• Song:

    Clocks

  • Artist:

    Coldplay

  • Album:

    Rush of Blood to the He...

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CLOCKS (Bassline)
As recorded by Coldplay
(From the 2002 Album A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD)

Transcribed by Aidan Hampson
	

Words and Music by Coldplay
Arranged by Aidan Hampson

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'

 Intro
  Moderately Fast  Q=132
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-o||
||------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------||


   Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------||


 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/--|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|


  1.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|------------------o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||


  2.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/--|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/--||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|-----------------o||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||


 Bridge
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/-|-----------------|------------------||


 Interlude
  W          +W           +W           +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|


  Wx4
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


   Chorus
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|-----------------o||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||


   Outro
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|-----------------o||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||


    W          W          +W            W     4x
||-----------|----------|------------|--------||
||o----------|----------|------------|-------o||
||o-6--------|----------|------------|--8----o||
||-----------|-6--------|-(6)--------|--------||



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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