Coldplay Parachutes From the album Parachutes Tabbed by DRybes -Tuning-------------------------------------------------------------- Guitar 1: Acoustic in standard tuning-Information--------------------------------------------------------- This song is not a difficult song to play at all, but it sounds beautiful. All the other tabs are either wrong or overly complicated. It's simply a repeated progression of four barre chords: B, G#m, F#m, E. B |7998xx| G#m |4664xx| F#m |2442xx| E |0221xx| You form the B chord shape and then move it down the neck to make the other three chords, lifting your middle finger that frets the major 3rd for the two minor chords. You fingerpick different notes in the chord. Although this song sounds much nicer when you simply improvise the fingerpicking, here's a tab of just what he does in the song. Chord shape is written over the tab, and listen to the track for when he slides his hand if you want to copy that exact sound too. () - Indicates a string barely hit, a 'ghost note'. Note that many times he changes chords before the measure is over. At the end of the first verse, you have to pluck the 1, quickly slide the chord shape (including your barre-ing index finger) up to the 7th fret, and lift your ring finger long enough to pluck 7 on the A string, which should be fretted already by your index. -Intro--------------------------------------------------------------- B G#m B G#m e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| G|-----8----8----|-----4----4----|-----8----8----|-----4----4----| D|-------9-------|-------6-------|-------9-------|-------6-------| A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| E|-7-------------|-4-------------|-7-------------|-4-------------| F#m E e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| G|-----2----2----|---2------2----|-----1----1----|---------------| D|-------4-------|-----4---------|-------2-------|---------------| A|---------------|-------(4)---2-|-------------2-|---------------| E|-2----------(2)|-2-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------| -Verse 1------------------------------------------------------------- B G#m B G#m F#m e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| G|-----8------8--|---4------4----|-----8---------|-----4---4-----| D|----------9----|------6--------|----------9----|-------6-------| A|--------9------|---------------|--------9---9--|------------(4)| E|-7-------------|-4-------------|-7-------------|-4-------------| E B e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| G|----2-----2----|----2-----2----|----1-----1----|----------1----| D|------4--------|------4--------|--------2(2)---|---------------| A|--------4------|--------4----2-|---------------|-------------7-| E|-2-----------2-|-2-------------|-0----------(0)|-0-------------| -Verse 2------------------------------------------------------------- B G#m B G#m F#m e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| G|------8-----8--|---4------4----|-----8---------|-----4----4----| D|----------9----|------6--------|---------(9)---|-------6-------| A|--------9------|---------------|--------9---9--|------------(4)| E|-7-------------|-4-------------|-7-------------|-4-------------| E e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| G|----2-----2----|----2-----2----|----1--------1-|---------------| D|------4--------|------4--------|------2-2------|---------------| A|--------4------|--------4----2-|---------------|---------------| E|-2----------(2)|-2-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------| That's it, painstakingly exact as near as I can tell. I say picking random notes yourself is more interesting, but... enjoy.
