Ego Brain

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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.

Guitar I (C G C F A D) - Acoustic, Clean

Guitar II (C G C F A D) - Electric, Clean

Guitar III (C G C F A D) - Electric, Distorted

Guitar IV (C G C F A D) - Keyboard arranged for guitar

INTRO:

98 bpm

3/4

Gtr I

Dm G5 Dm G5

|-3-| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

||o-------7h8p7---------------|-------7h8p7---------------|

||------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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||-----------7----------------|----------7----------------|

||o-------8-----9-------------|-------8-----9-------------|

||------9---------------------|-----9---------------------|

||----9---------------9-----9-|---9---------------9-----9-|

||o-7---------------7-----7---|-7---------------7-----7---|

||----------------7-----7-----|---------------7-----7-----|

|-intro riff

Dm D7sus4 F5 F5 G5

|-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-------7h8p7-------10-------|--------8--------8-------------------o||

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

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

|-7--------------------------|-----------------------5--------7----o||

|----------------------------|--------------------5--------7--------||

| end intro riff-|

|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------7-----------------|-------15-------15--------------------||

|-------8-----9-----10-------|----15-------15----------------------o||

|-----9-----------7------7---|-12-------12-------------12-------14--||

|---9-----------9------9---9-|----------------------12-------14-----||

|-7--------------------------|-------------------10-------12-------o||

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

end intro riff-|

Gtr IV (plays in second time)

H. H +S E. H. H.

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

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

|----------|-------------|----------|-12-------|

|----------|---------14--|----------|----------|

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

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

VERSE:

intro-riff once

PRE-CHORUS:

Gtr I

Dm G5 Dm F5 G5

|-3-| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q.

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

|-------7h8p7---------------|-------7h8p7---------------|

|-----9-------9-------------|-----9-------9-------------|

|---9---------------9-----9-|---9-----------------------|

|-7---------------7-----7---|-7-------------------------|

|---------------7-----7-----|---------------------------|

|

|Gtr II

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q.

|----------7----------------|----------7------------|

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

|-----9---------------------|-----9-----------------|

|---9---------------9-----9-|---9-------------------|

|-7---------------7-----7---|-7---------------------|

|---------------7-----7-----|-----------------------|

|

|Gtr III

| H. Q. E. E.

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

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

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

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

|---------------------------|---------------5---7---|

|---------------------------|---------------5---7---|

Eb5 D5 Eb5 F5 Eb5 D5

Gtr III

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---5---3---|-2---2---2---2---|

|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-3---3---5---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---------------------|---------------------|

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

||------2b3r2-----------|-----2b3r2-----------|

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

||--2-------------------|-2-------------------|

Eb Dm

|-3-|

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

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

|-----------------------------|---------------------o||

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

|-----3-5-3-5/75-3-5-3h5p32-|-----2b3r2------------||

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

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

VERSE

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

INTERLUDE:

intro-riff twice + this part:

Gtr IV

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

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

||o----------------|-------------|----------------|

||--129-12--9-----|-12--14------|-129-12--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:

Dm G5 Dm G5

Gtr I

|-3-| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-------7h8p7---------------|-------7h8p7---------------|

|-----9-------9-------------|-----9-------9-------------|

|---9---------------9-----9-|---9---------------9-----9-|

|-7---------------7-----7---|-7---------------7-----7---|

|---------------7-----7-----|---------------7-----7-----|

|

|Gtr II

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------7----------------|----------7----------------|

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

|-----9---------------------|-----9---------------------|

|---9---------------9-----9-|---9---------------9-----9-|

|-7---------------7-----7---|-7---------------7-----7---|

|---------------7-----7-----|---------------7-----7-----|

Dm D7sus4 F5 F5 G5 Dm

|-3-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W

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

|-------7h8p7-------10-------|-------8-------8--------------|-8-------|

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

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

|-7--------------------------|-------------------5-----7----|-7-------|

|----------------------------|-----------------5-----7------|---------|

|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W

|----------7-----------------|---------10-------------------|---------|

|-------8-----9-----10-------|------10----10-------8-----10-|-8-------|

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

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

|-7--------------------------|------------------------------|-7-------|

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

2nd /July /05

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