System Of A Down
Prison Song
Toxicity (2001)

Dropped-D + Tune down 1 step

D5!

  D5! E♭5! F5! E♭5!  x 3.5  B♭5B♭5B♭5B♭5!                                    x 2 
                                          They're trying to build a prison

D5! E♭5! F5! E♭5!  x 3  (pause)  B♭5B♭5B♭5B♭5!

    {D5E♭5D5E♭5D5E♭5D5!  x 3  D5E♭5D5B♭5B♭5B♭5B♭5!}  x 2

  D5! E♭5! F5! E♭5!  x 3.5  B♭5B♭5B♭5B♭5!  w/ WAAAAAR

    D5E♭5D5E♭5D5E♭5D5!  x 3  D5E♭5D5B♭5B♭5B♭5B♭5! 
                                                                            
Following the rights movements you clamped on with your iron fists      d e♭ d e♭ d e♭ f e♭
Drugs became conveniently available for all the kids                 w/ D ----8----         
Following the rights movements you clamped on with your iron fists      A --6---6--  (1)
Drugs became conveniently available for all the kids

  I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch right here in Hollywood   w/ d  e♭  d e♭ f e♭  x 2  (basse)

Nearly 2 million Americans are incarcerated in the prison system prison system of the U.S. 

e♭      b♭     e♭ b♭    e♭ b♭ e♭
They're trying to build a prison

    They're trying to build a prison  x 3  (for you and me to live in)

    Another prison system  x 3  (for you and me)

Minor drug offenders fill your prisons you don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars against the new non-rich    w/ (1)
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons you don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars against the new non-rich  

  I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch right here in Hollywood

The percentage of Americans in the prison system has doubled since 1985

They're trying to build a prison

    They're trying to build a prison  x 3  (for you and me to live in)

    Another prison system  x 3  (for you and MEEEE)

D5! E♭5! F5! E♭5!  x 3.5  B♭5B♭5B♭5B♭5!  w/ WAAAR, WAAAR, WAAAAAR, (YOU AND ME)

    They're trying to build a prison  x 3  (for you and me)  w/ (1), (reste) 1er B♭5 me

B♭       A       ()
Oh baby, you and meeee

d  x 14  B♭5B♭5B♭5B♭5!  x 2
         WAAAAAAAAAAAR

All research and successful drug policies show that treatment should be increased (WAAAAR)
And law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences (WAAAAR)
All research and successful drug policies show that treatment should be increased (WAAAAR)
And law enforcement decreased while abolishing, mandatory minimum sentences

                                         w/ D5D5!  D5D5D5!  D5D5D5!  D5D5D5! B♭5B♭5B♭5B♭5!

  Utilizing drugs to pay for secret wars around the world     w/ d  e♭  d e♭ f e♭  (basse)
  Drugs are now your global policy now you police the globe

I buy my crack, my smack, my bitch, right here in Hollywood  w/ d e♭ d e♭ d e♭ f e♭

Drug money is used to rig elections and train brutal corporate-sponsored dictators around the world  

                                                                                             w/ (1)

They're trying to build a prison

    They're trying to build a prison  x 3  (for you and me to live in)

    Another prison system  x 3  (for you and me)

D5! E♭5! F5! E♭5!  x 3.5  B♭5B♭5B♭5B♭5!  w/ WAAAR, WAAAR, WAAAAAR, (YOU AND ME)

    They're trying to build a prison  x 3  (for you and me)  w/ (1), (reste) 1er B♭5 me

B♭       A       Dm (reste, feedback)
Oh baby, you and meeee

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