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God Put a Smile Upon Your Face Guitar Tablature
COLDPLAY
GOD PUT A SMILE UPON YOUR FACE

Guitar 1 (semi-acoustic) tuned "open C#": C# - G# - C# - F - C# - C# low tot high
Guitars 2&3 (electric) tuned normal

LEGENDA
x  = muted note
p  = pull off
/  = slide up
  = slide down
+  = mute string
(8)= ghost note/note still sounding
^  = pickstroke down

Main theme & verse:

Guitar 1 clean
   C#               E6               D#7                      Dmaj7
C#|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|
C#|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|
F-|----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|----2-----1-----|
C#|----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|----2-----1-----|
G#|0-------0-----0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C#|0-------0-----0-|3-------3-----0-|2-------2-----0-|2-----2-1-----1-|

   C#               E6               D#7              Dmaj7
C#|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|
C#|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|
F-|----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|
C#|----0-----0-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|
G#|0-------0-----0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C#|0-------0-----0-|3-------3-----3-|2-------2-----0-|1-------1-----1-|

Chorus:

Guitar 1 w/ slight overdrive
   A                                 E6               F#
C#|0---0---0-0---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|0---0---0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|
C#|0---0---0-0---0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|0---0---0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0---|
F-|8---8---8-8---8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8---|3---3---3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C#|8---8---8-8---8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8---|3---3---3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-5-5---|
G#|x---x---x-x---x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x---|x---x---x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x---|
C#|8---8---8-8---8-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-0-|3---3---3-3-3-3-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


***Additional guitarparts***

Guitar 2 main riff (starts between 1st and 2nd verse)
w/ slight overdrive and delay and chorus and whatmore
E-|----------9p74/|7---+-74-------|----------------|----------------|
B-|----------------|----------5/8---|(8)-------------|(8)-------7----|

E-|----------9p74/|7---+-74-------|----------------|----------------|
B-|(2)-------------|----------5/8---|(8)-------------|(8)-----7-----|


Guitar 2 during first 2 choruses:
w/o delay
E-|----------------|----------------|----------4-----|----------------|
B-|----------------|----------------|------------5-7-|--5-7-7-7-5-5-5-|
G-|4---4-4-4-6-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-6-4-4-|4---4-4-4-------|----------------|


Guitar 3 during first 2 choruses (this guitar only appears here):
w/ chorus
E-|16---16---16-16---16-|16-16-16---16-16---16-|16-16-16---16-16---16-|--14-14---14-14---14-|

NOTE: the rhythm of the parts for guitar 2 and 3 play in the first 2 choruses may vary a bit.


During the 2nd half of verse 3, the bridge to the last verse and the last verse guitar 2 plays:
G-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-8-9-8-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-8-9-8-6-|


Last verse guitar 2:
   Let ring....
G-|(6)-------------|(6)-------------|----------------|----------------|


The last verse for guitar 1 is 2 times the abovewritten main theme/verse scheme 
except that the last time the last bar is replaced with:
   Dmaj7
C#|0---------------..||
C#|0---------------..||
F-|1---------------..||
C#|1---------------..||
G#|x---------------..||
C#|1---------------..||
   ^

Enjoy
--Tjrd
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