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The Scientist Guitar Tablature
Song: The Scientist
Band: Coldplay
Album: A Rush of Blood to the Head

By far one of the best songs off of the album.  I have tabbed out the piano for guitar, how I would play 
it at least. 

CAPO on 3rd Fret

Verse 1

Gtr. 1 (finger-picking) 
      Bm                           G
E---5------5------5------5------6------6------6------6--8
B---6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6--6
G-----7------7------7------7------0------0------0--------
D--------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------

      D                             Dm(no 3rd)
E---5------5------5------5------0------0------0------0----
B---6------6------6------6------6------6------6------6----
G-----5------5------5------5------0------5------5------5--
D---------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------


Bm		            G			                  D				                    Dm (no 3rd)
     Come up to meet you, tell you I’m sorry, you dont know how lovely you are.
Bm		             G		                  D			               Dm (no 3rd)
     I have to find you, tell you I need you, tell you I set you apart.
Bm		                 G			                      D		                  Dm (no 3rd)
     Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions, oh lets go back to the start.
Bm		            G		                  D		               Dm (no 3rd)
     Running in circles, coming in tails, heads on a science apart.

Chorus 1

Gtr. 1 (finger picking)

      G			     
E—6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----
B—6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----
G----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-
D------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

      D			               Dm (no 3rd)
E—5-----5-----5-----5-----0-----0-----0-----0----
B—6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----
G----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-
D------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

    A
E---0-----0-----0-----0-----0---
B---5-----5-----5-----5-----5---
G-----5-----5-----5-----5---5---
D---------------------------5---
A---------------------------0---
E-------------------------------



G				                         D	               Dm (no 3rd)	
     Nobody said it was easy, it’s such a shame for us to part.
G				                          D		                Dm (no 3rd)
	    Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard.
A   A(strum once)
	    Oh, take me back to the start. 

Gtr. 1 (finger-picking) 

      D			                            G
E—5-----5-----5-----5-----6-----6-----6-----6----
B—6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----
G----5-----5-----5-----5-----0-----0-----0-----0-
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------

      D			     
E—5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----
B—6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----
G----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------

Gtr. 2  

     D			     		                              G
E--5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
B--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
G--5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
D--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
A-------------------------------------5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
E-------------------------------------6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6

      D			     		    
E---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
B---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--6---6---6---6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6
G---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
D---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Verse 2

Gtr 1
Same finger-picking pattern as Verse 1

Gtr 2

    Bm			     		                             G
E--5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
B--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
G--7--7--7---7--7---7--7---7---7--7---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
D--7--7--7---7--7---7--7---7---7--7---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
A--5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5---5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
E-------------------------------------6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6

      D			     		                             Dm (no 3rd)
E---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
B---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--6---6---6---6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6
G---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
D---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Bm		               G	   		                 D		                Dm (no 3rd)
     I was just guessing numbers and figures, put in a puzzle apart.

Bm		                G		                        D			                      Dm (no 3rd)
     Questions of science, science and progress, it must speak as loud as my heart.

Bm		               G				                        D		                        Dm (no 3rd)
     Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me, oh, when I rush to your star.
Bm		               G			                     D		              Dm (no 3rd)
     Running in circles, chasing our tails, coming back as we are.

Chorus 2

Gtr. 1 
Same as Chorus 1

Gtr 2										                                                                                         
    G
E--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
B--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
G--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
D--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
A--5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5---5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
E--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6

     D			     		                             Dm (no 3rd)
E---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
B---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--6---6---6---6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6
G---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
D---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

   G
E--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
B--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
G--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
D--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
A--5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5---5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
E--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6

     D			     		                             Dm (no 3rd)
E---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
B---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--6---6---6---6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6
G---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
D---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

     A			     		    
E---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
B---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5--5--5---5--5---5---5--5
G---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
D---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
A---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Ending
Gtr. 1 (finger-picking) 

      D			              G
E—5-----5-----5-----5-----6-----6-----6-----6----
B—6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----
G----5-----5-----5-----5-----0-----0-----0-----0-
D------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

      D			     
E—5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----
B—6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----
G----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-
D------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

Gtr. 2  

     D			     		                              G
E--5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
B--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6---6--6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6
G--5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
D--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0
A-------------------------------------5--5--5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
E-------------------------------------6--6--6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6

      D			     		    
E---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
B---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--6---6---6---6---6--6---6--6---6---6--6
G---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--5---5---5---5---5--5---5--5---5---5--5
D---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0---0---0--0
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Gtr 1 
Plays verse four times

Gtr 2 
Plays verse five times

End on:
   D			     		    
E---5---
B---6---
G---5---
D---0---
A-------
E-------
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