Coldplay – Yellow (Guitar)

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This arrangement is for playing solo on the acoustic guitar and meant to sound like the full composition. (It's better to call it D# in this instance because this is a sharp key and D# is the major 3rd of B/ the major 7th of E.) [Chords] Chris plays the chords with his thumb on the root note but they can be played similar to barre chords. Essential: B 799800 (for it to sound more like the lead guitar you can play [799870]) Bsus4 799900 F#add13 244300

Emaj7    022100
Emaj7*   0.14.14.13.0.0

G#m 466400 [Embellishments] F#sus2 244100 (only to simulate the lead guitar in the beginning if that's your thing) Emaj7add13 022120 (also only to sim the lead guitar) F#mMaj7 244201 (this is what Chris plays in the outro on the record, but you might find it easier to play 24425x if you can't get your thumb around for the root note. Just doesn't sound quite as nice) For the purposes of simplicity I refer to the F#add13 chord as F#. The strumming pattern is pretty simple. Mostly just downstrokes on 8th notes with the occasional upstroke to add variety. The intro, breaks, and outro would normally have the electric guitar riff but for playing solo you can just play the B - F# - E. I included a simulation of the electric guitar riff that isn't entirely necessary to the song, and doesn't fully do the riff justice (B Bsus4 F# F#sus2 Emaj7add13 Emaj7 B Bsus4). That progression can also be played in the last break instead of what is shown below. [Intro] B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B Bsus4 F# F#sus2 Emaj7add13 Emaj7 B Bsus4 [Verse 1]

B                                           F#
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you

                    Emaj7                          B
And everything you do, yeah they were all yellow.

B                                F#
I came along, I wrote a song for you

                           Emaj7                            B
And all the things that you do and it was called Yellow.

Bsus4        B     F#                              Emaj7
So then I took my turn, oh what a thing to have done,

                        B   Bsus4
And it was all yellow.

[Chorus 1]

Emaj7*      G#m          F#
Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones

Emaj7   G#m           F#
Turn in - to something beautiful

Emaj7       G#m           F#         Emaj7
And you know, you know I love you so. You know I love you so

[Break] B Bsus4 F# F#sus2 Emaj7add13 Emaj7 B Bsus4 [Verse 2]

B                                    F#
I swam across, I jumped across for you

                    Emaj7
Oh what a thing to do  cause you were all yellow

B                                  F#
I drew a line, I drew line for you

                    Emaj7
Oh what a thing to do

                       B Bsus4
And it was all yellow

[Chorus 2]

Emaj7*        G#m      F#
Your skin oh yeah your skin and bones

Emaj7     G#m           F#
Turn in - to something beautiful

Emaj7       G#m          F#             Emaj7
And you know for you I'd bleed myself dry

Emaj7
For you I'd bleed myself dry

[Break] B Bsus4 F# F#sus2 Emaj7add13 Emaj7 B Bsus4 [Bridge]

     B                              F#
It's true - look how they shine for you

                         Emaj7
Look how they shine for you

                        B
Look how they shine for

                         F#
Look how they shine for you

                         Emaj7
Look how they shine for you

                    B
Look how they shine

[Outro]

B                                         F#mMaj7
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you

                            Emaj7
And all the things that you do...