• Song:

    Ego Brain

  • Artist:

    System of a down

  • Album:

    System Of A Down/Steal ...

____________________
   / 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||
|-----------------------------|----------------------||
|-----3-5-3-5/7\5-3-5-3h5p3\2-|-----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----------------|-------------|----------------|
||--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:
  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
I'd love comments and corrections at Maitinin@gmail.com!
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