Coldplay – What If (Guitar Tab)

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First Verse (Chris comes in while playing the piano.) [Second Verse] (Guitar not present.Chris continues, while Guy's bass and an orchestra joins in.) [Hook/Chorus]

(Jonny's guitar comes in; starting at 1:46 and repeating until 2:20.)
(Brudge Pickup position, overdrive wirh some delay)    
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|----9b---7-7-7-|----9b--7-7-7-7|----9b--7-7-7-7|----9b--7-7-7-7|----9b--7-7-7-7|----9b--7-7-7-7|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

                                                                       (2:20 to 2:24)
e|---------------|---------------|                       e|--------------------------------|
B|----9b--7-7-7-7|----9b--9-9-9-9|                       B|----9b--7-7-7-7---9b (add delay)|
G|---------------|---------------|      (played twice)   G|--------------------------------|
D|---------------|---------------|                       D|--------------------------------|
A|---------------|---------------|                       A|--------------------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|                       E|--------------------------------|

[Verse 3]

     (2:37)     (2:39)     (2:41)     (2:44)     (2:47)
e|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
B|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|----4-----|----2-----|----------|----------|----------|
A|----------|----------|----5-----|----2-----|----0-----|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|

[Verse 3 continued]
     (2:51)      (2:54)          (2:58)        (2:59)          (3:01)      (3:04)        (3:06)
e|-------------|------0------|-------------|------2------|------0------|-------------|------2------|
B|------3------|------0------|------0------|------3------|------0------|------0------|------3------|
G|------4------|------1------|------0------|------2------|------1------|------0------|------2------|
D|------4------|------2------|------4------|------0------|------2------|------4------|------0------|
A|------2------|------2------|------4------|-------------|------2------|------4------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|------2------|-------------|-------------|------2------|-------------|

       (3:08; strum through once then play 3 times back into the chorus)
e|------0------|
B|------0------|
G|------1------|
D|------2------|
A|------2------|
E|-------------|

[Hook/Chorus] Exactly the same as before, but there is a difference starting at 3:43 in the chorus:

e|---------------|       e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|----9b--9-9-9-9| then  B|----9b--8-8-8-h10-8-8-8-8-h10-8-7-7-7-h8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
G|---------------|       G|------------------------------------------------------|     into
D|---------------|       D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------|       A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------|       E|------------------------------------------------------|

e|------0------|    
B|------0------|
G|------1------|
D|------2------|   (PLAY THIS FROM 3:50 UNTIL CHRIS SINGS "OOOOOHHHHHHHHH")
A|------2------|
E|-------------|

[Outro]

 (3:57 to 4:04. Again at 4:08 to 4:18.
 (First part goes lastly from 4:21 to 4:25)               (4:05 to 4:07. Again at 4:19 to 4:21)
                                                           (4:25 to 4:30.)
e|------17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17|      e|----14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14|
B|------14--14--14--15--15--15--15--15|      B|----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12|
G|------------------------------------|      G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|      D|----------------------------------------------------------|    
A|------------------------------------|      A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|      E|----------------------------------------------------------|

into then end on: e|------0------|
                  B|------0------|
                  G|------1------|

                  D|------2------|   (play this from 4:32 until 4:47, let the last strum ring out)
                  A|------2------|
                  E|-------------|