Song: Speed of Sound (Album Version) Artist: Coldplay (Guy Berryman) Album: X&Y (Capitol) Tabbed by dAvKiAn Note: There is no bass on the Intro nor on the first verse; so for those who do not have a or the synthesizer that Guy uses on these parts, I wrote a riff to accompany the piano here. I used a sort of ethereal or phaser effect to give it a synth feel. Of course, is not original from Coldplay, so you are free to play it or not. Intro: starts on the 3rd note of the piano. Play softly and let every note ring. Plays better with a pick. (Guy Plays the song with a pick anyway). Piano --->| E D A (first three notes played) G---------|----------14------14---14------12------12---12--- D---------|-------14------14-----------14------14----------- A---------|-----0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0------ E---------|------------------------------------------------- -------12------12---12------11------11---11------14------14---14--- ----14------14-----------12------12-----------14------14----------- --0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------12------12---12------12------12---12-(11)--- ----14------14-----------14------14---------(12)--- --0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0----( 0)--- --------------------------------------------------- Verse 1: Same reason as above, only the riff is a little different. G--------14-------14----14-------12-------12----12-------12-------12----12--- D--14-14----14-14----14----14-14----14-14----14----14-14----14-14----14------ A---------------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------11-------11----11--- ---12-12----12-12----12------ X 2 ----------------------------- ----------------------------- at 0:35 the riff changas a bit again G-------14-------14----14------12-------12----12------12-------12----12--- D----14----14-14----14------14----14-14----14------14----14-14----14------ A--0----------------------0----------------------0------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------11-------11----11--- ------12----12-12----12------ X 2 ----0------------------------ ----------------------------- After that, Intro B, at 0:50 G-------9-----9---9-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---7------------------- D---7-7---7-7---7---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5-------7-----7---7--- X 2 A---------------------------------------------------5-5---5-5---5----- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 2: OK. Now the real thing (What Guy plays). Normal bass sound normally played, with a pick. G-------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------- X 3 A---------------7--7-7-0-5-7-7-7--7-0-5-7-7-5--5-5------------- E--5--5-0-3-5-5------------------------------------5-3-2-3-0--- the fourth time goes G-------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------7--7-7-0-5-7-7-7--7-0-5-7-7-5--5-5------------- E--5--5-0-3-5-5------------------------------------5-3-2-3-5--- Prechorus G-------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------- X 2 A-------------------------------------------------------------------- E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--- Chorus G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--- E---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--- ---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- --10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12--- ---------------------------- Intro C riff: (optional) if you do play it, you might want to use regular bass sound played very softly letting each note ring, because at minute 2:18 comes an actual Guy riff. G-------14------14---14------12------12---12------12------12---12------11------11---11--- D----14------14-----------14------14-----------14------14-----------12------12----------- A--0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0----0-------0-------0----0- E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minute 2:18 Guy riff, normal intensity play. G--------------16--16-------------14--14-------------11--11---------------- D--12h14-14-12--------12h14-14-12--------12h14-14-12--------12h14-14------- A--------------------------------------------------------------------12\--- E-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 3: G-------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------- X 3 A---------------7--7-7-0-5-7-7-7--7-0-5-7-7-5--5-5------------- E--5--5-0-3-5-5------------------------------------5-3-2-3-0--- the fourth time goes G-------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------7--7-7-0-5-7-7-7--7-0-5-7-7-5--5-5------------- E--5--5-0-3-5-5------------------------------------5-3-2-3-5--- Prechorus G-------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------- X 2 A-------------------------------------------------------------------- E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--- Chorus G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---- E---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--- ---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------0-(let ring)-- --9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bridge ----> No Bass Prechorus with vocals: G-------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------- X 2 A-------------------------------------------------------------------- E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--- Final Chorus (Changes a bit) G---------------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------------- A-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------- E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--- ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ --2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--- ------------------------------------ Outro G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-(let ring last note)-- E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/-------------------------------------------------------------------------- END! Hope I got it right. Please Rate! Enjoy this Awsome song. Thanx for yout time.
