Chords
Chop Suey

Chop Suey! is a song by the band System of a Down, known for its dynamic melody and lyrics that address death and spiritual rebirth. The song was named in an ironic reference to how the cut-up verses seemed like chopped suites – playing on Chop Suey, which is an American Chinese dish, suggesting something mixed or fragmented. It was speculated that the name change (from Suicide to Chop Suey!) was due to pressure from the record label.

Key: Gm

Introduction:  Gm   C6   F   Eb   Gm   F#   A   Cm  

  Gm 
Wake up (wake up)
  Gm                             Gb 
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
  Gb                               Gm 
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up
  Gm                                  Gb 
Why' d you leave the keys up on the table?
  Gb                          Gm 
Here you go create another fable (You wanted to)
  Gm                                Gb 
Grab a brush and put on a little makeup (You wanted to)
  Gb                                Gm 
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up (You wanted to)
  Gm                                  Gb 
Why' d you leave the keys up on the table? (You wanted to)

                     Gm    Cm    F 
I don' t think you trust, in, my,
  Eb                 Gm    Cm    F 
Self-righteous suicide, I, cry
       Eb 
when angels deserve to
   Gm     Gb     A      Cm     Gm     Gb     A      Cm     Gm 
die

  Gm 
Wake up (wake up)
  Gm                             Gb 
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
  Gb                               Gm 
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up
  Gm                                  Gb 
Why' d you leave the keys up on the table?
  Gb                          Gm 
Here you go create another fable (You wanted to)
  Gm                                Gb 
Grab a brush and put on a little makeup (You wanted to)
  Gb                                Gm 
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up (You wanted to)
  Gm                                  Gb 
Why' d you leave the keys up on the table? (You wanted to)

                     Gm    Cm    F 
I don' t think you trust, in, my,
  Eb                 Gm    Cm    F 
Self-righteous suicide, I, cry
       Eb                Gm    Cm   F 
when angels deserve to die. In my
  Eb                 Gm    Cm     F 
Self-righteous suicide,  I, cry
       Eb                 Gm 
when angels deserve to die

  Gm       Gb       A        Cm 
Father (father) Father (father)
  Gm       Gb       A        Cm 
Father (father) Father (father)
  Gm           Gb              A        Cm 
    Father into your hands,   I commend my spirit
  Gm           Gb              A          Cm 
    Father into your hands, why have you for-
 Gm         Eb 
saken me? In your eyes,
     Bb        Eb 
forsaken me. In your thoughts,
     Gm        Eb 
forsaken me. In your heart,
     Bb        Eb 
forsaken     me.  Oh,
  Gm    Eb  Bb    Eb 
trust in my, self-righteous sui-
  Gm    Eb  Bb         Eb 
cide. I  cry when angels deserve to
  Gm   Eb  Bb   Eb 
die. In my self-righteous sui-
  Gm    Eb   Bb        Eb                 Gm 
cide. I  cry when angels deserve to die