____________________
/ 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---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/ego_brain_tab_ver_5.html ]
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!
