Halo by Texas
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
Hello! This is quite a hard song to play, from the Texas "White on Blonde"
album...I've put the easy way of playing it at the bottom, if you can't be asked
playing it the hard way...it sounds pretty good too.
For the Gmaj7, you'll need to use your thumb (i.e: have big hands)...if you can't
reach the E bass string...just forget the bass!
Enjoy....email corrections/questions/etc... to Frederic Maquet f.maquet@ic.ac.uk
For more Exclusive Guitar Tabs check:
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Intro:(music box) (soft)
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e:----7--5--3--5--3--|-----7--5--3--5--3-|
B:-------------------|-----5--5--5--5--5-|
G:-0--------0--0--0--|-------------------|
D:-------------------|--0--------0--0--0-|
A:-------------------|-------------------|
E:-------------------|-------------------|
Strings
e:-----7--5--3--5--3--|--------0--3-----0--3--|
B:--------------------|-----3--------3--------|
G:--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--0--------------------|
D:--------------------|--2--------------------|
A:--------------------|--3--------------------|
E:--------------------|-----------------------|
Intro/Chorus: (distorted guitar, LOUD)
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Gmaj7 G D6 D
e:---2--2--2--3--3-|----|--7--7--7--5--5-|----|
B:---3--3--3--3--3-|----|--7--7--7--7--7-|----|
G:---0--0--0--0--0-|----|--7--7--7--7--7-|----|
D:---0--0--0--0--0-|-x2-|--7--7--7--7--7-|-x2-|
A:---x--x--x--x--x-|----|----------------|----|
E:---3--3--3--3--3-|----|----------------|----|
Thumb
or play it this way: (sounds better+easer to play!)
Gmaj7 G D6 D
e:---2--2--2--3--3-|----|--10--10--10--10-10-|----|
B:---3--3--3--3--3-|----|--12--12--12--10-10-|----|
G:---0--0--0--0--0-|----|--11--11--11--11-11-|----|
D:---0--0--0--0--0-|-x2-|--0---0---0---0--0--|-x2-|
A:---x--x--x--x--x-|----|--------------------|----|
E:---3--3--3--3--3-|----|--------------------|----|
Thumb
Amadd? Am Cadd9 riff
e:-7--7--7--5--5-|----|-x--0--3-|----|
B:-5--5--5--5--5-|----|-3--x--x-|----|
G:-5--5--5--5--5-|----|-0--0--0-|----|
D:-7--7--7--7--7-|-x2-|-2--2--2-|-x2-|
A:-0--0--0--0--0-|----|-3--3--3-|----|
E:---------------|----|---------|----|
Verse 1: (play chords once, lots of echo)
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G Gmaj7
Bright lights city, your heart religion,
G
Superstars in their own private movie,
Csus2 C
they play just like children
G Gmaj7
Lies that take her, places she's never seen,
G
The kiss and tell of it all,
Csus2 C
to her it seems so obscene
Bridge:
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Am D Dsus4 D
She's so pretty, her hair is a mess,
Am Cadd9 riff
We all love her, to that we confess
Chorus:
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Gmaj7 G x2 D6 D x2
She had the halo, we really do adore her
Am? Am x2 Cadd9 riff
She had the halo, and we touch her
Verse 2: (same chords as verse 1)
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From their blindness, she seems much further,
Like on the wide screen viewing,
Going down on her...
Play bridge then chorus
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Chorus 2:
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G D
She.........believes with everything
Am Cadd9 riff
Sheeehee....believes in nothing and everything
Break:
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G D Am Cadd9 riff
Play chorus 1 and 2 with following riffs:
Gadd? G D riff C6 C Cadd9
e:--5--5--5--3--3-|--|------|-5--5--5--3--3|--|------|
B:--3--3--3--3--3-|--|------|-5--5--5--5--5|--|-riff-|
G:--0--0--0--0--0-|x2|-same-|-5--5--5--5--5|x2|--as--|
D:--0--0--0--0--0-|--|--as--|-5--5--5--5--5|--|usual-|
A:--x--x--x--x--x-|--|-usual|--------------|--|------|
E:--3--3--3--3--3-|--|--x2--|--------------|--|------|
Then fade out on chorus...
Easy version for the chorus, if you can't be arsed: (forget the bass)
Gmaj7 G D6 D Amsus2 Am Cadd9
xx0032 xx0033 xx0202 xx0232 x02200 x02210 032033
x2 x2 x2
Chords: (the right way to play them...I hope!)
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Csus2 032030
C 032010
Cadd9 032033
G 320033
Gmaj7 3x0032
D6 xx0777 ->in chorus riff or x x 0 11 12 10
D xx0775 x x 0 11 10 10
D xx0232 ->in bridge
Dsus4 xx0233
Am x07555 -> in chorus
Am? x07557
Am x02210 -> in bridge
C x35553
C6 x35555
Corrected lyrics:
HALO
Bright light city
You're her religion
Superstars in their own private movie
Play just like children
Lies that take her
Places she's never seen
The kiss and tell of it all
To her it seems so obsene
She's so pretty her hair is a mess
We all love her
To that we confess
* She has a halo
We really do adore her
For she has a halo
Can we touch her
For her blindness she sees much further
Like on a wide screen viewing going
down on her
She's so pretty her hair is a mess
We all love her
To that we confess
(* Repeat)
She believes in everything
And she believes in nothing in everything
(* Repeat)
She believes in everything
And she believes in nothing in everything
She believes in everything
And she believes in nothing
She has a halo
She has a halo
Cheers to Steph for the corrected lyrics....
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