Title: Yellow
Artist: Coldplay
Album: Parachutes
Instrument: 6 String Guitar
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 |
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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) w/MAIN RIFF+ chords
VERSE1 (0:33- 1:29):
B F#6
Look at the stars, look how theuy 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 have done, and it was all yellow.
CHORUS (1:29- 1:51, w/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) w/MAIN RIFF+ chords
VERSE2 (2:13- 2:51):
B F#6
I swam across, I jumped across for your.
Emaj7
Oh, what a thing to do, cos 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, w/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) w/MAIN RIFF+ chords
BRIDGE (3:36- 4:10, w/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