• Song:

    The Scientist Acoustic

  • Artist:

    Coldplay

I play it with the capo on the 2nd fret. It suits my range better.

Intro: Em7 C G D6


Verse 1:
Em7           C (x32010@1)                 GCome (320003@1)up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry

                   D6You (xx04xx@1)don't know how lovely you are

Em7         C (x32010@1)                  GI (320003@1)had to find you, tell you I need you

            D6Tell (xx04xx@1)you I set you apart

Em7             C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1) Tell me your secrets, and ask me your questions

              D6Oh (xx04xx@1)let's go back to the start

Em7           C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1) Running in circles, coming up tails

           D6Heads (xx04xx@1)on a science apart


Chorus 1:
C (x32010@1)                       GNobody (320003@1)said it was easy

             D6It's (xx04xx@1)such a shame for us to part

C (x32010@1)                     GNobody (320003@1)said it was easy

            Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)                    D6No (xx04xx@1)one ever said that it would be this hard

D7Oh (xx0212@1)take me back to the start


Interlude:
G C G D6


Verse 2:
Em7           C (x32010@1)                 GI (320003@1)was just guessing at numbers and figures

            D6Pulling (xx04xx@1)the puzzles apart

Em7           C (x32010@1)                 GQuestions (320003@1)of science, science and progress

              D6Don't (xx04xx@1)speak as loud as my heart

Em7           C (x32010@1)                 GTell (320003@1)me you love me, come back and haunt me

          D6Oh (xx04xx@1)and I rush to the start

Em7           C (x32010@1)                 GRunning (320003@1)in circles, chasing our tails

         D6Coming (xx04xx@1)back as we are


Chorus 2:
C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1) Nobody said it was easy

                   D6It's (xx04xx@1)such a shame for us to part

C (x32010@1)                     GNobody (320003@1)said it was easy

            Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)                      D6No (xx04xx@1)one ever said that it would be this hard

D7I'm (xx0212@1)going back to the start


Outro:
G-C-G--D6 
Em7-C-G--D6 (x3) with ornamental oo-ing, if you feel so moved.

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