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Yellow
Coldplay
The
Acoustic Part:
The
first thing you need to do is re-tune the strings to E A B G B D#;
this
then allows you to play the following chords (the names of which may
well be
wrong!):
Bmaj
Badd11 F#6 Emaj7 G#m F#m7add11
D#|----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----1----|
B
|----0----|----0----|----2----|----0----|----0----|----0----|
G
|----8----|----9----|----3----|----1----|----2----|----2----|
B
|----0----|----0----|----4----|----0----|----2----|----2----|
A
|----9----|----9----|----4----|----2----|----x----|----x----|
E
|----7----|----7----|----2----|----0----|----2----|----2----|
(These
are easier to play if you use your thumb to fret the notes on the E
string)
And the
song goes:
Intro: [B, Badd11] (x2)
Verse: [B, F#6, Emaj7] (x4)
Chorus:
[Emaj7, G#m, F#6] (x3), then Emaj7
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Middle:
(same chords as verse progression; play twice)
Outro: B, F#m7add11, Emaj7
The
Electric Part:
The bit
on the electric guitar is (supposedly) in standard tuning
(ie. E
A D G B E), and therefore, to play along with the chords above, the
chords
need to be played as below (not sure if these are right):
Bmaj
Badd11 F#6 Emaj7 G#m F#m7add11
E
|----x----|----0----|----2----|----0----|----4----|----2----|
B
|----4----|----4----|----4----|----0----|----4----|----2----|
G
|----4----|----4----|----3----|----1----|----4----|----2----|
D
|----4----|----4----|----4----|----1----|----6----|----2----|
A
|----2----|----2----|----x----|----2----|----6----|----2----|
E
|----x----|----x----|----2----|----0----|----4----|----2----|
In
addition, below is the riff used in between sections of the song:
(N.B. b
= bend string; r = release bend; ~ = keep string bent;
/ &
\ = slide up/down)
B
E
|-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7/---|
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~~|~~11~r9--9--9--9--9--9--9/---|
D
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
F#6
E
|----11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\---|
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\---|
D
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Emaj7
E
|-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2\---|
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~~|~~~6~r4--4--4--4--4--4--4\---|
D
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B
E
|-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
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~~|~~11~r9--9--9--9--9--9--9----|
D
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
And
(finally!) this is the little lick that gets played over the chorus:
Emaj7
G#m F#6
E
|--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|--16--16--16--16--16--14--14/16--|
B
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G
|--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|--16--16--16--16--16--15--15/16--|
D
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.