Coldplay – Violet Hill (Guitar)

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Artist: Coldplay Song: Violet Hill Album: Viva La Vida... Hi everyone! This is an ACOUSTIC VERSION I made up and not an actual "official version", so feel free for any comments or suggestions! EDIT AUGUST 11th 2010: Changed the lyrics, they are now accurate, they are from [Chords]: Bm x24432 Bsus2 x24422 G 3x0003 Gma7 3x0023 Em 022000
Em6           022020
Em(2)         079987
A x02220
F#m           244222
D             xx0232  or 200232
F# (note) 2xxxxx EASY VERSION: [Verse 1]
      Bm
Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
          G           Em
There was snow, white snow

  Bm
Clearly I remember from the windows

                            G
They were watching while we froze

        Em
Down below
[Chorus]
          G
When the future's architectured

     A                     Bm
By a carnival of idiots on show

                 A
You'd better lie low

       G    F#m D         Bm  A  Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
[Verse 2]
      Bm
Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
      G          Em
And a fox became God

 Bm
Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
         G             Em
And the cross was held aloft
[Chorus]
G
Bury me an armour

         A
When I’m dead and hit the ground

              Bm            A
My nerves are poles that unfroze

       G    F#m D         Bm  A  Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
[Solo] Bm Bm G Em x2 (don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3 a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)
(3x)                        (1x)
e|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------|  (2x)
G|------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------|
D|---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)|
A|-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
E|--------------------------|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first time, you just return to beginning of the solo...) [Chorus]
        G
I don’t want to be a soldier

       A
Who the captain of some sinking ship

     Bm
Would stow

    A
Far below

           G    F#m D         Bm  A  Bm
So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?
[Outro]
          D    G       D  Bm  A    G
I took my love down to Violet Hill

A        Bm     F#m       G
There we sat    in the    snow

G   A    Bm   Em      D  Bm  A
All that time she was silent still

    F#m     G    F#m D         Bm   A    G
Said if you love me, won’t you let  me   know?

F#m       G   F#m D         Bm  A  Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
MORE COMPLEX VERSION: [Verse 1]
       Bm
Was a long and dark December

                  Bsus2
From the rooftops I remember

          G   Gma7        Em   Em6
There was snow ,           white snow

  Bm
Clearly I remember from the windows

          Bsus2                G   Gma7
They were watching while we froze

        Em   Em6
Down below
[Chorus]
          G
When the future's architectured

     A                     Bm
By a carnival of idiots on show

                 A
You'd better lie low

F#(note) G    F#m D        Bm  A  Bm
If you  love me, won’t you let me know?
[Verse 2]
      Bm
Was a long and dark December

                      Bsus2
When the banks became cathedrals

        G    Gma7         Em    Em6
And a fox                 became God

 Bm
Priests clutched onto bibles

                         Bsus2
Hollowed out to fit their rifles

         G    Gma7            Em     Em6
And the cross              was held aloft
[Chorus]
G
Bury me an armour

         A
When I’m dead and hit the ground

              Bm           A
My nerves are poles that unfroze

F#(note) G    F#m D        Bm  A  Bm
If you  love me, won’t you let me know?
[Solo] Bm Bm G Em x2 (don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3 a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)
(3x)                        (1x)
e|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------|  (2x)
G|------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------|
D|---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)|
A|-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
E|--------------------------|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first time, you just return to beginning of the solo...) [Chorus]
        G
I don’t want to be a soldier

           A
Who the captain of some sinking ship

      Bm
Would stow

    A
Far below

F#(note)   G    F#m D         Bm  A  Bm
So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?
[Outro]
          D    G       D  Bm  A    G
I took my love down to Violet Hill

A        Bm     F#m     G
There we sat    in the  snow

G   A    Bm   Em(2)    D  Bm  A
All that time she was silent still

    F#m     G    F#m D         Bm  A    G
So, if you love me, won’t you let  me   know?

F#m     G   F#m D         Bm  A  Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
So it's pretty much all there. For the distorted guitar fill during the verses (instead of playing the Em (and Em6 for the complex one)), you can play the last 4 chords written in the "guitar solo"...