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Yellow Guitar Tablature
Artist - Coldplay 
 Track - Yellow
 Album - Parachutes

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 Tuning - E A B G B Eb (Both Guitars)

 Again its that tuning that is dotted across this album. Chris' use of quite 
difficult chords means that you have to use
 your thumb to play the notes on the low E string on most of them. 
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 CHORDS: Strings low to gigh

 B      = 7978oo | x = string not played
 Bsus4  = 7979oo | o = open string
 F#6    = 24432o | 
 Emaj7  = o2o1oo |
 G#m    = 4644oo |
 F#m7   = 2x22o1 |
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 INTRO:

 Rhythm: B    Bsus4, B    Bsus4,

 The lead joins in on the second B strumming the chords

 Then... the main riff (you hold onto the bends, for example in the 1st 
sequence you are not playing just 11th fret but 
                       
(holding onto the bend from the 9th. Also the emphasis is on the 2nd and 
3rd strings and the first
                       (string should may not come through as loudly as 
the other 2 but it is there)

    B                                               F#6
 |--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
 |--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
 |--9b11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11r9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|-13b15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15r13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|
 |------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|

    Emaj7                                   B
 |--3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
 |--0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
 |--4b6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6r4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|--9b11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11r9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8--|
 |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| 
 
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

 VERSE:

 B                                         F#6
 Look at the stars, look how the shine for you,
                    Emaj7                    B
 And everything you do, yeah they were all Yellow, 

 (Then the lead enters 
and plays the following over their respective chords)

    B              F#6            Emaj7
 |--8-----------|--7-----------|--8-----------|
 |--0-----------|--4-----------|--0-----------|
 |--8-----------|--6-----------|--4-----------|
 |--7-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|
 |--------------|--------------|--------------|
 |--------------|--------------|--------------|

 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 then I took my time, 
                         
Emaj7                     
 Oh what a thing to have done, and it was all 
yellow,

    B              Bsus4    B
 |------8-------8-------8-------8----|
 |----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
 |--8-------8-------9-------8--------|
 |-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|
 
 CHORUS:

 Lead plays 

    Emaj7                   G#m            F#6
 |--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-15-15-15--|
 |--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11--|
 |---------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------| x3
 |---------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------|

 Emaj7          G#m              F#6           
      Your skin,   oh yeah 
your skin and bones,
 Emaj7         G#m              F#6
      Turn i - in to something beautiful,
 Emaj7          G#m            F#6          Emaj7
      You kno - ow, for you I bleed myself trying, For you you i bleed myself 
trying,

 (Repeat the intro once)

 VERSE 2: (With the lead parts of Verse 1 throughout)

 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                 
 Oh what a thing to do, and it 
was all yellow,

   B       Bsus4    B
 |------8-------8-------8-------8----|
 |----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
 |--8-------9-------8-------8--------|
 |-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------|

 CHORUS 2: (With riff of chorus 1 throughout0

 Emaj7          G#m              F#6           
      Your skin,   oh yeah 
your skin and bones,
 Emaj7         G#m              F#6
      Turn i - in to something beautiful,
 Emaj7          G#m            F#6          Emaj7
      You kno - ow, for you I bleed myself trying, For you you i bleed myself 
trying,

 (Repeat intro riff once)

 MIDDLE 8: With intro riff throughout

      B                            F#6
 Its true, look how they shine for you,
                         Emaj7                  
 look how they shine for 
you, look how they shine for,
 B                         F#6                          Emaj7
   look how they shine for you, look how they shine for you,
 
 Look how they shine

 OUTRO: Rhythm only

 B                                          F#m7
 Look at the stars, look how they shine for you,
                         Emaj7
 and all the things that you do,
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