Coldplay – Violet Hill (Guitar Live)

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This is the definitive version of Chris Martin's Violet Hill chords that I made 10 years ago, based on a forensic analysis of how he plays the song in this live performance: Enjoy -- Altoidsjedi / Ali Zaidi, February 2022

      C#m       C#m7/B       A         F#m        Fm        Em          B         G#m         E
e|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|---0-----|-----0----|-----0----|-----0--|
B|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|---0-----|-----0----|-----0----|-----0--|
G|----9-----|----8-----|----6-----|----2-----|----2-----|---1-----|-----8----|-----4----|----13--|
D|---11-----|---11-----|----7-----|----4-----|----3-----|---2-----|-----9----|-----6----|----14--|
A|---11-----|---11-----|----7-----|----4-----|----3-----|---2-----|-----9----|-----6----|----14--|
E|----9-----|----9-----|----5-----|----2-----|----1-----|---0-----|-----7----|-----4----|----12--|

[Verse 1]

C#m                                              C#m7/B
Was a long and dark December from the rooftops I remember 

          A            F#m   Fm   Em
There was snow, white snow 

 C#m                                          C#m7/B
Clearly I remember from the windows they were watching 

          A            F#m   Fm   Em
While we froze down below 

                A                   B                      C#m    
When the future's architectured by a carnival of idiots on show 

                 B            
You'd better lie low

[Chorus]

G#m     A   G#m E        C#m B   C#m    
If you love me won’t you let me know?

[Verse 2]

      C#m                                           C#m7/B
Was a long and dark December when the banks became cathedrals 

                A           F#m    Fm    Em
And the fog, became God 

 C#m    
Priests clutched onto bibles 

                          C#m7/B
Hollowed out to fit their rifles 

         A           F#m   Fm   Em
And the cross  held aloft 

A                          B
Bury me in armour when I'm dead and hit the ground 

              C#m           B
My nerves are poles that unfroze

[Chorus]

G#m     A   G#m E        C#m B   C#m    
If you love me won’t you let me know?

[Solo] C#m C#m7/B A F# Fm Em C#m C#m7/B A F# Fm Em [Verse 3]

        A                            B
I don't want to be a soldier who the captain of some sinking ship 

      C#m       B     
Would stow, far below

[Chorus]

   G#m     A   G#m E         C#m B  C#m    
So if you love me  Why'd you let me go?

[Outro]

A   B       C#m  F#m     E  C#m     B   A 
  I took my love down to violet hill 

A     B  C#m G#m      A
There we sat in the snow 

A   B    C#m  F#m     E  C#m      B 
All that time she was silent still 

   G#m     A   G#m E         C#m B   A 
So If you love me  won’t you let me know? 

G#m     A   G#m E         C#m B  C#m    
If you love me, Won't you let me know