+
-

Halo Of Flies

Alice Cooper

Text File

Alice Cooper - Halo of Flies

It took a while comming, but I think this is it! Have a good listen
to the record (or CD!) for the arrangement, timings and emphasis.
A great song, very progressive and different from everything
else the band did.

All comments welcome to corbett@internode.on.net

intro
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------0----0-2------------|
A|----5-7---------0-2-3--0-2-3--0-2-3--3-2----3----------------|
E|--/7----7--0-------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|x2
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--5-0-5--0-5-0--7-0-7�7\1-1-1-1--1-0-1-0-3-0-4-0--|

G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------| x4
A|------------------------8------------------------|
E|--5-50--5/7-5-0--/7-8-7---8-10-8-7----0-3-0-4-0--|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-0-0-5-0-0--5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-4-3-2-1-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0---|

G|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-5-0-0-5-0-0----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-0-0-5-0-0--5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-4-3-2-1-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0---|

G|-------------------------------------|
D|---7----------------------------7----|
A|-5----------------------------5------|
E|-----1-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0---------|

G|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-etc---|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

G|--4/7-7-7-7---|
D|--------------|
A|--2/5---------| x 3
E|--------------|

G|------7-----|
D|----7-------|
A|--5-----5---|
E|------------|

I've got the answers...
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|--5-3---5----3-4-5----| X 3
E|------5----5----------|
..to pay me in gold..
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|--5-3---3----3----|
E|------5----5------|

G|------------5/7----------|
D|-----------------7/------|
A|--5-5-5------------------|
E|-------------------------|
2nd verse
G|-----7-----7---7---------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--5-----5----5-----------|
E|-------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|--3-33--2-23--5----3-33--2-23--7-7-7-7-7-7-| etc
E|-------------------------------------------|

Then repeats of earlier riffs until...

smash,
Halo of....
...flies

(Play on octaves of E)

I cross the ocean
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--3--5----|
E|--------------------------|


I cross the oceanWhere no one can see
G|--------------------------|
D|------------------5--7----|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------|
E|--------------------------|

Repeat last two riffs up to the "Egyptian" bit,
where you can play E octaves, similar to

G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|--7-77------7-77---------|
E|-------0-00------7/0-----|

G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|--7---5----5-6----7---5---5-6-------------|
E|----7----7----------7---7-----------------|

G|-------------7--9---------------7-9--------|
D|-------7-8-9-------------7-8-9-------------|
A|--7-10-------------7-10--------------------| x 2
E|-------------------------------------------|

G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-Etc----9-----9-----9---|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------7----7-----7------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

G|----9---9---9------7-----|
D|---------------7h9-------|  Repeat for drum
A|--7---7---7--------------|    solo
E|-------------------------|

G|------------|
D|------------|
A|--7---7-----| x 4
E|----7---7/--|

G|------------------------|
D|---9----9----9----9-----|
A|-7----7----7----7-------|
E|-------------------7/---|

G|-------------9---9---9---9--|
D|---9----9-------------------|
A|-7----7----7---7---7---7----|
E|----------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-Etc------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-Etc-0-0-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|

G|--9--9--9-------5--5--5--------|
D|-------------5-------------5---|
A|-7--7--7--5h7--3--3--3--5h7----| X 4
E|-------------------------------|

G|------------|
D|---------7--|
A|--7-9-10----| x 3
E|------------|

G|--9--11--12--14----9--11--12--14--|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-7--9--10--12-----7--9--10--12----|
E|----------------------------------|

G|--9--11--12--14--16--17--19--20--21-|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-7--9--10--12--14--15--17--18--19---|
E|------------------------------------|

G|------------16-17-19-20-21--|
D|---16-17-19-----------------|
A|-21-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

G|-21-21-21---21-21-21--21-21-21--19-19-19-|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------| x 4
E|-----------------------------------------|

G|--21/-------21/--------|
D|----14/-------14/------|
A|-------7/--------7/----| x 2
E|---------0---------0---|

G|-------------------10-10-10-etc-10--9---------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0---------------------0-0-0-0-|

search

Halo Of Flies

Alice Cooper