Halo Of FliesWords and music by (note - this is an easy song to play but a bit difficult to explain in terms of chords alone, without the use of standard musical notation or tablature - I have divided the tune into parts (I,II,III,IV, etc.) to make it easier to follow - or at least I hope easier to follow - please feel free to email me with any questions) I. Intro notes: E-F-E-F, etc., throughout, soon superimposed with these notes: G#-G-G#-G-G#-G-G#-G-B-A#-B-A#-B-A#-B-A#-D-D#-D-D#-D-D#-D-D#- E-F-E-F-F-E-D-C- then enter bass notes: (E-B-E-G#-B-C-A-B-C-A-B-C-B-C-D-C-D-E), over which are played guitar notes: B......C.......C-B-A- E chord II. Section in A minor: Am,Am/E,Am - Am/E,Am,Am/E,Bm,Bm/E,Bm - Bm,F,F,F - F,F/E,F,F/E,G,G/E,G#,G#/E,Am,Am/E,Am - Am/E,Am,Am/E,Bm,Bm/E,Bm - Bm,F,F,F - F,F/E,F,F/E,G,G/E,G#,G#/E - Am - E7 - Fmaj7 - B/A - E7/G# (play this sequence of 5 chords once alone, then twice with the following notes superimposed: E,C,A - D,C,B - D,E,D,C - E,F,E,D# - B,D,B,D#,B - repeat) Am - Am,G#,G,F# - F - D - D,C#,C,B - Am - Am,G#,G,F# - F - D - A5 - F - D - A5 III. Section in D: D chord throughout (notes superimposed: D,C,A,C,B - G,B,A,G,A,A - G,G,A,B,C,D,E - F#,F#,G,E - G,F#,E,F#,F# - C,D,E,D,A - G,A,B,C,D,E - G,F#,E,F#) continue this D chord drone and superimposed notes along with the lyrics: "I've got the answers....." and play these notes after "...secrets of soul": (notes: G,F#,E,F# - E,D,C,D) then keep up the D chord drone through the lyrics: "Daggers and contacts and...." and play these chords after the lyrics: "...heels of my shoes": C - G/B,C - D - C - G/B,C - E IV. Second section in A minor: play these chords over "The elegance of China.....": Am - Am,G#,G,F# - F - D - D,C#,C,B - Am - Am,G#,G,F# - F - D - E play these chords tremelo over "there was a middle asian lady...": Am....(slide)...F....(slide).....D....(slide).....Am...(slide)...F....(slide ).....D - at "...flies!!", play this slide from D chord to E chord: D,E - D,E - D,E V. Power chord sequence in E: E5 - F#5 - G5 - A5 - G5,D5 - E5 - F#5 - G5 - A5 - B5,D5 - E5 - F#5 - G5 - A5 - G5,D5 - At "I crossed the ocean...", play these chords (muting the E5 chords): E5 - C5,D5 - E5 - G5,A5 - E5 - C5,D5 - E5 - G5,A5 - E5 - C5,D5 - E5 - G5,A5 - E5 - C5,D5 - E5 - G5,A5 - E5 - C5,D5 - E5 - G5,A5 - E5 - C5,D5 - E5 - G5,A5 - E5 - C5,D5 - E5 - G5,A5 - E5 - C5,D5 - E5 - G5,A5 - Em (with notes: E - D#,E,D# - B - A,B,C,B,A - B - F,G,F - E - F,A,B,C,C#,D,D#) repeat twice, then end with these power chords: E5 - F#5 - G5 - A5 - B5,D5 - E5 - F#5 - G5 - A5 - G5,D5 - E5 - F#5 - G5 - A5 - B5,D5 - E5 - F#5 - G5 - A5 - G5,D5 - E.......D/E - E - D/E - E - D/E.....E VI. Bass, drum, and final sequence in Em: After several bars of the bass drone and drum roll thing, play these notes: E,B,E - E,B,E - E,B,E - E,B,E - and this continues with the following notes superimposed: E - F#,G,A - G,F#,G - F#,E,F# - E,D,E - F#,G,A - G,F#,G - F#,E,F# E - F#,G,A - G,F#,G - F#,E,F# - E,D,E - E - F#,G,A - G,F#,G - F#,E,F# - E,D,E - F#,G,A - G,F#,G - F#,E,F# E - F#,G,A - G,F#,G - F#,E,F# - E,D,E - F#,G - A,Bb,C - Bb,A,Bb - A,G,A - G,F#,G - A,Bb,C - Bb,A,Bb - A,G,A - G - A,Bb,C - Bb,A,Bb - A,G,A - G,F# - G - F - Eb - D - G - F - Eb - E solo over these chords: Em - D - C - D - Em - D - C - D - Em - D - C - D - Em - D - C - D -Em low notes over the last Em chord above: E - F# - G - A - E - F# - G - A - E - F# - G - A - then higher notes: E - F# - G - A - E - F# - G - A - E - F# - G - A - B - C - D - D# - E - F# - G - A - B - C - D - D# - then chords: Em - D - Em - D - Em - D - Em - D then four slides from high Em......... then notes: E - F#,G,A - G,F#,B - A,G,C - B,A,D - C,B,E - D,C,F..slide to high E Final chord: Em |