 
-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 
-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 
-|-------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7 
 
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-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 
-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10 
-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8- 
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Bridge (Distorted): 
 
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-|-3---/8--7---/2----3--3---/8--7---/2--2-3- 
-|-3---/8--7---/2----3--3---/8--7---/2--2-3- 
-|-3---/8--7---/2----3--3---/8--7---/2--2-3- 
 
 
Interlude: 
 
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-|-----9---10-9-7-------9---10-9-7-------7---8-7-5-------7---8-7-5-- 
-|---8---8--------8---8---8--------8---6---6-------6---6---6-------6 
-|-7----------------7----------------5---------------5-------------- x2 clean palm muted, then x2 distorted palm muted,  
end with: 
 
-|-- 
-|-- 
-|-- 
-|-5 
-|-5 
-|-5 
 
 
Bridge 2nd time (Distorted): 
 
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-|-3--3--3--10--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3 
-|-3--3--3--10--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3 
-|-3--3--3--10--7--7--7--7--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3 
 
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-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 
-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 
-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .  .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
                                             (gradually release palm mute towards end) 
 
 
Outro Chorus (Distorted): 
 
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-|------5---------4---------5---------4---- 
-|-3-xx-5-xx-2-xx-4-xx-3-xx-5-xx-2-xx-4-xx- 
-|-3-xx-3-xx-2-xx-2-xx-3-xx-3-xx-2-xx-2-xx- 
-|-3-xx---xx-2-xx---xx-3-xx---xx-2-xx---xx- 
 
-|---------------------------------------------------------------- 
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-|---------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|---------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 
-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------- x2 
 
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-|-7- 
-|-7- 
-|-7- 
 
 
thats it. email me with any comments, corrections - [email protected] 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante