Artist - Coldplay
Track - Yellow
Album - Parachutes
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Tuning - E A B G B Eb (Both Guitars)
Again its that tuning that is dotted across this album. Chris' use of quite
difficult chords means that you have to use
your thumb to play the notes on the low E string on most of them.
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CHORDS: Strings low to gigh
B = 7978oo | x = string not played
Bsus4 = 7979oo | o = open string
F#6 = 24432o |
Emaj7 = o2o1oo |
G#m = 4644oo |
F#m7 = 2x22o1 |
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INTRO:
Rhythm: B Bsus4, B Bsus4,
The lead joins in on the second B strumming the chords
Then... the main riff (you hold onto the bends, for example in the 1st
sequence you are not playing just 11th fret but
(holding onto the bend from the 9th. Also the emphasis is on the 2nd and
3rd strings and the first
(string should may not come through as loudly as
the other 2 but it is there)
B F#6
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|--9b11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11r9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|-13b15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15r13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
Emaj7 B
|--3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--4b6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6r4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|--9b11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11r9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8--|
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VERSE:
B F#6
Look at the stars, look how the shine for you,
Emaj7 B
And everything you do, yeah they were all Yellow,
(Then the lead enters
and plays the following over their respective chords)
B F#6 Emaj7
|--8-----------|--7-----------|--8-----------|
|--0-----------|--4-----------|--0-----------|
|--8-----------|--6-----------|--4-----------|
|--7-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B F#6
I came along, I wrote a song for you,
Emaj7
And all the things you
do, and it was called Yellow,
B F#6
So then I took my time,
Emaj7
Oh what a thing to have done, and it was all
yellow,
B Bsus4 B
|------8-------8-------8-------8----|
|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
|--8-------8-------9-------8--------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
CHORUS:
Lead plays
Emaj7 G#m F#6
|--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-15-15-15--|
|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11--|
|---------------------------------------------------|
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Emaj7 G#m F#6
Your skin, oh yeah
your skin and bones,
Emaj7 G#m F#6
Turn i - in to something beautiful,
Emaj7 G#m F#6 Emaj7
You kno - ow, for you I bleed myself trying, For you you i bleed myself
trying,
(Repeat the intro once)
VERSE 2: (With the lead parts of Verse 1 throughout)
B F#6
I swam across, I jumped across for you,
Emaj7
Oh what a thing to do, 'cause
you were all yellow,
B F#6
I drew a line, I drew a line for you,
Emaj7
Oh what a thing to do, and it
was all yellow,
B Bsus4 B
|------8-------8-------8-------8----|
|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
|--8-------9-------8-------8--------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
CHORUS 2: (With riff of chorus 1 throughout0
Emaj7 G#m F#6
Your skin, oh yeah
your skin and bones,
Emaj7 G#m F#6
Turn i - in to something beautiful,
Emaj7 G#m F#6 Emaj7
You kno - ow, for you I bleed myself trying, For you you i bleed myself
trying,
(Repeat intro riff once)
MIDDLE 8: With intro riff throughout
B F#6
Its true, look how they shine for you,
Emaj7
look how they shine for
you, look how they shine for,
B F#6 Emaj7
look how they shine for you, look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine
OUTRO: Rhythm only
B F#m7
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you,
Emaj7
and all the things that you do,
