E|--------------------|
   / 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
E|---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
E|---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
E|-------------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| |
B|-------7h8p7h8p7---|-------0-----|-----8------8-|-------------o| |
G|-----9-----------9-|-----2---2---|---7------7---|--------------| |
D|---9---------------|---0-------0-|-5------5-----|-----5-----7--| |
A|-7-----------------|-0-----------|--------------|---5-----7---o| |
E|-------------------|-------------|--------------|-5-----7------| |
                                                 end intro riff-|


 Gtr IV (plays in the second time)
  H.          Q. +E.  E.    H.         H.
E|----------|-------------|----------|----------|
B|-12-------|-12-(12)-----|-12-------|----------|
G|----------|-------------|----------|-12-------|
D|----------|---------14--|----------|----------|
A|----------|-------------|----------|----------|
E|----------|-------------|----------|----------|



VERSE:
intro-riff 1x



PD-C HORUS:
intro riff, first 3 bars, then:

 Gtr III
  Q    Q    Q
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-5----7----9--\-|
A|-5----7----9--\-|
E|-5----7----9--\-|

  Eb5               D5                Eb5               D5
  E.  E.  E.  E.    E.  E.  E.  E.    E.  E.  E.  E.    E.  E.  E.  E.
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|
A|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|
E|-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
E|-----------------------------|----------------------| |
B|-----------------------------|---------------------o| |
G|-----------------------------|----------------------| |
D|-3---3-5-3-5/7\5-3-5-3h5p3\2-|-2---2b3r2------------| |
A|-3---------------------------|-2---------3---2b3r2-o| |
E|-3---------------------------|-2--------------------| |



VERSE



PD-C HORUS



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.
E|---------------| |---------------||
B|--------------o| |--------------o||
G|-12-(12)--14---| |---------------||
D|---------------| |---------------||
A|--------------o| |-10-(10)--12--o||
E|---------------| |---------------||



PD-C HORUS
including this:

 Gtr IV
   W
E|----------|
B|----------| *this fades
G|----------| out during
D|-14-------| the pre-chorus
A|----------|
E|----------|



CHORUS



OUTRO:
intro-riff 1x, then end on this chord:

  Dm
E|----------|
B|-8--------|
G|-9--------|
D|-9--------|
A|-7--------|
E|----------|

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 28th /December /13
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