[NOTE: There are 2 guitars playing (like in most Coldplay songs) *G1 indicates guitar 1, which is the acoustic guitar playing rhythm, *G2 is guitar2, the electric, which plays lead.] Standard Tuning Chords Used ----------- EADGBe Fmaj7 (133210) [NOTE: The 1 on the E string is played by putting your thumb around the neck so it's on the E string.] Am (x02210) C (x32010) Dm (xx0231) G (320003) Intro [NOTE: just *G2 playing at first (nice clean sound) ----- but then *G1 joins in] Fmaj7 2 bars [NOTE: alternate on the Fmaj7 by lifting your 1st + 2nd fingers off and hammering them back on, so it looks like this (x33000) Also *G1 does this at points in the song.] Verse [NOTE: Guitar 2 strums the same chords ----- lightly in the background (clean sound again)] *G1 Am C Fmaj7 Born sinking like stones, all that we've fought for. Am C Fmaj7 Homes, places we've grown, all of us are done for. Chorus ------ *G1 Dm Am We live in a beautiful world, G Yeah we do, yeah we do, Dm Fmaj7 We live in a beautiful world. [NOTE: Guitar 2 plays this over the "we live....world" bit] *G2 e|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-- B|------------------------------------------------------- G|------------------------------------------------------- D|------------------------------------------------------- A|------------------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------------------- [NOTE: After the last line Guitar 2 plays this over the Fmaj7] *G2 e|---0-1-5-0-1-0----0-1-5-0-1-0-- B|------------------------------- G|------------------------------- D|------------------------------- A|------------------------------- E|------------------------------- Verse (same chords and words) ----------------------------- Chorus (guess what, same chords and words again) ------------------------------------------------ Solo (over verse chords) ------------------------ [NOTE: it's part piano, part guitar with a slight phaser or flanger effect or something, so i've tabbed it out just for guitar] *G2 e|---0-3-1-0--0-3-1-0--------0-3-1-0--0-3-1-0h1-0---- B|--------------------3-1---------------------------- G|------------------------------------------------2-- D|--------------------------------------------------- A|--------------------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------------------- Chorus (same again, suprise suprise) ------------------------------------ 2nd solo bit (over verse chords) Played twice --------------------------------------------- *G2 e|---s12--12--12--12--12--12--12---- B|------13--13--13--13--13--13--13-- G|---------------------------------- D|---------------------------------- A|---------------------------------- E|---------------------------------- e|---0-1-5-0-1-0---0-1-5-0-1-0-- B|------------------------------ G|------------------------------ D|------------------------------ A|------------------------------ E|------------------------------ Outro (both guitars play the chords (clean electric) ---------------------------------------------------- Am C Fmaj7 Oh, all that I know, there's nothing here to run from. Am C Fmaj7 Cause yeah, everybody here's got somebody to lean on. [NOTE: last chord is strummed twice (just twice!)]