System Of A Down – Ego Brain (Guitar Tab)

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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 - 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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