Artist: Coldplay
Album: Parachutes
Instrument: 6 String Guitar
Tabbed by: WW
Tuning: E A B G B D# *Weird tuning, but right!*
Gtr.1(Chris Martin)= acoustic–> plays chords
Gtr.2(Jonny Buckland)= electric–> plays riffs and chords
b= bend string
r= release string
*= use thumb for E-string
CHORDS:
B Badd11 F#6 Emaj7 G#m F#m11
D#|-0—-0—–0—–0—–0—-1——||
B|-0—-0—–2—–0—–0—-0——||
G|-8—-9—–3—–1—–4—-2——||
B|-0—-0—–4—–0—–4—-2——||
A|-9—-9—–4—–2—–x—-x——||
E|-7—-7—–2—–0—–4—-2——||
* * *
MAIN RIFF w/slight distortion (hold bended note (b) untill release (r))
B
D#|—-8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8——8–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–||
B|—-0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0——0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0–||
G|-9b11–11–11–11–11–11–11–11—11r9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–||
B|—————————————————————||
A|—————————————————————||
E|—————————————————————||
F#6
D#|—-12–12–12–12–12–12–12–12—————————–||
B|—–0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0——0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0-||
G|-13b15–15–15–15–15–15–15–15–15r13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||
B|—————————————————————||
A|—————————————————————||
E|—————————————————————||
Emaj7
D#|—3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3——3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3———-||
B|—0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0——0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0———-||
G|-4b6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6—-6r4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4———-||
B|—————————————————————||
A|—————————————————————||
E|—————————————————————||
B
D#|—-8—8—8—8—8—8—8—8——8–8–8–8–8–8–8–8–||
B|—-0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0——0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0–||
G|-9b11–11–11–11–11–11–11–11—11r9–9–9–9–9–9–9–9–||
B|—————————————————————||
A|—————————————————————||
E|—————————————————————||
CHORUS RIFF:
Emaj7 G#m F#6
D#|-17–17–17–17–17–17–17–17–17–17–17–17–17–15–15–15-||
B|—————————————————————-||
G|-16–16–16–16–16–16–16–16–16–16–16–16–16–15–15–15-||
B|—————————————————————-||
A|—————————————————————-||
E|—————————————————————-||
INTRO (0:00- 0:10):
B Badd11 2x
INTERLUDE (0:11- 0:33) w/MAIN RIFF+ chords
VERSE1 (0:33- 1:29):
B F#6
Look at the stars, look how theuy shine for you
Emaj7
and everything you do, yeah they were all yellow.
B F#6
I came along, I wrote a song for you.
Emaj7
And all the things you do, and it was called ‘yellow’.
B F#6
So when I took my turn.
Emaj7 B Badd11 B
Oh, what a thing to have done, and it was all yellow.
CHORUS (1:29- 1:51, w/CHORUS RIFF+ chords):
Emaj7 G#m F#6
Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones
Emaj7 G#m F#6
Turn in__to something beautiful
Emaj7 G#m F#6 Emaj7
But you know, you know I love you so
Emaj7
You know I love you so
INTERLUDE (1:51- 2:13) w/MAIN RIFF+ chords
VERSE2 (2:13- 2:51):
B F#6
I swam across, I jumped across for your.
Emaj7
Oh, what a thing to do, cos you were all ‘yellow’.
B F#6
I drew a line, I drew a line for you.
Emaj7 B Badd11 B
Oh, what a thing to do, and it was all ‘yellow’
CHORUS (2:51- 3:15, w/CHORUS RIFF+ chords):
Emaj7 G#m F#6
Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones
Emaj7 G#m F#6
Turn in__to something beautiful
Emaj7 G#m F#6 Emaj7
And you know for you, I’d bleed myself dry
Emaj7
For you I’d bleed myself dry
INTERLUDE (3:15- 3:36) w/MAIN RIFF+ chords
BRIDGE (3:36- 4:10, w/MAIN RIFF+ chords)
B F#6
It’s true, look how the shine for you
Emaj7
Look how they shine for you
B
Look how they shine for
F#6
Look how they shine for you
Emaj7
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine.
OUTRO (4:10- 4:26)
B F#m11
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
Emaj7
And all the things that you do
