• Song:

    Daylight

  • Artist:

    Coldplay

  • Album:

    Rush of Blood to the He...

By:Coldplay           Daylight

This quite easy to play, just listen to the song to work out the structure.
I have arranged tab for the piano although its best just to leave it. On intro
use w/slide and compression.  There is some dodgy tuning like most coldplay songs
but its sounds alright without it.

6 e  3 g
5 a  2 c#
4 d  1 c#     tuning for guitars 1,2,3


intro/fig 1.
    (f#5)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--3--3- 4--4----6---6--9--9--9^6---3---3---4----4--6----6--9--9---9---9^6--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    e6 guitare2.                       g(#11)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---3-----3-----4-------4-------6------------6-----9-----9------9----9^6----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    f#                                                           verse begins
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---3----3---4---4---6----6----9----9------9----9^6---6----9---9---9---9^6--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   tab for piano
     
        su---------------------------------prise
        e6              g(#11)                f#5 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--2--2---2---2----2--2-----2--------2---2---------2------------------------|
G|--1--1---1---1----0--0-----0--------x---x---------x------------------------|
D|--2--2---2---0----0--0-----0--------4---4---------4------------------------|
A|--2--2---2---0----x--x-----x--------4---4---------4------------------------|
E|--0--0---0--------3--3-----3--------2---2---------2------------------------|
 
       on my day-------------------light.....(etc..)
          e6                      g#
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--2---2--------2-----2----------------2-----2-----------------2------------|
g|--X---X--------1-----1----------------0-----0-----------------x------------|
D|--4---4--------2-----2----------------0-----0-----------------4------------|
A|--4---4--------2-----2----------------x-----x-----------------4------------|
E|--2---2--------0-----0----------------3-----3-----------------2------------|

i just play the below part as it sounds best but guitar 2 plays fig2.

chorus (guitar3)  A                                Dmaj7
e|----------0-------0------0--------0----------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
B|------------0-------0------0--------0----------0-------0-------0-------0---|
G|------13--------13----13-----13-------13^14------14------14------14------14|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
        F#                              A
e|------0-------0-------0--------0---------0--------0------------------------|
B|--------0-------0-------0--------0---------0--------0----------------------|
G|---15-----15------15-----15--------15^13-----13-------13--(etc)------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
during chorus guitar 2 plays this(fig2).
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------10-10-10-10--------------11-11-11-11-----|
G|--------------etc------------------------------etc-------------------------|
D|--6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------7--7--7--7---------------8--8--8--8------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
end chorus with
e|-----0------0--------0--------0--------------------------------------------|
B|-------0------0---------0-------0---(etc)----------------------------------|
G|--15-----15----15^16------16-----16----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

repeat first part of fig1.
                                          e6             g#11              f#
listen to the track to see how it goes, (slowly breakin through the daylight)

outro  f#               e6          g#11     f#       
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2-2--2---2---2-------2---2-----2--2------2--2-----------------------------|
G|-x-x--x---x---x-------1---1-----0--0------x--x-----------------------------|
D|-4-4--4---4---4-------2---2-----0--0------4--4-----------------------------|
A|-4-4--4---4---4-------2---2-----x--x------4--4-----------------------------|
E|-2-2--2---2---2-------0---0-----3--3------2--2-----------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12--10--12---12--10---12-12----10--13--12--10--10-10--12--10--12--12-10-13|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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