Ego Brain 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.
 
 
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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