A Whisper - Coldplay

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Tabber: Hound_Of_Winter
eMail: pattonr@students.sou.edu
Tuning: Standard
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| ~  note is held for a noticeably long time

The funnest Coldplay bass part to play, in my humble opinion. It's actually in 4/4, 
it or not, the triplets really throw you of though, so I just count like it's in 3/4. The 
a total whirlwind of sound, you can hear like 5 guitar parts at any given time!
Anyways, we're here to tab out the bass. I got the song down a while ago and have had 
adding to it since. I'll show a few of these throughout the tab, they'll either be in 
( ) or be represented as an alternative the actual tones with [OR].

Intro: No bass for 8 Bars, then...

Intro/Chorus:

   Ebmaj7     
G|------------
D|------------
A|-6--6-6---6-
E|------------

              
|-------------
|-------------
|-6---6-6---6-
|-------------

   G5
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-3---3-3---3-

|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-3---3-3---3-

|
|
|
|

G|------------
D|------------
A|-6--6-6---6-
E|------------

|-------------
|-------------
|-6---6-6---6-
|-------------

||------------
||.-----------
||.-----------
||-3---3-3---3

-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|-3---3-3---3

--------------
.-------------
.||(Varies thr
--------------

------|    Rep
------| Number
ough--|
------|   -out

eat X
 of Times
 the song)

Verse

  Csus4  C      Csus4  C      Csus4  C      Csus4  Csus2
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

                                  [OR]

E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-6-6-5-|
              
              
G|------------
D|----h3/15~~~
A|------------
E|-3----------

              
              
-|------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~\
-|------------
-|------------

  ____________
 /  (Play this
-|------------
-|----h3/15~~~
-|------------
-|-3----------

______________
 on the 1st ve
-|------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~\
-|------------
-|------------

___
rse only)
-|
-|
-|
-|

Verse
Intro/Chorus X2
Then...

Bridge:
   Dm         
G|------------
D|-----------7
A|-5-5-5-5-8--
E|------------

   Bb6        
-|------------
-|-8-8-8-8-8-8
-|------------
-|------------

   C5
-|------------
-|------------
-|-3-3-3-3-3-3
-|------------

-|
-|
-|
-|

  Dm          
G|------------
D|-----------7
A|-5-5-5-5-8--
E|------------

  Bb6         
-|------------
-|-8-8-8-8-8-8
-|------------
-|------------

  C5
-|------------
-|-10-10-10-10
-|------------
-|------------

-------|
-10-10-|
-------|
-------|

  Dm          
G|------------
D|-----------7
A|-5-5-5-5-8--
E|------------

  Bb6         
-|------------
-|-8-8-8-8-8-8
-|------------
-|------------

  C5
-|------------
-|-10-10-10-10
-|----------(1
-|----------(8

--------|-----
-10-10--|-----
0-10-10)|-----
--8--8-)|-3~~~

--|-------|
--|-------|
--|-------|
~~~~~~~~~-|

Bridge Lyrics:
Night turns to day when I still had these questions.
Who could just blame, shall I go forwards or backwards?
And not since today and I still get no answers.

Rest 2 Bars
Intro/Chorus X2
Verse X2
Intro/Chorus X2
Then...

Outro
  Bb6 C5  G5  
G|-------|----
D|-------|----
A|-------|----
E|-6-/8--|-15~

    Bb6 C5  G5
---|-------|--
---|-------|--
---|-------|--
~~\|-6-/8--|-1

-----|
-----| Repeat to fade...
-----|
5~~~\|

I usually play around with octaves here, just to keep things interesting:

  Bb6    C5   
G|------------
D|---8-----10-
A|------------
E|-6---6/8----

    G5        
--|-----------
--|---5-----5-
--|-----------
8-|-3---3-3---

       Bb6
--|   |-------
--| O |---8---
--| R |-------
3-|   |-6---6/

-------|------
--10---|----17
-------|------
8----8-|-15---

------------|
------------|
------------|
-15-15-15---|


Alright, that's it. If'n you spot any mistakes, feel free to email me or make 
Have a good one.

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