Coldplay – Yellow (Guitar Tab)

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Title: Yellow Artist: Coldplay Album: Parachutes Instrument: 6 String Guitar Tabbed by: WW Gtr.1(Chris Martin)= acoustic--> plays chords Gtr.2(Jonny Buckland)= electric--> plays riffs and chords

CHORDS:
    B  Badd11  F#6  Emaj7  G#m  F#m11
D#|-0----0-----0-----0-----0----1------||
 B|-0----0-----2-----0-----0----0------||
 G|-8----9-----3-----1-----4----2------||
 B|-0----0-----4-----0-----4----2------||
 A|-9----9-----4-----2-----x----x------||
 E|-7----7-----2-----0-----4----2------||
               *           *    *

[MAIN RIFF] w/slight distortion (hold bended note (b) untill release (r)) 
    B  
D#|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
 B|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||
 G|-9b11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11---11r9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------||

    F#6
D#|----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-----------------------------||
 B|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
 G|-13b15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15r13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------||

    Emaj7
D#|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----------||
 B|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------||
 G|-4b6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6----6r4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----------||
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------||

    B
D#|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
 B|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||
 G|-9b11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11---11r9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------||

[CHORUS RIFF]
    Emaj7                           G#m             F#6
D#|-17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--15--15--15-||
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--15--15--15-||
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|----------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------||

[INTRO] (0:00- 0:10): B Badd11 2x [INTERLUDE] (0:11- 0:33) [MAIN RIFF]+ chords [VERSE 1] (0:33- 1:29): B F#6 Look at the stars, look how they shine for you Emaj7 and everything you do, yeah they were all yellow. B F#6 I came along, I wrote a song for you Emaj7 And all the things you do, and it was called 'yellow'. B F#6 So when I took my turn. Emaj7 B Badd11 B Oh, what a thing to've done, and it was all yellow. [CHORUS] (1:29- 1:51) [CHORUS RIFF]+ chords Emaj7 G#m F#6 Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones Emaj7 G#m F#6 Turn in__to something beautiful Emaj7 G#m F#6 Emaj7 But you know, you know I love you so Emaj7 You know I love you so [INTERLUDE] (1:51- 2:13) [MAIN RIFF]+ chords [VERSE 2] (2:13- 2:51): B F#6 I swam across, I jumped across for you. Emaj7 Oh, what a thing to do, cause you were all 'yellow'. B F#6 I drew a line, I drew a line for you. Emaj7 B Badd11 B Oh, what a thing to do, and it was all 'yellow' [CHORUS] (2:51- 3:15) [CHORUS RIFF]+ chords Emaj7 G#m F#6 Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones Emaj7 G#m F#6 Turn in__to something beautiful Emaj7 G#m F#6 Emaj7 And you know for you, I'd bleed myself dry Emaj7 For you I'd bleed myself dry [INTERLUDE] (3:15- 3:36) [MAIN RIFF]+ chords [BRIDGE] (3:36- 4:10) [MAIN RIFF]+ chords B F#6 It's true, look how the shine for you Emaj7 Look how they shine for you B Look how they shine for F#6 Look how they shine for you Emaj7 Look how they shine for you, Look how they shine. [OUTRO] (4:10- 4:26) B F#m11 Look at the stars, look how they shine for you Emaj7 And all the things that you do ******************************************************* b= bend string r= release string *= use thumb for E-string *******************************************************