Ego Brain

Song

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/ System of a Down / I think this song is about the member's experience of war. They

/ Ego Brain / all descend from Armenia, where a genocide took place during

/ Steal This Album! / World War I. It tells about holding on to the ever-prevailing

/___________________/ love - even in the inhuman and egoistic times of war.

tuning: Drop C (C G C F A D)

Guitar I - Acoustic, Steel-stringed, Clean

Guitar II - Electric, 12-stringed, Clean

Guitar III - Electric, Distorted (there are at least two of them)

Guitar IV - Keyboard synth arranged for guitar

INTRO:

Q=120 bpm

6/8

Gtr I

Dm Gsus2 Dm Gsus2

|---5---| |---5---|

E E E S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S E E E E E E E

||--------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
||o-------7h8p7h8p7---|-------------|-------7h8p7h8p7---|-------------|
||------9-----------9-|-------------|-----9-----------9-|-------------|
||----9---------------|-----9-----9-|---9---------------|-----9-----9-|
||o-7-----------------|---7-----7---|-7-----------------|---7-----7---|
||--------------------|-7-----7-----|-------------------|-7-----7-----|

||-intro riff

|

| Gtr II

| E E E E E E

||--------------------:

||o-------8-----------: (This Gtr II play exactly the same, except

||------9------9------: for these bars of Dm when Gtr I is playing

||----9-------------9-:  that fast trill.)
||o-7-----------------:
||--------------------:

|-intro riff

Dm C6 F5 F5 G5

        |---5---|

E E E S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------|-------------|--------------|--------------||
|-------7h8p7h8p7---|-------0-----|-----8------8-|-------------o||
|-----9-----------9-|-----2---2---|---7------7---|--------------||
|---9---------------|---0-------0-|-5------5-----|-----5-----7--||
|-7-----------------|-0-----------|--------------|---5-----7---o||
|-------------------|-------------|--------------|-5-----7------||

end intro riff-|

Gtr IV (plays in the second time)

H. Q. +E. E. H. H.

|----------|-------------|----------|----------|
|-12-------|-12-(12)-----|-12-------|----------|
|----------|-------------|----------|-12-------|
|----------|---------14--|----------|----------|
|----------|-------------|----------|----------|
|----------|-------------|----------|----------|

VERSE:

intro-riff 1x

PRE-CHORUS:

intro riff, first 3 bars, then:

Gtr III

Q Q Q

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-5----7----9--\-|
|-5----7----9--\-|
|-5----7----9--\-|

Eb5 D5 Eb5 D5

E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E.

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|
|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|
|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|

CHORUS:

Dm Dm

Gtr III

E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S E. S S S

||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||--2---2b3r2-----------|-2---2b3r2-----------|
||o-2---------3---2b3r2-|-2---------3---2b3r2-|
||--2-------------------|-2-------------------|

Eb Dm

|-3-|

E. S S S g S S S S T T T S E. S S S E. S S S

|-----------------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------------|----------------------||
|-3---3-5-3-5/7\5-3-5-3h5p3\2-|-2---2b3r2------------||
|-3---------------------------|-2---------3---2b3r2-o||
|-3---------------------------|-2--------------------||

VERSE

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

INTERLUDE:

intro-riff 2x + this part:

Gtr IV

E. E. E. E. Q. E. E. E. E. E. E.

||-----------------|-------------|----------------|
||o----------------|-------------|----------------|
||--12\9-12--9-----|-12--14------|-12\9-12--9-----|
||--------------9--|---------14--|-------------9--|
||o----------------|-------------|----------------|
||-----------------|-------------|----------------|

1. 2.

H +S E. H +S E.

 |---------------||---------------||
 |--------------o||--------------o||
 |-12-(12)--14---||---------------||
 |---------------||---------------||
 |--------------o||-10-(10)--12--o||
 |---------------||---------------||

PRE-CHORUS

including this:

Gtr IV

W

|----------|

|----------| *this fades

|----------| out during

|-14-------|  the pre-chorus
|----------|
|----------|

CHORUS

OUTRO:

intro-riff 1x, then end on this chord:

Dm

|----------|
|-8--------|
|-9--------|
|-9--------|
|-7--------|
|----------|

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