Elect The Dead 

Harakiri 

Inchbes Moranank

Serj Tankian (born August 21, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon) is an Armenian-American singer. He started as a singer in the alternative metal band System of a Down and after they went on hiatus he continued his career as a solo artist and producer. He is known for his gritty yet wide vocal range. His solo output mixes various styles and genres, including metal, rock and Armenian musical motifs.  At age five, Serj Tankian moved with his parents to Los Angeles, California.

[Verse1]:

Cm                           Fm	
  Everybody knows, everybody knows
Ab                     Cm
  That you cradle the sun, sun
                Fm
  Living in remorse,
  Ab     
  Sky is over

  Bb                Cm
  Don't you want to hold me baby?
      
              
                A|--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|
  Bb            E|--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|      
  Disappointed...   going   crazy...

[Chorus]:

  Gm
  Even though we can't afford
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  Even though we can't afford
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  I don?t want to see you go
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  Even though we can't afford
      Eb     D
  The sky is over

[Verse2]:

Cm
  Behind closes eyes lie
  The minds ready to awaken you,
Fm
  Are you at war with land
      Ab         Fm
  And all of its creatures,
Cm
  Your not-so-gentle persuasion
  Has been known to wreck economies
     Fm                          Ab     
  Of countries, of empires, the sky is over,

  Bb                Cm
  Don't you want to hold me baby?
                
                A|--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|
  Bb            E|--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|      
  Disappointed...   going   crazy...

[Piano section]:
[this is a fast piano solo difficult to play/figure out on Uke, so just use chords: Cm, Fm]

Bb                  Cm
  Not even from the sun,
Bb                  Cm
  Not even from the sun,
Bb                  Cm
  Not even from the sun,
                       
                       A|--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|
  Bb                   E|--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5--|
  Don?t you want me to     run?

[Chorus]:

  Gm
  Even though we can't afford
    Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  Even though we can't afford
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  I don?t want to see you go
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  Even though we can't afford
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  I don?t want to see you go
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  Even though we can't afford
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  I don?t want to see you go
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Gm
  Even though we can't afford
      Eb     D
  The sky is over
  Eb     D       Gm
  Sky is over us.

Sky Is Over

[INTRO]
Am... G.... Dm... F, E
Am... G.... Dm... F, E

Am          G
Those empty walls
Am          G
Those empty walls


[VERSE-1]
             Am          
Pretentious attention
                G
Dismissive apprehension 
                 Am
Don't waste your time 
             G
On coffins today

[VERSE-2] (no seperation)
          Am
When we decline
                     G   
From the confines of our mind 
                 Am
Don't waste your time 
             G
On coffins today 


[PRE-CHORUS]
Am                   
Don't you see their bodies burning
G 
Desolate and full of yearning 
Dm
Dying of anticipation 
F              E
Choking from intoxication 
(x2)

[CHORUS]
Am     G      Dm F      E                Am
I want you to be left behind those empty walls 
      G      Dm  F      E                Am
Taunt you to see from behind those empty walls 


[VERSE-2]

[PRE-CHORUS]

[CHORUS] x2


[BRIDGE]
                        G 
From behind those empty walls
                        Dm 
From behind those empty walls
    F
The walls 
E                       Am
From behind those empty walls 

(I loved you yesterday 
Before you killed my family) 


[PRE-CHORUS]
(I want you to be left behind those empty walls)

[CHORUS] x2

[OUTRO]
                        G
From behind those empty walls
                  Dm
From behind those fucking walls
                     F
From behind those Goddamn walls
      E
Those walls
      Am
Those walls

