Band: System of a Down
Song: Deer Dance
Drummer: John Dolmayan
CD: Toxicity
Tabber: Dan Crawford (boogiedrumer, [email protected])

There are certain highhat accents in the verses.  So I use x-hit, 
X-accent, O-open, and #-choke.  
This is my first tab, just to warn you all. Also, 
I'm not as fast as John Dolmayan so I play all 16th notes as rolled 8ths.

Chorus/Intro

  I-repeat 3x------I-repeat 3x------I
C I----------------Ix-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-I
H IO---O---O---O---I----------------I
S Io---o---o---o---I----o-------o---I
B Io---o---o---o---Io-------o-------I

Verse 

H IxxOx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIXxxx-xxxXxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxXxxx-xxxI
S I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I   REPEAT 1x
B Io-------o-------Io-------o-------Io-------o-------Io-------o-------I

H IXxxx-xxxXxxx-xxxIXxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIXxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxI----------------I
T I----------------I----------------I----------------I----oo----------I
S I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---Ioooo------------I
F I----------------I----------------I----------------I------ooo-------I
B Io-------o-------Io-------o-------Io-------o-------I----------------I

H IxxOx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxI
S I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I
B Io-------o-------Io-------o-------Io-------o-------Io-------o--o--o-I

H IXxxx-xxxXxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxXxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxXxxx-xxxIxxxx-xOOO-------I
S I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-----------I
B Io-------o-------Io-------o-------Io-------o-------Io-------o-------I
                                                           LOUDER

REPEAT CHORUS

 
VERSE 2

  I-repeat 3x------I  
H IXxxx-xxxXxxx-xxxI
S I----o-------o---I
B Io-------o-------I


H IxxOx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIXxxx-xxxXxxx-xxxIXxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxI
S I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I
B Io-------o-------Io-------o-------Io-------o-------Io-------o-------I

  I---repeat 2x----I
H IXxxx-xxxXxxx-xxxI----------------I
T I----------------I----oo----------I
S I----o-------o---Ioooo------------I
F I----------------I------ooo-------I
B Io-------o-------Io---------------I

H IxxOx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxI
S I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I
B Io-------o-------Io-------o--o--o-Io-------o-------Io-------o-------I

H Ixxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxIxxxx------------I
S I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I----ooooo-------I
B Io-------o-------Io-------o--o--o-Io-------o-------Io---------------I


REPEAT CHORUS

INTERLEUDE
                   I---repeat 2x—---I
C Ix---------------I----------------I
B Io---------------I----------------I
 
  I—--repeat 2x----I
C Ix---------------I----------------I
H I--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-Ix-x-x-x-x-x-x-O-I
S I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I   Repeat  4x
B Io-------o-------Io-------o-------I

                   I---repeat 2x----I
H Ix-x-x-O-O---O---IO---O---O---O---I
S I----o-------o---I----o-------o---I   
B Io-------o-------Io-------o-------I

                   I---repeat 2x—---I
H I#---------------I----------------I
B Io---------------I----------------I

  I—--Repeat 3x----I—--Repeat 3x----I
C I----------------Ix-------x-------I
H IO---O---O---O---I----O-------O---I
S Io---o---o---o---I----o-------o---I
B Io---o---o---o---Io-------o-------I

C2I----------------I--------x-------I
C1Ix-------x-------Ix---------------I
S I--------o-------I--------o-------I      REPEAT 2x
B Io---------------Io---------------I

  
C Ix-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-Ix-x-x-x-x-x-x---I
S Io---o---o---o---Io---o---o---o---I
B Io---o---o---o---Io---o---o---o---I

End