Coldplay – Speed Of Sound (Guitar)

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Begin the strumming pattern with a pickup phrase, basically play beats 3 & 4 above, then continue with whole pattern. [Intro] A Em Em D A Em Em D [Verse 1]
    A                 Em
How long before I get in,

          Em                 D
before it starts, before I begin?

    A                 Em
How long before you decide,

         Em                  D
before I know what it feels like?

      A               Em
Where to, where do I go?

             Em                      D
If you never try then you'll never know

    A                   Em
How long do I have to climb

          Em                        D
up on the side of this mountain of mine?
[Interlude] A Em Em D A Em Em D [Verse 2]
     A                 Em
Look up, I look up at night

            Em                       D
Planets are moving at the speed of light 

      A               Em
Climb up, up in the trees 

                      Em                   D
Every chance that you get is a chance you seize

    A                Em
How long am I gonna stand

        Em                   D
with my head stuck under the sand?

     A                    Em
I'll start before I can stop

            Em                        D
or before I see things the right way up
[Pre-Chorus]
G            A                   Bm
   All that noise, and all that sound

G              A           Bm
   All those places I got found
[Chorus]
    G                      Bm
And birds go flying at the speed of sound

   D                     G
to show you how it all began

G                          Bm
Birds came flying from the underground

             F#m                      G
If you could see it then you'd understand
[Interlude] A Em Em D A Em Em D [Verse 3]
 A                       Em
Ideas that you'll never find

          Em                     D
All the inventors could never design

     A                      Em
The buildings that you put up

          Em             D
Japan and China all lit up

  A                     Em
A sign that I couldn't read

     Em                     D
Or a light that I couldn't see

     A                     Em
Some things you have to believe

               Em                 D
but others are puzzles, puzzling me
[Pre-Chorus]
G            A                   Bm
   All that noise, and all that sound

G              A           Bm
   All those places I got found
[Chorus]
    G                      Bm
And birds go flying at the speed of sound

   D                     G
to show you how it all began

G                          Bm
Birds came flying from the underground

             F#m                      G
If you could see it then you'd understand

             F#m                       G
Oh, when you see it then you'll understand
[Post-Chorus] D [Bridge]
G            A                      Bm
  All those signs, I knew what they meant

                E
Some things you can invent

G           A                  Bm
  Some get made, and some get sent

    E
Ooh-ooh
[Chorus]
    G                      Bm
And birds go flying at the speed of sound

   D                     G
to show you how it all began

G                          Bm
Birds came flying from the underground

             F#m                      G
If you could see it then you'd understand

             F#m                      G Gadd#11 G G6 Gmaj7 *
Oh, when you see it then you'll understand
* ascending melody of B C# D E F# is played