Coldplay – The Scientist (Guitar)

Capo 3
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An incredibly simple but fantastic song to play on an acoustic guitar! There seems to be a lot of confusion about the key of the song. It does state below that a capo is required, but for those that don't have a capo, I have taken the liberty of putting a set of chords on which do not require a capo and will allow you to play along with the CD. EDIT (08/05/2020) - it's been a long time since I originally submitted this and I must say it will NOT let you play along to the song. The tuning of the song is very unique. I think it's tuned in 4ths (which basically means the high b and e strings become c and f. These strings are then played as open throughout). But even then it still doesn't quite sound right. Oh well, I'm happy with my version as an acoustic... (CAPO ON 3RD FRET) (NO CAPO) Bm7 (x20202) Dm7 (x57565) G (320003) Bb (688766)
Gadd9   (320005)        Bbadd9  (68x768)
D       (xx0232)        F       (x8,10,10,10,x)
Dsus2 (xx0230) Fsus2 (x,8,10,10,8,x) Dmaj7 (xx0222) Fmaj7 (x,8,10,9,10,8) A (x02220) C (x35553)
A7      (x02020)        C7      (x35353)
Daddb6  (xx0335) or (55433x)
or substitute Daug (xx0332) D6sus2 (xx0430) Intro: | Bm7 | G Gadd9| D | Dsus2 | | Bm7 | G Gadd9| D | Dsus2 |
        Bm7           G                     Gadd9 D                         Dsus2
V1:       Come up to meet you, tell you I'm so----orry, you don't know how lovely you are

        Bm7         G                   Gadd9 D                      Dsus2
          I had to find you, tell you I ne----ed you, tell you I'll set you apart

        Bm7             G                      Gadd9 D                     Dsus2
          Tell me your secrets and ask me your qu----estions, oh, let's go back to the start

        Bm7           G                 Gadd9 D                 Dsus2
          Running in circles, coming in ta----ils, heads are a science apart

        G                        Gadd9 D               Dsus2
C1:       Nobody said it was easy,       it's such a shame for us to part

        G                        Gadd9 D             Daddb6        D6sus2   A
          Nobody said it was easy,       no one ever said it would be this hard

        A7                        D
          Oh, take me back to the start
Int1: |(D) | G Gadd9| D | D Dmaj7 | | Bm7 | G | D | Dsus2 |
        Bm7            G                      Gadd9 D                    Dsus2
V2:        I was just guessing at numbers and fi----igures, pulling the puzzles apart

        Bm7             G                  Gadd9 D                         Dsus2
          Questions of science, science and     progress, do not speak as loud as my heart

        Bm7            G                      Gadd9 D                  Dsus2
          Tell me you love me, come back and ha-----aunt me, oh and I rush to the start

        Bm7           G               Gadd9 D            Dsus2
          Running in circles, chasing ta----ils, coming back as we are

        G                        Gadd9 D                   Dsus2
C2:       Nobody said it was easy,       oh, it's such a shame for us to part

        G                        Gadd9 D             Dsus2                A
          Nobody said it was easy,       no one ever said it would be so hard

        A7                       D
          I'm going back to the start
Int2: |(D) | G | D | D | | Bm7 | G | D | D |
Outro:  Bm7    G            D Dsus2
          Oh - ooo-oo-oo-oo-ooo

        Bm7    G            D Dsus2
          Ah - ooo-oo-oo-oo-ooo

        Bm7    G            D Dsus2
          Oh - ooo-oo-oo-oo-ooo

        Bm7    G            D Dsus2
          Oh - ooo-oo-oo-oo-ooo