• Song:

    Yellow

  • Artist:

    Coldplay

  • Album:

    Unplugged

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Author/Artist: Coldplay
Title: Yellow 
Album: Parachutes
Tabbed by Jordan Woo(woo23)

Chords Used:

 C  C/F G6 Fmaj9 F  Am Gm7 G
-0--1---0--0-----1--0--1---3--
-1--1---3--1-----1--1--1---3--
-0--0---0--2-----2--2--3---0--
-2--2---0--3-----3--2--0---0--
-3--3---2--3-----3--0--x---2--
-x--x---3--x-----1--x--3---3--
                                                  

This is the riff that Guitar 2 plays over the chorus:

Riff 1: 
e|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--
B|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--
G|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--
D|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--
A|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--5--5--5--
E|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--3--3--3--
                                                                              

The solo which is also played in the interlude and the bridge.

Solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------
B|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--86--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-
G|---------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------


-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-
-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--1210--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              

-----------------------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-
-6/8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--86--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-
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INTRO:
C   C   C  Csus2  x  2

SOLO:
(Guitar 2 plays Solo)
C   G6   Fmaj9   C  

VERSE 1:
C 
Look at the stars,
                        G6
Look how they shine for you,
                   Fmaj9
And everything you do.
Yeah, they were all yellow.

VERSE 2:
C
I came along,
                   G6
I wrote a song for you,
                       Fmaj9
And all the things you do.
And it was called yellow.

VERSE 3:
C                 G6
So then I took my turn,
                        Fmaj9
Oh, what a thing to've done.
                      C   Csus2 C
And it was all yellow.

CHORUS 1:
(Riff 1)
F           Am         G   
You're skin, oh yeah, you're skin and bones
(Riff 1)
F     Am      G
Turn into something beautiful.
(Riff 1)
F             Am       G              Fmaj9
And you know, you know I love you so...
You know I love you so.

INTERLUDE:
(Solo)
C   G6   Fmaj9   C

VERSE 4:
C
I swam across,
                    G6
I jumped across for you.
                    Fmaj9
Oh, what a thing to do.
'Cause you were all yellow.

VERSE 5:
C
I drew a line,
                  G6
I drew a line for you.
                    Fmaj9
Oh, what a thing to do.
                      C   Csus2 C
And it was all yellow.

CHORUS 2:
(Riff 1)
F          Am      G
Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones
(Riff 1)
F     Am       G
Turn into something beautiful.
(Riff 1)
F             Am      G                Fmaj9
And you know, for you I'd bleed myself dry.
For you I bleed myself dry.

SOLO:
(Solo)
C   G6   Fmaj9   C

BRIDGE:
(Solo)
C
It's true.
                        G6
Look how they shine for you.
                        Fmaj9
Look how they shine for you.
                         (Solo)
                         C
Look how they shine for...
                        G6
Look how they shine for you.
                        Fmaj9
Look how they shine for you.
Look how they shine.

OUTRO:
C        
Look at the stars,
                       Gm7
Look how they shine for you,
                          Fmaj9
And all the things that you do.


That's it.  Have fun and let me know if it works.
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