Halo

Cage The Elephant

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A#Diagram coming soon

D#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
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         A#                       D     C 
|-----------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------7-----5-------------| 
|--------8------------------------7-----5-------------| 
|--------8------5/10---8--5--3--5-5---3-3-------------| 
|-----6--6--------------------------------------------| 
 
|------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------7--------------------| 
|--------8------------------------7--------------------| 
|--------8------5/10---8--5--3--5-5----5/10---8--5--3--| 
|-----6--6---------------------------------------------| 
 
A# G (2x)
 
 A# 
Every time I get away you 
 G                        A#     G 
find a way to reel me back in. (aah) 
 A# 
Tell me that you love me 
        G                          A#        G 
hold me tight so we can always be friends. (aah) 
A# 
I swear 
              G                    A#      G 
I've said it before, and I say it again! (aah) 
A# 
Every time I get away you 
       G                  A#     G 
find a way to pull me back in. (aah) 
 
D#         D        C 
Why does it take so long? 
D#         D        C 
Why does it feel so wrong? 
D#         D        C 
Why does it take so lo-oo-ong? 
 
A#      D 
Knew I, couldn't help myself 
A#       D   C 
I had to lay low. 
A#     D 
So I, couldn't help myself 
A#        D   C 
I lost my halo. 
 
A# 
Take me by the hand and 
      G                              A#     G 
still remember all the good times we had. (aah) 
A#                                   G 
I remember how you took my favourite knife 
                     A#      G 
and sticked under my skin. (aah) 
A# 
I swear 
              G                    A#      G 
I've said it before, and I say it again! (aah) 
A# 
Every time I get away you 
       G                 A#       G 
find a way back under my skin. 
 
D#         D        C 
Why does it take so long? 
D#         D        C 
Why does it feel so wrong? 
 
 
A#      D 
Knew I, couldn't help myself 
A#       D   C 
I had to lay low. 
A#     D 
So I, couldn't help myself 
A#        D   C 
I lost my halo. 
 
A# 
All my life 
D 
With a skeleton. 
A        D   C 
I had to let go. 
 
A#    D 
So I, couldn't help myself 
A#        D  C 
I lost my halo. x3

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Chord set

A# · D · C · G · D# · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.