Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper - Vicious Rumours guitar tab

"Vicious Rumours" by Alice Cooper

Words and music by Cooper/Hitchings/Scott/Pinera

From the album Special Forces (1981)

Transcribed by Brian Gaddis

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"You feel the knife stuck in your back."

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"You feel it twist and you hear it crack. Can't

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"make a sound for the sudden pain. You wish your blood were

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"novacaine."

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Note: Play the above verse rhythm with the rest of the verses. Variations

are transcribed in the Fills.

2. "You see the smoke and you feel the flak. You're burning up and you're

turning black. (Fill one) They say you fell and you hit your head.

Fill one

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"You're upper bunk is wetted red.

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Chorus one

"Vicious rumours, paranoiac fears."

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"Sonic boomers ringing in your ears."

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"All of this is getting normal now. Never go back to your

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"farm and plow. Vicious rumours."

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3. "You're right at home back in William's flat. You heard a sound, you

turned and shot your cat! (Fill two) Your hands are shaking, everybody

sees and there's a rythm drumming in your knees."

4. "And you return a hero for a night. Inside you know something is just

not right. (Fill three) Sometimes you duck when you see your pet

canary turn into a saber jet." (Fill four)

Fill two Fill three Fill four

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Chorus two (Use basically same rythm as Chorus one)

"Shocked consumer, you're just an average guy. Swelling tumor pushing on

your eye. And now you know why all the headaches come. And why you're

getting progressively numb. Vicious rumours."

Rhythm fig. three

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5. "I've been denied, debriefed, detuned. Sometimes I howl right at the

moon. (Fill three) My family treats me fragily, they know my volatility."

Chorus three (Still with same basic chorus rythm)

"Vicious rumours, paranoiac fears. Sonic boomers ringing in my ears. And now

I know why all the headaches come and why you're getting progressively

numb. Ooh, Vicious rumours."

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w/Rhythm fig. three

"Vicious rumours." (Repeat this until fade.)

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