Empty Walls 

Intro (2x): Em   B7



Em              Am   G       D

Yes vouch antum em, voch el taragir

Am     D     Am    D   Em

Unem hangrvan, unem otevan

Em  Am  G  D

Azat hayreniq, yerjanik yerkir

Am       D           Am  D  Em

Yerjanik, yerjanik yerkir



Em   B7



Em  C    B7   Em

Bari aragil, bakhti aragil

Am   G    D   D D

Aragil garnan, aragil amran

Em        C      D        G

Im tan mot abrir, bari aragil

Am               D

Buyn huysir dzarrin

Am     D  Em

Bardu katarin




Em     Am       G           D

Aragil, indz het ourakh togh yerki

Am       D

Yayla ou vran

Am     D    Em

Hander hotevan

Em        Am  G           D

Arter, ayginer, manoushak yerkir

Am         D          Am  D  Em

Manoushak, manoushak yerkir




Em  C    B7   Em

Bari aragil, bakhti aragil

Am   G    D   D D

Aragil garnan, aragil amran

Em        C      D        G

Im tan mot abrir, bari aragil

Am               D

Buyn huysir dzarrin

Am     D  Em

Bardu katarin





Em        C      D        G

Im tan mot abrir, bari aragil

Am               D

Buyn huysir dzarrin

Am     D  Em

Bardu katarin




Em

Aragil indz het ourakh yar, yar

Em

Aragil indz het ourakh yar, yar


B7                          Em

Aragil indz het ourakh yar, yar




Em              C        D         G

Yegour indz het ov kez ya dayr urakh

Am   D   Am D Em

Bari aragil




Em        C      D        G

Im tan mot abrir, bari aragil

Am               D

Buyn huysir dzarrin

Am     D  Em

Bardu katarin




Em        C      D        G

Im tan mot abrir, bari aragil

Am               D

Buyn huysir dzarrin

Am     D  Em

Bardu katarin

Am     D  Em

Bardu katarin

Am     D  Em

Bardu katarin

Bari Arakeel

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E|--0-------------------------------------||--1--3--------------4-------------------|
C|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
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A|----0---0--2--3--5--2--0--2--2--3--2--0-||--------0--3--2--0-----0--2-------------|
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Reality Tv

Em                G       D/F#
Lalalalalalalala, Lie lie lie...
Em                C       B7
Lalalalalalalala, Lie lie lie...
Em                G       D/F#
Lalalalalalalala, Lie lie lie...
Em                C               B7
Lalalalalalalala, Lie... Lie lie lie...


Em                 G      D/F#
My baby, my baby.. Let me know,
            Em                      C      B7
Because you love me, you love me... Let me go
                 Em                G        D/F#
'Cause you're my lover, you pay me twice my size...
            Em               C     B7
And on your knees you lay... In my thighs


C                       B 
Take my hand, and let's end it all (AAAH!)
    Em                            G        D/F#
She broke her little bones on the boulders below...
C                       B 
Take my hand, and let's end it all...


Em                 G      D/F#
My baby, my baby.. Let me go,
           Em                      C      B7
And if you love me, you love me... Let me go
                Em                       G         D/F#
'Cause I'm your brother... Your brother; have some pride...
            Em                           C     B7
And now you love me, you love me... Then die tonight!


C                       B 
Take my hand, and let's end it all (AAAH!)
    Em                            G        D/F# 
She broke her little bones on the boulders below...
C                       B 
Take my hand, and let's end it all...
    Em                            G        D/F#
She broke her little bones on the boulders below,
           C                    B7
And as she fell, I delightfully said...


Em                G       D/F#
Lalalalalalalala, Lie lie lie...
Em                C       B7
Lalalalalalalala, Lie lie lie...  (x8)


C                       B 
She took my hand, and I let her go (AAAH!)
    Em                            G        D/F# 
She broke her little bones on the boulders below...
C                     B 
Took my hand, and she ended it all...
    Em                            G        D/F#
She broke her little bones on the boulders below,
              C       B7
And while she fell, I smile (AAAH!)...


Em                G       D/F#
Lalalalalalalala, Lie lie lie...
Em                C       B7
Lalalalalalalala, Lie lie lie...  (x4, then to a fade out)

Lie Lie Lie

&quot;Empty Walls&quot; is a song by musician Serj Tankian. The song was released as the first official single and first track off of Tankian's debut solo album Elect the Dead.The song has been described as a &quot;traditionally pummeling rocker&quot;.  &quot;Empty Walls&quot; was released on September 10, 2007 as a digital download and September 25 as a CD single. It can also be found on a 2 track Reprise promo issue dated September 4, 2007 as well as in edited form on promotional copies that have been sent out to radio stations. 

According to the Reality TV Songfacts, this searing indictment of today

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

B
Situation Number one
B
Its the one that's just begun
    E                 F#   E
But evidently its too late
B
Situation Number two
B
Its the only chance for you
     E                         F#   E
It's controlled by denizens of hate
B
Situation Number three
B
It's the one that no one sees
E                          F#   E
All too often dismissed as fate
B
Situation Number four
B
The one that left you wanting more
E                       F#   E
Tantalized you with its bait

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

Situations

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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